Reeves Racing Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 This is just weird... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-25-Vintage-1-24-Custom-Made-Wagons-for-junkyard-diorama-parts-restore-/381470324097?hash=item58d1673581:g:tz8AAOSwLzdWTNSR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceMan Collections Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 The back story? Shouldn't you ask the seller for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Somebody liked wagons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Somebody liked wagons.Are you sure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeves Racing Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Somebody liked wagons.Definitely, and Judge Wapner but K-Mart sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Pun intended? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Goschke Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 That is some pretty trippy work there! Fun to look at once you see that there aren't any AMT '58 annuals or early Johan kits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fog cutter Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 if one was posted here they would be slathered with accolades. we need to encourage new builders of all abilities lest the hobby fall into ruin. at $4.00 each, if someone got a hood, grille, or bumper, out of each it would be a deal. anything else a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJ6 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 What so weird about it ? I click on the link you provided and to me just another eBay sell am I missing something here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 God bless ebay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) A lot look pretty fake and crude, like two door coupes with stuff stuck on the back..maybe built by a kid.. Edited December 19, 2015 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atmobil Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Looks like there is a Ford GT90 in there aswell. Who made a kit of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Looks like there is a Ford GT90 in there aswell. Who made a kit of that?Amt snapfast. kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atmobil Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Ah, that makes sense Looks like it has a topper from a pickup put on it. I wonder how much one could salvage from this lot. With some careful use of tools and maybe after a time in the freezer one could possibly get most parts off and hopefully be able to strip most of the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell C Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Somebody liked wagons.Smothered 'em with love, maybe. Nevertheless, that green woody with the '39 Ford fenders & grille isn't a half bad idea, or it could be with better execution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Any more than $5 the lot is over priced i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Someone had models, balsa wood, odd paints and lots of glue! That person probably got told that those are old models and probably worth a bunch, hence the experiment began!Odds are these might be from an estate sale and they have not clue what they are even selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 To each their own. More power to ya. Whatever floats your boat. I guess what I am trying to get out is I am just happy to see the hobby taking in as many directions as possible and that one is definitely a difference direction. Thank you. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) If you actually look at what's in the photos, it's apparent many of the models are really dirty...the kind of grime that comes from years of open storage. The newest subject is the red circa-2001 Mopar-looking thing second down, top left...so this builder was still working at least as late as that.The shaky detail painting implies either a very young or a very old builder, or someone with impaired motor control.The work all appears to have been done by the same person, but the colors are interesting...as though the builder was given one color to work with for each model.The modifications, though very poorly done, appear to me to be too ambitious for a very young builder...especially the woody conversions, which wouldn't have much relevance to a child...The obsession with station-wagons (the one exception being the stretch-limo, third down from top right) is interesting, but so is the apparent complete and utter lack of any appreciation of form and line.And it would seem to me that anyone with the least semblance of a rational, critical-thinking-capable brain would have given up on this particular hobby after the third or fourth attempt having failed to produce anything remotely resembling good work.My first guess was that these may have been built as a kind of occupational therapy by someone with problems...but...after looking at the seller's site, it appears this particular builder did many more models at a similar skill level. Probably not a kid, judging from the others.The $99.99 asking bid is insane, as are the prices this seller has attached to other models on his auction site obviously from the same builder's collection. Apparently the seller has no more idea of what constitutes "good" and "value" than the builder had of the meaning of "craftsmanship".If this is really the best someone can do and they enjoy it, fine, but it chaps my backside to see some clown offering this trash for money.Whatever.It seems Ebay has an entire sub-culture of idiots selling worthless garbage to idiots. Ain't technology grand. Edited December 19, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 It looks like the only wagon, is the Nomad. Everything else is "custom". Good for a few parts, but way over priced. 20 bucks at most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Ace - Garageguy, you definitely said it all. I just could not get out what I was thinking about this topic. And about the price for those models, again Ace - Garageguy you hit the nail on the head. Thank you. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fog cutter Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 they also could have been built as a group therapy project. maybe more recent than 2001 if they were donated kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6bblbird Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I just made an offer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I just made an offer! "I'll take them off your hands if you ship them to me for free"? Those models, as well as a large portion of the seller's others, are one person's therapy. Nothing more. They are not worth a penny in my world excpet to a family member or something. It looks like they were stored in an attic or garage for years and the seller didn't even clean off the spider webs and or fecal matter. Don't even get me started on the price... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) "... and the seller didn't even clean off the spider webs and or fecal matter..." That's rare and collectible spider webs and fecal matter, son. Edited December 20, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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