Tom Geiger

Sounds like you have a home owners association! I call this situation "Ralph Kramden syndrome" "I yam the president!"

Very nice work!

and don't forget advertising in comic books. I knew I need the Tom Daniel S'cool Bus and Garbage Truck because I saw them in an ad!

I agree! It looks like you took a 1/25 scale car and just scaled it up. Not much detail there for such a large model.

I found a big box from Spotlight Hobbies on my front porch! I won the two pieces here in his eBay auctions this week. Shipped lightning fast too. I only paid for them Sunday evening! The Ford truck above is a model built by Carl Rees. He's well, he just sold his collection to Spotlight a while ago. It's a very nice build and I was surprised to win it fairly cheap. I may keep this one for my shelf! A Danbury Mint Chrysler. Darn heavy thing too! I always wanted this one, so when I saw it ending for $30, I had to have it. It doesn't have a box, but I'm happy to have it for my shelf.

Drove my Grand Caravan through the car wash today... yes there was indeed a van under all that dirt!

I believe that's a JC Whitney hood ornament on top of that helmet! Maybe the wings light up?

I do have the Lindberg 1/32s of 1970s cars you won't find in any other scale, Granada -- Monarch -- Cordoba etc. I think I may have the whole set at this point. Although there is some fantastic subject matter in 1/43 I don't have a single piece! I've been able to ignore it since I'm focusing on 1/25 and 1/24. Yea, 1/43 could be real dangerous! I never bought a single Lindberg 1/20 scale kit. Back in the day they were pushing them hard, sending cases to shows as door prizes. At one point I realized I had half a dozen and donated them back to a show. It was just a bad decision on their part to pick a scale other than 1/25 for new subjects. Everything they did would have been successful in 1/25, and everything they eventually did in 1/25 was!

It will be more like the number of guys who own a lathe today. When Augie Hiscano did his tour of model shows, a lot of guys bought Sherline lathes. And like exercise equipment, there are no doubt a lot of very low mileage units out there! Guys bought them with no appreciation of the learning curve. Bingo! Everyone who is involved with 3D printing today is pretty much a professional 3D CAD modeler. It's a profession with skills that have been learned and honed over many years. It's not something the average modeler will sit down at one evening and magically pop out parts. I sat through a whole afternoon forum on 3D printing at GSL. It was fascinating and the time flew by! But again the art is guys who do the 3D modeling professionally. The guys doing the printing actually built their own 3D printers and it's a business unto itself to build and program these.

all scales but the bathroom scale!

A few years ago one of the rental companies gave me a Dodge Challenger as a free upgrade. The minute I sat in it, I thought I was back in my 1973 Barracuda. They copied that car exactly, including all the non ergonomic things I hated about it! Too long hood you can't see the end of, that sitting in a barrel -- seat too low, windows too high feeling, the microscopic rear seat and impossible to see out of back light! Glad I hadn't accidentally bought it!

It's always been 1/24 and 1/25 for me. If there are two models, in the competing scales, I'll usually choose the 1/25 version since it will fit better in my collection. I don't build the larger scales because my eye and sense of scale is firmly rooted in 1/25. I recently had out a MiniCraft Model A pickup and an AMT '57 T-Bird with the idea of building a Model A rat rod pickup, but I just couldn't get myself to visualize it in that scale!

I had to put my dog Ted down last fall. I can truthfully say that he left this world with less pain and suffering and more dignity than my human relatives.

I don't have certificates or anything. Most of them came in Revell promo boxes, but the fact that they were sent by Revell from their archives to the museum. I wasn't worrying about selling them. People at the auction didn't really have interest in them. I bought maybe half of the ones sold, low end $5 for the Dodge truck, and I bowed out of the bidding at $30 on some. So I'd say top end was $50 maybe. I saw that after I posted too. There often are multiple cars used for the box art, and they did a lot of photo shop work too. The builder of the '59 Chevy PMed and said that specific model isn't the box art car, but was built for RM to display at trade shows. So now I know who built it and it's history. Box art vs trade show car, still used by RM for promo purposes, so I'll keep it in the collection. The Folgers car could've been something similar as well. Won't know unless someone in the know chimes in.

If you built that one you DESERVE TO SMACK YOUR HEAD! Each and every time! I had a buddy who put those silly scissor wing doors on his PT Cruiser. He hit his head often and I told him he deserved it!

Thanks for letting me know Dave! Interesting that the one vehicle there was no bidding interest in, and I stole for $5 opening bid, turns out to be the rarest one!

