Tom Geiger

Okay.. now that we've driven this topic down the slippery slope to no good!

Thanks for posting these. I collect old customs, but as my collection has grown I've started only buying those that have significant work on them. I found those two on eBay, rather enthusiastic pricing for what they are!

That's cheating!

Yea but the second mouse gets the cheese! My usual flea market experience... from across the aisle I see a model kit. It's usually one of those 1990s AMT snap pickups that were derived from the promo, $5 or maybe $10 maximum at the average model car show. I can see the shrink wrap is tattered and blowing in the breeze. The box art is sun faded and the box top is sunken in from being for sale at flea markets for the last ten years. The vendor, who looks like Grizzly Adams, spies me looking at it. This is his chance! He pops up from his chair and engages me in conversation, "Dat dere is a genuine antique! They get $100 for dat on eBay! I'll let you have it for $35 cash money!" Oh boy!

I just discovered this thread, and there's not much left to add! I build for my own enjoyment and the delight of the few odd souls I call friends. I love the build process, not only for the art and accomplishment, but the social aspect of sharing my joy and photos on the boards. That's something that spurs me on to work harder and finish the model. Once I finish a model, it goes into the place of honor in my den. That's up on the wall unit next to the TV. That's because I find joy in looking at it, and how the image in my head has magically been created in 3D. I also enjoy taking the final product, or even the build in progress, to shows and club meetings. I like getting critiques and sometimes people tell me things that will make my model better. My finished models all sit in a show case, a transformed china cabinet, that is in my home office. Sometimes I just stand there and admire my 'babies'. And it's often the first thing I show visitors to my home. Nothing wrong with enjoying and being proud of your work. I don't understand the 'good enough' guys. It's a mind set and a way of life. I think you'll find that they settle for average in many aspects of their life. I can't understand it, I've always strove to do my best at everything in my life. But I see it in my wife's brothers... one of whom upon seeing my model room and what was on my bench exclaimed, "That looks like work!" He spends most of his time watching TV or bothering people on FaceBook.

I'm never lucky at garage sales or flea markets! I have a friend who can go through the same flea market as me and come out with great old treasures. Me, nope! In the past year I found a plane model for 50 cents. One sale had a bunch of built Nascar cars, that weren't done all that well. You can find those sealed for $3-5 each at the shows I go to. That same seller had a 1990s Ford pickup, sealed for $3 so I grabbed that. But I keep looking for that grand hoard!

Andre, in the USA home inspection results can be used to negotiate with the seller. And home inspectors can be notoriously overzealous in their reports. They want to cover everything so that you think you got your money's worth and so you can't go back and sue them later. Ask the question about the mold... where? how much? and a result of what condition? Find out if it's old dried out mold, or active damp growth. Find out how much it would cost to re-mediate the mold and correct what ever condition caused it. Present this to the seller for them to repair prior to closing. It may be as easy as that. When I bought my house in Pennsylvania, a house built in 1994, the home inspector found 'mold' and panic ensued. It was nothing more than a space where a pipe formerly leaked, the pipe being fixed a long time ago, and there was some long dried out mold on a small section of sheet rock that had been wet. It was as simple as cutting out that small piece of wall. Don't give up so easy!

Agreed. I add most details because it pleases me, and I try new things like scratch building some small detail just for the personal challenge... can I do this? There are times I've succeeded and are most pleased with the result and myself, and there are times I've failed, but learned something along the way. Nobody does everything perfect all the time. Internet boards with build threads are good because they humanize the best builders. When one of the 'big boys' confesses that he did that paint job three times before he got it right, it's down right encouraging for the rest of us. For example when people see my '53 Ford pickup with the scratch built work box on the back, they assume I just did it. No, the one on the truck is box three or four. I just refused to give up.

Put that one, the Charlie's Angels kit, or the Kiss van out on eBay in the Rock Memorabilia category and they'll fight over it.

