Tom Geiger

Who are you kidding? You play with cars!

A fun little build with some minuscule parts! Mine is red, my buddy Tom did the white one. Check to see if your kit has door cards.. I had to make some for mine.

I already had a couple of those 60 pickups because of the six cylinder engine. I was going to buy a few just to get the go carts ? but someone offered me two of the carts for $20 postpaid. I grabbed them!

Very cool work!

Since I got a nice response to my first model, the 1962 Lark convertible, here’s my second model, my first full detail kit as an adult. I had joined Tri-State Scale Model Car Club at this point so I had some guidance about techniques and materials. Part of what had discouraged me from several previous attempts to build again was that even though I was now an adult of 30, I still carried my 15 year old skills and bag of tricks. Joining a club was the game changer for me! Note that this was pre-Internet so you have more resources and connections to accomplished modelers today! The club had decided to do a group build. Choices were either the 57 Ford which had just been discontinued, or the then new AMT 66 Nova kit. I owned the Ford so I went with it! I started out with the same hardware store Antique White that I used on the Studebaker, again right onto the bright blue plastic. The pink is a Pactra RC color applied right on the white. I used Scotch tape for my masking. I say that this all worked well because I didn’t know enough to know it shouldn’t! I had learned about Bare Metal Foil from my new mentors, and immediately took to it! This was that first attempt. I was happy enough with my paint job but was advised I needed to clear coat, so I used Testors spray and it gave me this nice orange peel finish. And it yellowed over time! And it wasn’t all smooth sailing. I was using Testors glue like a 15 year old and got it on the glass. I bought a second kit for parts and redid it with canopy glue! I did wire my engine. I did that with thread as a kid, and was better advised to use aftermarket wires. I learned about using a resistor for a fuel filter and am still working on that pack today. I made a crude attempt at a master cylinder since the kit had none. And I hand lettered a sticker for the valve cover. You an see the orange peel in this photo. And I’ve kept the car intact all these years so I can document my progress as a builder. And this car gave me both the courage and encouragement to continue as a modeler with my new found friends. Back when I started I owned a box of Mopar kits I had acquired over many years. My goal then was to get good enough on practice kits to build my beloved Mopars! Funny thing, some 32 years later I’ve yet to build a single one of them!

Store the mind?

Under the bear? ?

A couple of years ago my wife dragged me to a movie against my better judgement. It stunk so bad she wanted to leave.. but I made her stay though the end as punishment ! Funny thing.. I asked her today and while we remember the event, neither of us can remember the movie! Probably a good thing.

I was going through some albums the other day and thought I’d share. This is the first model I built as an adult, back when I decided I wanted to get back to the hobby. It’s the Johan 62 Studebaker Lark convertible. This was a current release when I bought it at Hobby Masters in Red Bank, NJ back some 30 years ago. The Stude was dear to me because my father bought a four door sedan new. It was our family car through 1966. Later on I actually owned a 1:1 for a bunch of years. I promised myself I’d be careful and do my best. Still, I didn’t know much about model building techniques, and available tools and materials just yet. For instance, the finish is hardware store brand spray paint and I did so directly onto the black bare plastic. I didn’t know to prime it! Somehow I got a nice finish! On my first shot, all the trim was brushed Testors silver. It’s still so on the windshield frame, but once I learned about Bare Metal Foil, I went back and redid the side trim. I had come into two sheets of the Autoworld license plates, so I used the Hawaii pair here since it’s a convertible. On my build, the chassis was just sprayed flat black. A few years later I went back and gave it the weathering treatment once I learned how to do that. It was key that I was successful in building this model. I had tried and failed on another model a few years earlier. I don’t know if I would have continued if this one went south. Soon after finishing this Studebaker, I discovered Scale Auto Enthusiast Magazine on a news stand in Boston while visiting there. In the back, there was a classified ad for the Tristate Scale Model Car Club. I responded and the rest is history!

Here’s a 34 I own, built by Tom Trementano. It’s funny.. I never even saw the plate until i got it home!

I went to three Ollies and they didn’t have this one. One of my favorite kits.. opened a box in my basement model vault and It was an entire case of 12 of different versions of the 55-57 pickups. So I don’t need any more!

I like it! It’s a fun old kit. I built mine for the 24 Hour Build. Chose it because I always wanted to build one!

Sedan Delivery - I own it but bought it the way you see it. Was too cool to pass up

Ford Cortina.. I always liked the 1967 era car, probability the influence of the Matchbox car. Back when I was a kid in Germany I saw a junked one and took the Ford oval and GT emblem. I still have them. i got married in 1981 and we honeymooned in Jamaica. Up the road from our resort there was a Hertz agency full of British cars. I hiked up there and rented new Cortina just to drive it. Also I had never driven RHD at the time so I wanted to try that too. I drove the Cortina around for maybe a half hour and brought it back. That puzzled the counter guy.. so I told him I was a car guy and it was cool just to drive it. He replied that I had paid for a full day, and was there anything else I’d like to try? Hmmm.. I took an Escort for a run and came back for a Capri. I even took out the panel truck. All vehicles we never got in the US. The guy got a kick out of me and was rather accommodating so I did give him a nice tip for making my day!

A brief statement!

Very cool! Maybe my original builder saw your car!

Chopper was a very nice guy and a talented builder. He would come to NNL East every year with Viper Dave, who passed a few years ago. Both were gentlemen and great friends of the hobby. We will miss them.

Groundhog Day Its A Wonderful Life — I watch it every year with my daughter— as my wife and other daughter ask what’s wrong with us! The Yellow Rolls Royce

Worked a bit this morning. I found the ex-roof from this car in the parts box, and whittled down one of the rear pillars to replace the missing A pillar, so that’s done. I saw that the bar inside the roof had a loose corner so I managed to yank it off. And as predicted the roof came apart and I glued it back together with gap filling thick CA. Same with the tailgate. And I gave it all a coat of putty. Once dried overnight I’ll sand it down to see what we’ve got.

Too cool! Love those headlights!

This appears to be the first actual Hyundai so Korean modelers must be excited to be getting their first domestic car! Prior to this Hyundai assembled Ford Cortinas under license

Dogs or undees?

RMR lists a 1950 Suburban, same body but with windows..

Boxers or briefs..

Hey! I resemble those remarks! ? Model kits make great insulation!