Kits you can't seem to have enough of.

[Tom Geiger]

On 11/12/2023 at 7:58 AM, bobss396 said:

We were discussing this at our show yesterday. I was selling some kits that I probably had 5 to 8 of in my stash. 

Favorites: AMT '40 Ford, '49 Ford and Mercury, '32 Fords. Any cheap NASCAR kit that can be pillaged for parts. MPC modifieds, I have by the case. Funny they were not selling at $15 per. I also have a bunch of AMT early modifieds, despite the cumbersome chassis to build, they are nice kits.

We had that conversation while I was buying these from you! I’ve been on a 57 Ford binge lately, buying kits for parts to finish up a few restorations!

[Sledsel]

1 hour ago, Tom Geiger said:

We had that conversation while I was buying these from you! I’ve been on a 57 Ford binge lately, buying kits for parts to finish up a few restorations!

Who's is that? Looks better than the Reveal kit body. 

[Tom Geiger]

18 minutes ago, Sledsel said:

Who's is that? Looks better than the Reveal kit body. 

I dunno. $20 sedan body so I grabbed it. I remember All American models did something with the 57 Ford. Anyone?

[Bills72sj]

On 11/12/2023 at 5:55 AM, redscampi said:

Ummm - Honda 750 Four large scale kits. T buckets. And large scale car and bike kits in general. Part of my stash here:

It looks like you need to get busy...lol

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi!

I confess to a weakness for Monogram's 85 ProStock  TBird, and Johan's 70 Eldo. Oh well... Hours of fun with styrene!

CT

 

[redscampi]

8 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

It looks like you need to get busy...lol

You are correct! I am uncomfortably aware that there's no way I'll ever build all of my kits.

[afx]

I have built a few of each but have a few more in the stash.

• AMT Shelby Cobras
• Fujimi Porsche 911s

 

[stitchdup]

I forgot about the golfs and revell vw camper/bus/van kits. I multiples of each version of those but i've been holding off on the mk1s recently as they seem to have doubled in price

[Mark]

10 hours ago, Sledsel said:

Who's is that? Looks better than the Reveal kit body. 

Modelhaus once did a '57 sedan body based on an AMT promo body molded in styrene that turned up.  The story goes that at some point AMT was looking at doing another '57 Ford kit based on the promo body.  I've got one of the Modelhaus bodies, will have to dig it out and check it versus the one pictured.

[bobss396]

12 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

I dunno. $20 sedan body so I grabbed it. I remember All American models did something with the 57 Ford. Anyone?

I forget where I got it from, it is nicely cast and I fit the AMT interior into it. I'm glad it found a new home. I still have 4 or 5 '57 kits on hand. Just thinning the herd. Nobody bit on my '56 Fords, another good one to build up.

[Sledsel]

1 hour ago, bobss396 said:

I forget where I got it from, it is nicely cast and I fit the AMT interior into it. I'm glad it found a new home. I still have 4 or 5 '57 kits on hand. Just thinning the herd. Nobody bit on my '56 Fords, another good one to build up.

Nice, I wish they were still made because the revell body needs a lot of work to look right. I did cut up a 57 Fairlane body to correct a two-door sedan body and I'm doing a Del Rio also. It wasn't that difficult but I've got so many kids to build I don't have time to be correcting things, otherwise the revell 57s would be on my list of must-haves

Edited November 14, 2023 by Sledsel

[Mr. Metallic]

On 11/11/2023 at 7:52 PM, Bullybeef said:

I saw 6 of them at my local hobby shop today, was it a recent reissue? 

The most recent reissue is in a Hot Wheels themed box

[Mr. Metallic]

I can't help myself from buying the Monogram 32 Ford roadsters, any version, almost any time I see it. The tooling that started out as the Little Deuce. That has the best kit based traditional hot rod suspension and brakes available, especially the front. Thanks to Dave Darby for turning me on to those years ago. They used to be everywhere at shows and swaps for next to nothing, but I think since people figured out about the suspension the prices have gone up. Thankfully Ollies got their hands on some earlier this year and I was able to score a couple more. 