I'll bet that someone, somewhere has taken a Javelin and added all the AMX trim bits! And you could probably pass it off on some unsuspecting, unknowledgable soul.

On last night's news they said that several people declined to be considered for the reward. I believe part of the outrage was that the kids and their mother were working for their church at the time. The one guy had no record, but the other guy was bad news. Sad fact is that they knew each other about a week. And it kinda reinforces back when your parents told you not to hang out with a bad kid!

Bless you and your wife! You've taken two kids with an uncertain future and gave them a good life. Beats the heck out of building a model any day!

The classic movie, "Its A Wonderful Life" The cop was Bert and the cab driver was Ernie, a bit of a comedy team between them. My eldest daughter and I watch the movie together every Christmas season, much to the distaste of my wife and younger daughter! Watch the movie and you'll be surprised at how many common phrases and things came out of that one flick!

Wouldn't ya know that Art would zoom in on my lack of knowledge on John Senior's pickup! Per my foggy memory of not having seen the show in at least two decades. You'd think he'd at least give me some points for knowing that the school bus was a Corbitt! From frickin' Indiana!

A Chinese solution on how to get more cars into a shipping container.

Yesterday I got a Pep Boys Rewards certificate for $20 in the mail. No doubt for the pair of tires I had put on the Breeze a while back, but $20 I didn't have, so it's cool! And what did I do with that money? I got three cans of Duplicolor grey primer / sealer... yea I'm probably set for the rest of the year. The primer was only $5.99 a can (so quit your whining that it's too expensive to use!) and I needed some rubber gasket cement since the door gasket on my two 1:1 cars is loose, so I got that for $3.99 too. Grand purchase was $23.28 including tax, so I paid $3.28 out of pocket. That means the primer was free! I did need a very light gray Duplicolor paint for my current project, but nothing close there. They had tons of silvers, all with metallic, but no gray at all. Guess that's not a popular color on new cars. That makes for a good excuse to hit the hobby shop today to see what Tamiya offers. And there is a Sonic right near the hobby shop! Lunch anyone?

Thanks for the daily updates. Us detail nuts do see and appreciate the hard earned progress on this one! And it's like having a favorite show that you can watch every day!

Look where the man is in the photo. The round object is the air cleaner. The engine didn't wind up in the drivers lap, which is probably what saved his life.

Hi Doug! Good to see another NJ modeler. Don't let the PA address fool you. If you are looking for a monthly outing among like minded individuals look us up! Tri-State Scale Model Car Club meets second Saturday of every month in Perth Amboy. That's all 287 for you! We meet at 1pm. Our next meeting is August 9th. Oh, we always have food and drink! Drop me a note, either at the email below or PM within this board.

I guess you did that so Sesame Street wouldn't sue you? They stole the names anyway.... anyone know where?

I used to work for a guy who got a phone call from the police in the middle of the night, informing him that his son had been in a horrible accident. He said his son was only 4 years old and asleep. His Granada had been stolen out of the driveway and some dumb kid wrapped it around a telephone pole at speed. The kid was badly hurt and successfully sued my friend's insurance company for a big number! Funny thing, the fact that he stole the car wasn't admissible in court! All that could be said was that he was driving the insured's car and he had an accident.

Roof rack!

Erik- I am currently working on this same kit. I came back to this thread to see how you handled the trim that starts on the fender tops and continues the length of the car. The kit has these as rather fine little pieces. Your model looks as if you left them off? What did you do? This is a very nice kit which should build up nicely. I did notice that the kit allows for the rear hatch to be either up or down, but not operable. I'm working on hinging it right now.

Silly wabbit! It's obviously on the primer table, actually at GSL a few years ago. See the orange dot? It got photographed.

Waltons Gift Set - John Boy's Model A (A gift from the odd spinster sisters, he brush painted it tan) and Daddy Walton's Model A pickup. Actually not all that tough to do since the vehicles exist as kits... And just to make it difficult... The Walton Mountain school bus which was actualy a Corbitt in the series.