oldcarfan

There are three Hobby Towns and one actual hobby shop in the Austin area. One of the Hobby Towns just opened about two miles from my house. I rarely buy from them because of price. When I do it is usually supplies. If I'm going to pay full retail price, I'll go to King's Hobby which is old line and locally owned. Hobby Town is not bad as such, they are sort of the McDonald's of hobby shops. The selection is the same no matter where you are in the country. If nothing else, they are better than Hobby Lobby, I just wish they would do coupons like H.L. does.

The only certain predictions are that someone(s) will say, "Why is it so expensive? That kit used to cost 25 cents down at the drug store when I was a kid!" and others will say, "None of these interest me. Why don't they put out kit of the 1961 Trallfazz Belchfire 500? Bet they'd sell a million of 'em!"

I came across the busted remains of an old Can Am model that my father built back in the 60s sometime. I'm pretty sure it was a modified slot car body that the manufacturer put out as a curbside. Whatever it was I remember he had built a chassis and engine and hinged the rear deck. I was hoping to restore it, but there were only a few pieces remaining. It started me wondering how many different kits were made of the cars that raced in his class and he other road racing classes. This is all by memory so I have no pictures at this time. The only ones I could come up with were the AMT Elva-McLaren, an unknown Lola T70 and I think there were some other Lola's too. I think Monogram or Amt put out some Scarabs and there were Fujimi's GT 40s and the old J-Car and GT40 MKIV. There have been some Chaparrals by Monogram and Porsches by various companies.

Here is a Dajiban website. It's in Japanese so I don't know that they are saying, there are some interesting photos! http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/r_q_collectibles

I need to get back to mine. I lost momentum when I lost the windshield!

Alrighty then...

I like what you are doing here.

Yep Windows 10 did it for me as well. Over all it is better than Windows 8 by a huge factor. That and a tendency to do weird slash things to some pictures seem to be the only issues on this site I have come across. I'll be getting a Lenovo Think Pad next month, so I'll see if it is computer or software related.

I built the 80s reissue version a while back as a stock Model A. I'm looking forward to this reissue with all the parts added. I'm thinking that the combo of the AMT and Revell kits will make for some interesting builds.

Well, the situation resolved itself after a few days of not going on the site. It's happened before, just a glitch I suppose. I have a cheapy Asus laptop with the latest Windows. Nothing special.

If you have a Radio Shack or similar in your area that sells parts, you can find individual old school LEDs in red that work really well if you make the base part out of chrome foil.

Looking good as usual! I really like your theme projects.

For a new kit, I bought a Tamiya Peugeot Rally car in 1992. I bought a Modelhaus kit a while back for $85 and a Monogram Land Rover a few years ago on ebay for $60. Now I buy Hobby Lobby clearance kits occasionally, though I am allowed the splurge purchase if we get an income tax refund.

Pretty much any of Johan's kits looked accurate to me at least as far as bodies. Fujimi's Porsche series too.

This is fourth time I seem to have had this problem. On my laptop, sometimes, but not always, when I go to this website and try to reply to a post I find that the reply area is greyed out and I can't type anything. It seems to work alright on my phone. I've tried logging on and off and even turning the computer on and off to no avail. Anyone else had this happen or am I just that special?

I've bought several of the reissues of the Monogram 1/24 1980 F-150 to do models of the trucks I've owned. I've done my brown 1981 F-100 Flareside and am working at my blue 82 F-100 Flareside. The problem with this is that the original truck was blue with the white-painted panels which has resulted in several ill fated attempts to paint the panels. The kit decals come in black only. Does/can anyone do a version of the originals in white or any of the other optional colors? Surely I'm not the only one wanting to do this kit in a two tone?

There are so many possibilities with this Bronco. I am looking forward to this. It's like a Jeep but better! I want to do one showroom stock and then maybe another as a beach beater. The Icon Bronco from a few years ago would be a chance to use some modern bits in it as well.

I love this site, but have to limit my access. I once spent 8 hours reading the 489 pages of one of their threads on vintage Bonneville. Granted, I had insomnia that night anyway, but still. Also, the guy that runs that site also has one called Garage Journal and its forum has some of the most amazing home garages you could imagine. Some good ideas in there for dioramas, I would think. Again, it is a rabbit hole that you can fall in and lose track of time.

I thought I remembered a 1/32 Cobra also, but I'm not sure.

It is indeed a Saabaru, there is even a website dedicated to them. So far, I really like it. It is so nice having an automatic and not having to shift gears in Austin highway traffic. You never get past second gear before you have to push in the clutch and start over again. Also I've been cleaning it up, fixing some scratches and redoing some faded paint using the same brand of primer and paints that I use on models. I guess those hours painting models is starting to pay off! The seats are supremely nasty, but I've discovered that some Dawn in a spray bottle and a stiff scrub brush are miracle workers! I really want to replace the fender and bumper cover, but it'll have to wait until I get some more money saved up.

If anyone in the Virginia area is reading this, is Denbigh Hobby Center still in Newport News? I spent a lot of money there back in the day. They used to buy up collections so there were a lot of obscure car kits in stock.

When I was in the Navy I frequently drove from Norfolk to Texas and back. One of the things I look d forward to was checking out different hobby shops in the town I stopped in.

I haven't taken any pictures, but here are a couple from the ad. I just got it registered and all that. I found out that only about 7000 were sold so body parts are going to be hard to come by.

I don't mean this as an advertisement so I hope it's okay. It just that it seems like the only time we hear about a hobby shop is when they are closing. How about we start a listing of those old line shops that are still holding out? I'll start it out with two that I know of in Texas. King's Hobby Shop here in Austin and WIld Bill's Hobby is in Dallas (Irving), TX. WIld Bill's has an extensive collection of car models including some offerings that are out of production.

I have an unbuilt MPC 70 Mustang. I wonder if the parts will work on it too?