Tom Geiger

And that's how most of them looked in their later years! Love the RHD conversion and 'roo bar!

There is also a full size Beer Wagon build to resemble the model. I think it was the comic book ads for Tom Daniel kits that got me into them as a kid.

I used to take my '73 Scamp to shows. I once had a guy put his soda cup down on my hood and his foot on the bumper to tie his shoe. When I chased him he seemed confused "What? I wasn't hurting anything?"

That MPC Dodge Omni Charger is actually a pretty nicely done kit. I have a few of them, different versions.

Tom Daniel was very inspirational to me as a young model builder. I had a whole bunch of his kits, Pie Wagon, T'rantula and Tijuana Taxi as a kid. I was fortunate enough to meet him at the GSL in 2003. I actually got to sit down and have a few drinks with him. Wow! The other figure that shaped my modeling in my youth was Bob Paeth of Revell and his involvement with my nemesis kit, the Revell 1957 Nomad. I spent a nice evening with Bob at GSL 2001, where he told me stories about the development of that kit; At the 2003 GSL, I asked and found that although Bob and Tom knew of each other professionally, they had never met! So I had the great honor of introducing them. And as you can see Tom Daniel took that very seriously! In the photo, left to right is me (with hair!), Bob Paeth and Tom Daniel. Call this the moment that all my planets were in perfect alignment! The little kid inside me rejoices! If I only knew what would be when I was a 12 year old modeler!

A bit funny to post since we're debating rat rods in another thread. I started out with this old built up that was never finished. I got it in a group of six such parts kits from a small time dealer. It may look okay in the photo, but it's a real glue bomb with crummy paint and glue everywhere. I liked the flat green paint, even though it was runny and messy, so I decided it deserved better! My intent was to do a quick build to cheer myself up. I've always wanted to own a 1:1 like this, so maybe someday. But like most of us, a model will do for now. Wheel and tire set came off some forgotten diecast but I squirreled them away for a build someday. This is someday. I carved off the fenders, which were an integral part of the chassis. I lowered front and rear suspension a tad. Close up of tire / wheel. I dunno, I like 'em. Decals were done by me a few years ago and have been sitting waiting for a project. Would be better with a white background, but it kinda works for this build. Note that I left the side skirts that attached to the fenders because the exhaust will play off on this piece, exiting right in front of the rear tire. And I think it makes the truck look a bit lower than it actually is. These photos are a bit behind as this quick and easy project has already gone down the merry path. The Caddy engine has been wired and plumbed, the interior is being completely redone and I've constructed a custom exhaust system from components, the way I'd want my 1:1, including mufflers and side exhaust. The Model A grill shell is long gone and replaced.... to be continued..

I love my Brit Lincoln LS!

Yea, this type of thread could be sub-titled "How to bankrupt a model company". A few I'd like to see in plastic... VW Split Window Beetle in either 1/24 or 1/25 scale - It's never been done! 1965 Barracuda 1958 Ford Karman Ghia Type 34 Early 1950s Buick with straight 8

Very cool snubbie!

Oh, the good ole days. In the beginning I found a niche selling car brochures. I'd sit there on a Saturday listing them one at a time and every few listings I'd do a refresh and the ones I had just listed already had bids on them! Sell through was like 100% and everything got multiple bids. Once I found a third party listing tool, I was running 50 auctions a week, all ending on Sunday evening. By 11pm that evening I'd send out my "Pay Me" email invoices. By Tuesday the checks started coming in via mail. My wife knew to put all the eBay mail in a designated box. On Friday after dinner, I'd set up a card table in our foyer and fill all those orders. My invoice rules stated I mailed every Saturday so if you were late with your payment, it would be an extra week. Nobody complained. So I'd open all those envelopes, retrieve the check and pack the brochures. The mail clerks knew they'd see me with 50 pieces on Saturday morning so I'd get there early, before the crowds. My wife's job was depositing all the checks and telling me how we did. She liked that part.

That's pretty much what we do here! Please do!

Cool model and story.

I was five years old and living in Dayton, Ohio. All I remember was that the coverage was on all the TV channels and I was upset that there were no cartoons to watch. A lot of people my age will tell you they remember all about it, but I believe they actually remember seeing the news reels that have been played extensively in the last 50 years.

It's been said many times that Modelhaus website doesn't have pictures, and Norm doesn't have a website at all. Both gentlemen are already selling product at full capacity, so they don't need it!

