Ever have leftover parts and wonder what to do with them?

[LDO]

You might think these parts would be cool for something...but what?

I got a 1/24 Opel Blitz fire truck. I will not be using the fire truck parts, so I'm wondering what to use that water tank for. I know, kind of a weird train of thought.  The thread about show cars has me thinking of some early '70s oddball rod, but the idea is just not coming together. 

Maybe a weird post. Sort of a "thinking out loud" kind of thing.

 

[Richard Bartrop]

I would be very surprised if there was anyone on this group who didn't.

[gtx6970]

Ever have leftover parts and wonder what to do with them?

 

This a trick question ?

[SfanGoch]

1 hour ago, LDO said:

so I'm wondering what to use that water tank for.

Sell it on ebay for $378.39. Somebody'll take the bait.  

[LDO]

No. Normally I don't leave off major parts, like the fire truck parts from a fire truck kit.

[Casey]

In the real world, that's exactly how you end up with things like this:

[LDO]

I'm a plumber and that thing gives me the dry heaves.

[Dave Van]

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Edited April 19, 2018 by Dave Van

[1930fordpickup]

2 minutes ago, LDO said:

I'm a plumber and that thing gives me the dry heaves.

LOL 

Just bag or box them with the instructions. Sooner or later some will be looking for that on here. 

[Jordan White]

My favorite line on some of the instructions is about having extra parts and that you can save them or throw them away! 

[426 pack]

I have a bin in my room for weird parts that I probably will never use but I just can't throw them away. 

[Lunajammer]

[Mike999]

3 hours ago, LDO said:

I got a 1/24 Opel Blitz fire truck. I will not be using the fire truck parts, so I'm wondering what to use that water tank for. I know, kind of a weird train of thought.  The thread about show cars has me thinking of some early '70s oddball rod, but the idea is just not coming together. 

Dirt-track water truck or even just a trailer, behind a beat-up AMT '53 Ford, Lindberg Dodge L700, etc.?  Local (residential) fuel delivery truck, behind...something?  Anthony Hazelaar cut down a Monogram 1/24 Mack tank and built a Model TT tanker, link below.  That might cross right over into your "oddball rod" idea.

Speaking of leftover parts...when I started the old MPC '34 Ford Modified Stocker recently, I learned pretty quick to identify exactly which parts would be used.  The leftovers I put aside in a plastic bag.  That thing has 4 different hoods, 3 different firewalls and 2 different rear bulkheads IIRC, 2 or 3 different air cleaners, etc. etc. I know they did that to cover the several different versions of the kit. But it got confusing pretty quickly. Especially since almost every part number on the sprue had a sink mark right in the middle, making it really hard to read the part numbers.

http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/tonhazelaar/wwwhome/25t-tanktruck.html

Edited December 20, 2017 by Mike999
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[Snake45]

We used to have a lot MORE "leftover" parts back when every kit was a 3-in-1. I am STILL using some of those leftover parts, 50 years later! 

[OldNYJim]

http://www.showrods.com/showrod_pages/flameout.html

 

 

[Russell C]

[disabled modeler]

I save everything left over from a build...I have parts bins to store them in for future use or just in case someone needs them for theirs.  Sometimes one can come up with something pretty darn cool with left over parts.