Tom Geiger

Very cool and imaginative work. This is one of those projects I like to see unfold in primer so I can appreciate the work!

Hey Carl, I’m sad to learn this news. As you can see from the posts here, you are a valued member of this community. I enjoy your friendship! So stick around!

Thanks! I was hoping someone would get the plate!

This is a narrow clear double sided tape I’ve used for gluing in windows. I’ve used it by itself and with glued in sides as well. i bought it at Michael’s in the scrapbook aisle.

I read through the couple of threads on Pace spray booths and it seems everyone was using them for airbrushing. I use spray cans, and mainly auto sprays like Duplicolor. My birthday is coming up and I’ve put off buying a spray booth a long time. I’m thinking of their better of the two 24” booths, the one with the built in lights. The base of the two models is different. The cheaper one has more of a full side to it, while the more expensive one has an open side. I’m looking for advise from anyone who uses one of either model. Currently I’m using a booth I built in a plastic tub that’s served me well for over 20 years. It has its own set of issues so I’d love to replace it. Thanks!

Who’ll throttle ya!

Down the road to over complications! That’s my usual path!

Nice model, that’s the first Tamiya kit I ever bought back in the 1990s. They were great cars, poorly marketed in the USA. I had the pleasure of driving one and it was fast with the automatic! I wanted one ever since that but never scratched that itch!

At grandma’s stuff

No, I do that to the point that I’m building two at same time! It seems once you are into the kit you get a few good ideas! Mustang looks good!

In string bikinis ?

Which leads into why I lasted less than a day as a waiter. A nasty patron angrily pointed at his dinner and yelled at me, “This tastes like ?!” And I responded, “Oh, do you eat ? often?”

High stakes bingo

Very cool duo!

I don’t think the secondary market tanked recently for very common kits, I think it’s always been that way. It probably has to do with my access to a lot of local shows and club meetings but I’m very used to buying these for $5 to $10 each. Maybe ten years ago I sorted my stash and found I had loads of some of my favorites, AMT 50, 55, 57 Chevy pickups, Revell 50 Ford pickups etc. I culled about 5 cases of duplicates I’d never miss from my collection and once I investigated pricing, it just wasn’t worth my time and effort to sell them. So some of the open kits got dumped into my parts bins for that specific kit because the parts were worth more to me. It gave me freedom to hack on a body or chassis without worry, and I sent a lot of parts to folks over the years. Other things that have come into play on eBay is first that postage has increased dramatically. When I first got involved, Priority Mail was $3 for a 2lb box and now it costs $10 to ship a kit. Where the price of a cheap kit hasn’t changed, it has doubled due to shipping. There is a lot more competition on eBay so plug in a common kit and dozens of that same kit will pop up, so of course you’re going for the cheapest. Ebay allows every account 200 free listings a month so it cost nothing to try. Only fees on sold items. That goes both ways.. it saturates the market with cheap kits and very expensive ones too. It costs nothing to list cheap kits for $100 each, so sellers can go trolling for suckers and occasionally get one. Model car listings do show up in searches for real car parts, so the opportunity to snag an owner of a 1:1 who knows nothing about kit prices.

I didn’t expect a big response so I just posted the original pix quickly. Rear wheels are MPC 28 Lincoln. I made decal on tire cover.. I scanned a 1918 postcard that’s in my collection.

Engine is from 41 Plymouth. Carpet is a Victorian rug that I printed to 1/24 scale on a dollhouse miniatures site. It’s just printed on paper and white glued. The bench seat started as the kit’s buckets, I filled in the middle. The high back look is because the interior is sectioned to match the body. I made a six ball shifter instead of the typical eight ball since the car has a flathead six.

In the woods

Here’s the section... I cut out the marked area. Top sat right back down!

Thanks! That is the flathead six from 41 Plymouth kit. Tail lights are parts box big truck cab lights, I was thinking 61 Plymouth. Dash is 53 Stude. Seat covers were made from Taco Bell brown napkins to look like burlap. I made the front seat. Carpet is a doll house Victorian carpet I printed.

No strings attached

My daughter lives in a condo and her door is in a covered space that’s open at either end of the building. Her Ring camera caught a couple of turkeys strolling through.

Looks great. I have one I built too. These kits haven’t been issued since the car was new but you can still find them super cheap. It actually is a nice kit that goes together well!

Or maybe people are building and posting more during the pandemic! I know I got a few done I wouldn’t have had time for otherwise. Plus without any shows or club meetings we may be socializing more here!

Rex, what would you say? Use the entire chassis from 67 Mustang?