I think we're all like my dog Ted. He loves rawhide chews (model kits). He knows what cabinet they are kept in (eBay) and begs for one every chance he gets (we bid). He can have 5-6 already on the den floor (our collection), but he wants a new one. I can sneak the used ones from the floor back into the cabinet, and he gladly accepts it as new (the models we forgot we had). When he gets the new one, he'll happily chew it while sitting in the middle of the ones he had been ignoring (groking a new kit). The next day he wants another new one.(back to eBay)

As said above, some folks complain about eBay when things sell for more than they want to pay. We used to have a vendor who came to NNL East who had great old annuals and other scarce kits. He had enormous prices on them. People would come to me and complain that we needed to MAKE him sell them for cheap money. But at the end of every show I'd see people walking around with those kits. They paid the price, so the market had spoken! When I want something on eBay it becomes a game with me. For instance, I like those old Heller Citroen trucks. You can go there right now and there will be "Buy It Now"s for $100 or more. I put them in my search agent and bid on a bunch of them that went beyond my bid price. Oh well. Eventually I got a few in the $15-25 range. And that's the market. In the end I got what I wanted at a price I wanted to pay. And unfortunately I've known people in the hobby that put buying models before taking care of their obligations and family. That's sad.

I get a kick out of the emails I get from eBay. I collect a US stamp that has a catalog number "300". So that's a search I will do in the correct category. Then I get a cheery email from eBay.. "WE FOUND 300!" and it gives me a choice of "Chrysler 300 owners manual", "300 colorful plastic hangers", "300 Calorie cook book" and other totally irrelevant items. Maybe I broke their search function?

I've been playing with this 'traditional rod'. I started with an old built up that I liked the flat green paint on, but was otherwise a kid built glue bomb. I did a rough cut of getting the fenders off and I'm working with all parts box accessories. Otherwise just trying to be creative and build it pleasing to my eye. And no it's not sitting on the ground and nothing will look like it's ready to fall off either!

Ever think that the one guy who constantly has problems on eBay IS THE PROBLEM?? And those who have never tried it and say that they'll NEVER do eBay and NEVER sign up for Paypal are probably ashamed of their internet skills and afraid to try. Then there are those who aren't credit worthy enough to get a credit card or Paypal and bark loud as a cover for that. Me? I was instantly in love with eBay from my first look in 1998. I've been a constant user and like others above said, I've found items that I never thought I'd see in my lifetime. For me the tough stuff is more related to my stamp collection than models. There are very rare privately perforated coil stamps that were created in the 100s or low 1000s. And now I have them all! I've always said eBay is like cocaine... first you get hooked and the next thing you know, you're selling to support your habit!

I used to do the full light show thing when my kids were young. My luck always was that I'd be out there on a cold windy day, then the next Saturday it would be 60 degrees again! Here in PA, the house sits far enough back from the road that small items wouldn't be seen. My wife will put a wreath on the door and her candle lights in the windows. Good enough. And while watching TV last night, I saw a Mercedes Christmas ad. I hate those ads with luxury cars with Christmas bows on them! It's like they're laughing at us!

eBay says that sellers need to have tracking on their packages for their protection, proof of delivery in a dispute. Years ago I sold a box of old sheet music. The buyer filed a dispute that they didn't receive it. I had delivery confirmation that it was delivered. Buyer said he lived in an apartment building so it was likely that the package was delivered, but stolen from his lobby. eBay found in his favor and refunded all his money from my Paypal account. A while later I was browsing that category and there was this guy selling my sheet music as singles. Same user ID he used as a buyer. No shame. I go back to eBay with this new proof that he received the package. I got a canned response that my dispute had been resolved earlier and couldn't be reopened! So I call eBay. I get an operator who took all my info and then told me I was past the time for filing a dispute (hey the buyer only put these up for sale now) and said that what the guy was selling was different from what I sold him. As in if he was reselling the lot as a unit, that's one thing, but the singles couldn't be seen as the same by them. Never mind that there was some handwriting on some of the covers visible in both my and his scans!

Tonight I got in the car to go pick up a pizza and the radio was blaring "Feliz Navidad" . I turned it off very quickly. I'm not ready for Christmas.

It's sad that people are this stupid... right after 911, some local clowns in New Jersey were calling to boycott an INDIAN owned gas station.

Agreed. I'd like to have a Manx for summer cruising in the open air. Just taking leisurely tours in the country side. Loud and vibrating wouldn't work with that!

Very cool Steve! And after your Deora, I know you will build this one to original perfection! And it's great to see the 1:1 survives today! And a bit of trivia. Back in the early 1960s Chrysler shipped a 1:1 slant six engine to Revell to use as reference in creating their large scale slant six engine. Once they were finished with it, it just was sitting in a corner of Jim Keeler's office. Tex Smith visited Revell and mentioned that he was working on this XR6 (then unnamed) rod and didn't know what type of engine to put in it. Jim pointed over to the slant 6 and said he should put it in his rod. Done! So the engine in Tex Smith's XR6 is the actual engine that Revell used to engineer the big Slant 6 kit. And irony that the car was later kitted by their competition AMT! And it's been said that XR6 stands for EX-Revell 6.