New Old Guy

[Kromolly]

Cheers.  Been lurking for a few days and decided to join and introduce myself.  Like many of you I built models as a kid, in the 1970s, primarily cars and trucks.  Mom and dad tried to get me interested in other subjects (ships, submarines, airplanes, flintlock pistols... YAWN!).  They finally figured it out and left me to my misspent motoring youth.  I wish I had kept the models of my youth, but they are long gone off-gassing in a landfill somewhere.  Fast forward to the mid-1990s when I was thirty-something, and I got into the hobby again and built some cars that I now have on display, and share photos below.  I spent a couple of years building and then life got busy and everything got put away in boxes.  With kids long grown and gone and retirement nearing, I'm itching to get into the hobby again.  I have about 40 unbuilt kits that I collected mostly in the 90s, an eclectic collection of muscle cars, antiques, gassers, fuel-altered drag cars and heavy-duty trucks.  My profession is fleet management, so it seems fitting that I fill the house with rolling stock.

As I said, the models below were built in the mid-1990s.  I haven't built a model in 25 years.  I am currently working on a replica of my wife's high school car, a '72 Mustang notchback.  This required cutting the roof off of the MPC '73 Mustang fastback and grafting a the roof of am AMT Street Custom Mercury Cougar roof to the body, and also removing and filling the hood scoops.  Just about ready for primer now.  A couple of the models below had a few mods, the most mods being to the light green '55 Chevy pickup.  This kit in the 90s had a wide back window, V8 engine and chrome.  I wanted to build the low-end pickup of the day, the "Thriftmaster" with 6-cylinder and no chrome.  I just noticed the battery is missing, I'll have to remedy that.  The firewall was modified to accept the longer 6-cylinder, the wrap-around back window was filled, chrome was stripped and parts painted white, and the spare tire well was created in the left rear fender.  The blue Buick Riviera is a replica of a car I owned in the early to mid- 80s.  Hope you enjoy the photos.  The quality isn't great, they were taken with a smart phone.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Thanks for sharing some cool models! WELCOME tot he forum!! 

[Captain Spaulding]

Welcome to the forum, those are some great looking builds.

[GeeBee]

Welcome aboard, those are real nice models, looking forward to seeing some of your new work.

[slusher]

Welcome aboard, Roy!   Very sharp models. Looking forward to seeing more of your models...

[PappyD340]

Welcome to the forum Roy, those are some fantastic looking models!

[Kromolly]

Thanks guys, your compliments mean a lot coming from you.  This forum is great, so much information, talent and eye candy.  Back in the mid '90s when I was last building, information was limited to a few publications.  I learned quite a bit from those, but the amount of information here far eclipses anything I could find back then.  Someone once said "stop lurking and start building!"  Easier said than done.  ?

[misterNNL]

Everything here would look right at home at any model show display table today. Quality work is always in style. I was the guy that posted the" stop lurking" note. It's a mimic of a local TV commercial where a guy wants you to let his company put foam insulation in the walls of you house thus saving you money. He ends every commercial by saying " Stop freezing and start saving ".

[Kromolly]

Thank you Tom, the compliment is very much appreciated.  I did get a chuckle out of "Stop lurking and start building".  This site is addictive, but also inspiring.  Thanks again.