[mk11]

On 11/11/2023 at 12:09 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

I used to buy just about every cheap '28-'32 Ford of any description, '49-'50 Fords, '36 Fords, '40 Ford Tudors, original Ala Kart double kits, AMT and Revell double dragster kits, and vintage parts packs. Don't ask me why.

                                               

 

 

Merely preserving one of the greatest rodding eras, I guess 

(snapshot from a '48 film taken on Bunker Hill, LA.)

My pile is similar, but with a fairly heavy concentration of Ford trucks, handful of reissue amt '78 4x4s grabbed cheap among others. Great for accurizing a certain modern release. Lots of mustangs and a few torinos as well too, mainly for the better accuracy of detail parts.

[1930fordpickup]

34 ford trucks and 63-65 Riveria 

[bobss396]

I just sold a bunch of kits at a show, got rid of many duplicates. For an odd reason I came home with 2 unsold AMT '49 Merc kits. They were priced to sell. I had a Replicas version of the '56 Ford, that came home too.

I was talking with a modeling buddy yesterday. I was talking about taking a year off and building nothing but Trophy Series kits. Everything always fit together well on those. I never recalled a struggle even at 9 years old.

I'm building an AMT '66 Impala Modified Stocker. I also have a stash of this series and most are pretty good. Talk about fit issues. I had to sand the sides of the interior tub to get it to meet the tops of the doors. I made up blocks towards the front of the tub as stops. I will have to pin the chassis to the interior tub and make up something to positively locate the rear of the chassis to the body. Imagine a little kid of 12 trying to put one together?

[Mark]

When we were 12, poor parts fit = use more glue!

[1959scudetto]

Just checked my excel sheet concerning my stash - the most - still unbuilt - kits I do have are:

13    Mini Coopers (stock, racing and rally versions, Morris and Austin) from Tamiya, Revell andFujimi

11    Ford GT40 (including a Ford Mk IV) from Fujimi, Revell, Arii and LeMans Miniatures)

10   Lancia Stratos (rally, road racing and stock versions) from Hasegawa, Revell and Tamiya

22   Ferrari 250 GTO, 250 SWB and 250 California Spider from Italeri, Revell, Protar and Gunze Sangyo (including 4 transkits from Umi, Mini Exotics, Tecnomodel and Carrera)

 

[RSchnell]

My kits that I can't have enough of mimic the real stuff I've owned over the years-

Model A Fords, 55-57 Ford passenger cars & wagons, C1 Corvettes

Also have a weakness for the AMT '49 Mercs, any of the Revell '32 Fords & of course any old annual that's priced right.

[LDO]

The Big Deuce. I’ve bought seven since the Revell Germany reissue around 30 years ago.  Never one older than that. 

Edited November 19, 2023 by LDO

[slusher]

Pinto and pinto parts  70’s Dodge trucks…

[Mike C.]

It seems like every time I stop at HH, I pick up one or 2 of these. The parts alone are worth the entire purchase when they have the 40% off sales. Have lots of tire/wheel sets to trade. I have at least 6 of these kits. a few molded in black. Also, the Revell GMC truck. Have like 3 of these.

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by Mike C.

[sfhess]

67-72 Mercury Cougar.

Mustang Mach 1 Concept car

Chevy Astro 1 

AMT 68 Impala "Custom".

[StevenGuthmiller]

In all honesty, I have to say that in my case, there is no such thing as a kit that I "can't get enough of".

Once I've built one, I've pretty much had enough of it.

Repetitiveness is my enemy.

I've never been one to build the same kit over and over again.

It's hard enough for me to remain focused on building when I'm doing something different every time.

 

 

 

Steve

 

[Richard Bartrop]

Right now, the 'Revel '40 and '48 Ford kits, Revel's '29 pickup, and Roadster, and any of the model T and Model A kits, mostly for their kitbashing potential, and when you're making hot rods and customs, there are so many variations you can build.

Same with the Monogram and Jo-Han classic kits, because even after you've done a box stock version, there are so many custom bodies you could do