Okay Bill, here's the Deora. This is the original box art car for the release you see with the car. They air brushed the car to be more yellow, but there are a bunch of little details and flaws that are on the car and the box photos so I am sure this is the original car. I bought it at the GSL Auction in 1999. Back in those days the box art cars were built without glass to avoid the glare. It was airbrushed in the artwork. They also did things like paint the tire tread gray, so it would be visible in the photos. The Deora is one of my favorite show vehicles so I was very pleased to buy this one! Guys posting... this thread was started to show the original box art cars that Revell / Monogram commissioned folks to build to be photo graphed for the new kit box art. It's cool that folks are posting models, but please let us know if you built the kit for the box for the manufacturer, or if you built the kit to match the box.

I built this 1979 Ford pickup for the Model King release.... here's the base box art below. Doug Whyte put my dog Ted in the passenger seat.

continuing.... Once I saw the photos on the box, I realized that the model was built to come apart. So I took it apart for the below photo. The box art on the box top was a painting, as was the one on the '59 Chevy low rider kit. I always loved the box on the 1954 Chevy sedan delivery kit. Probably built by the same builder as the '59 Low Rider, it also has no engine and the hood is glued shut. The kit engine was no doubt built separate and is the one shown on the box. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the box. Nor were the bumpers. I'm sure I have a few... I need a better photo of the box, but here's the Monogram 1/24 scale Chevelle. I wasn't able to find an example of the box for the Dodge Nascar series truck. I have over 1000 kits and wouldn't ya know, I don't have the box for any of these! So I'll be looking out for them at future swap meets. If anyone knows who built any of the above box art cars, please let me know!

I recently went to the GSL in Salt Lake City. One of the events is an auction to benefit the museum. Revell / Monogram donated some of their older box art cars and I was lucky enough to bid and win a few... First up is an older release of the Revell '57 Ranchero with the chopped top. And here's a Monogram 1/24 scale Bronco. Note that they outlined the decals on the box. There is often airbrush work done on the published photos. Here's the Monogram 1959 Chevy convertible low rider edition. Very well done! The model is missing the sun visors, the up top and one vent window. You can see that this one was quickly built to just be photographed from the top. Note the flat black chassis and missing engine! Hood is glued shut. I have a few more posts to make here....

Another thread back from the dead of 2012. Oh what the heck.... pi A '34 pickup / stake bed that was built by Tom Tremantano from the Liars Club. I bought it from him at a show, I never even noticed the NNL East plate until I got it home. My '34 Ford sedan. It has a Plymouth flathead six and has been sectioned a few scale inches. I built this one from the snap kit. Wanted to create one of those Sears slide in pickup boxes from that era. If I was to get a 1:1 street rod today, I'd rather find a nice '34 than a '32... they are just too common!

Very nice work! Once you pull a diecast apart and do it your way, it is indeed a model!

A nice tribute to your friend. I have a few models in my collection that were created by friends who have left us, and it's comforting to have them safely on my shelf.

Back then John Slivoski was president of our club and he was rather well connected with the model companies. We got the latest news at our club meetings, or with a very juicy item, John would call me on the phone. Although we are all rather sophisticated today and know everything that's happening, I do miss those simple times of going into the toy store and finding a model you didn't know existed. That was pretty exciting stuff.

Finally sitting down after several weeks of non-stop running like a crazy man! Here's what I brought back from GSL in Salt Lake City. They have a very small swap meet on Saturday morning for a few hours. While shopping, one needs to be mindful that they need to get everything into their suitcases for the plane ride home! I have an original kit or two, didn't have any of the reissue. People may not know that the original kit was modeled after Don Emmon's 1:1 vehicle. Since Don was at GSL, I was hoping to get him to sign the box, but I never got the combination of box, pen and Don together. One of my all time favorite kits. I have a bunch of these but of course needed another. I'm using this chassis on a lot of my current builds. It's sealed but the box got dented in my checked suitcase. No worries since I have several clean boxes at home. The two models above were $10 each or I wouldn't have carried them all the way home! Grabbed this one at the GSL Auction, didn't pay a whole lot. I like the box art and the kit is complete in bags inside the box. GSL had a nice seminar on 3D printing by a panel of guys who actually are doing this today. They gave away small samples and here's mine. Although difficult to see in the translucent white, the detail on this figure is incredible. for size comparison, the base is the size of a quarter. On Sunday after GSL we pointed the rental car south, and wound up in American Fork, Utah. We managed to drive up very high on a mountain, and take in the view. But we stopped at a Holiday gas/convenience store that sold Sinclair gas. I spied these on clearance, so I grabbed one. They are 1/12 scale pedal cars. Just a neat little display box. I also bought a bunch of Revell / Monogram box art cars at the GSL Auction. I will post those soon.