Ramfins59 Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 My models were a little neater than these back in the day...... http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1959-CONVERTIBLE-PONTIAC-BONNEVILLE-CUSTOMIZED-BUILT-MODEL-CAR-AWESOME-/301577324479?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item463768c7bf http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMT-1959-Pontiac-Bonneville-HT-Built-3-in-1-Annual-Kit-Orig-59/390862432216?_trksid=p2045573.c100034.m2102&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29701%26meid%3D3850826cbfcc4413bfbf64282023ca41%26pid%3D100034%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D311323943889 How about yours...???
StevenGuthmiller Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I was just looking at a '62 Chrysler 300 on ebay a few minutes ago. Whoever built it had glued telephones to the doors as door handles. Steve
Ron Hamilton Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Of course I did. I bought a few that were like that too.
thatz4u Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I did not, but I know some guys that used every part & every decal inthe box on their cars..
dartman Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) Guilty as charged.......but what did you expect from an 8 year old with no adult input.It was like here.... now get out of my hair. Edited April 2, 2015 by dartman
Eshaver Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I can honestly say no. I didn't much care for decals , louvers or fender skirts . I do admit to Brush painting until 1963 when I got brave and tried a can of Light Blue Spray on AMT's 1963 Ford F-100. it didn't shine as the paint was too thick. Still, I got better as time went on as I was determined to do as well as the older crowd .
disabled modeler Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I never could build that style but did cut up a few to make drag cars out of them...now I find how hard it is to find needed parts and restore them I just cant.
Chuck Most Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I've always wanted to try that, because I never did it as a kid. Buy some cheap reissue of a '50's-era 3-in-1 and use every single custom part on it just because I can. And maybe after that, I could partake in another old modeler's tradition I skipped out on as a kid... blowing it up with firecrackers.
JunkPile Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 What I'm seeing is 50 year old built model cars that have most (if not all) parts (mostly still attached to subject) and decals that are well placed and are snugly stuck to body. Looks like top-notch work to me......
angelo7 Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) Yep, I mostly did glue bombs. Been doing kits since I have memory, mostly drag racing cars. The more decals they had, the better. I used all of them. I do trucks now. Edited April 2, 2015 by angelo7
cartpix Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 What do you mean, back in the day? I still build them like that. Jeff
Foxer Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) I always had better taste than that. I didn't find it a requirement to use every part in the box on a kit ... my parts box(s) were full. Those are just bad builds by people that had no taste or knowledge about 1:1 cars. Since I keep seeing these I just wonder who ever built them .. even at a young age. Edited April 2, 2015 by Foxer
vintagercr Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 On 4/2/2015 at 8:33 PM, Ramfins59 said: My models were a little neater than these back in the day...... http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1959-CONVERTIBLE-PONTIAC-BONNEVILLE-CUSTOMIZED-BUILT-MODEL-CAR-AWESOME-/301577324479?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item463768c7bf http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMT-1959-Pontiac-Bonneville-HT-Built-3-in-1-Annual-Kit-Orig-59/390862432216?_trksid=p2045573.c100034.m2102&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29701%26meid%3D3850826cbfcc4413bfbf64282023ca41%26pid%3D100034%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D311323943889 How about yours...???[/quote And to think my mom said they were lost. Now I know where they got to, lol!
ChrisBcritter Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 That pink hardtop is still available? Don't know why the the seller doesn't list it with an opening bid of $20 and let the bidders decide. Never exactly built a car like that, although I will admit to building a '65 Chevelle AWB and using the shock absorbers as grille decorations (my first build and I was seven, OK? )
ChrisBcritter Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) On 4/2/2015 at 8:39 PM, StevenGuthmiller said: I was just looking at a '62 Chrysler 300 on ebay a few minutes ago. Whoever built it had glued telephones to the doors as door handles. Steve Two ringy-dingies? The valve covers are also notable. Along with the radiator. Good windshield frame and top boot, though. Edited April 2, 2015 by ChrisBcritter
Roadrunner Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Yep, most of the stuff I built when I was a kid, looked like they were built by a kid. My Big Deuce was sprayed with a Pactra metalflake green, but I left the frame and engine block bare yellow plastic.
Ramfins59 Posted April 2, 2015 Author Posted April 2, 2015 Wow... Gotta love those "custom" door handles... I find it amazing that these old builtups are still being found and offered up for rescue again.
Greg Myers Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 You bet. They put all those parts and decals in there for a reason. At some point I had a friend that pointed that out to me. " You know, you build nice models. Why do you trash 'em up with all those decals." at that point I moved forward in my building skills.
gtx6970 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I think these style kits were gone before I got into modeling in th e mid to late 60s time frame. I've sure bought my share of them recently though.
StevenGuthmiller Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 On 4/2/2015 at 11:15 PM, Ramfins59 said: Wow... Gotta love those "custom" door handles... I find it amazing that these old builtups are still being found and offered up for rescue again. This one might be worth looking at just for the correct rear bucket interior. Steve
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I built my share of use-every-part-and-decal-in-the-box gluebombs, and it was a source of continuing frustration to me that my little uncoordinated hands couldn't turn my visions into reality. Somewhere along the way, I also began to grasp the idea that sometimes, "less-is-more".
slusher Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I built my ahare of glue bombs but if they was still around i don't think they would sell...
Ron Hamilton Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 On 4/3/2015 at 1:42 AM, StevenGuthmiller said: This one might be worth looking at just for the correct rear bucket interior. Steve You're right about that. The fact that is mostly unpainted is a plus too. The original builder used a lot of glue to attach the "Kustom" parts, didn't they?
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