Greg Myers Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 http://theboxartden.com/Articles/Surfs_Up.html
Bartster Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 How cool! I'm about to finish a '48 woodie with a long board now. Wish I had another board or 2 for it!
Greg Myers Posted February 1, 2012 Author Posted February 1, 2012 How cool! I'm about to finish a '48 woodie with a long board now. Wish I had another board or 2 for it! Here you go, http://greenlightsurfsupply.com/surfboardblanks.aspx build to scale
heatride Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Christian you have some of the coolest kits in your stash.
Junkman Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Christian you have some of the coolest kits in your stash. Hey, thanks a lot! There is a story behind this though. When I started collecting kits in the early Eighties, a few friends and I did 'shopping trips', which meant we would literally drive across Europe and raid model shops all over. I never had much money, so I had to take, what the others left over, and that was usually the oddballs. I simply couldn't afford the mainstream stuff. I don't know what came first, my lack of funds triggering my love for obsure stuff, or my love for obscure stuff triggering me chosing a non-greedy lifestyle resulting in relative poverty. But one of the two is the reason why my collection comprises of such a relative high proportion of whacky stuff, and so few of the 'common' collectibles (please, take this at face value, I'm not trying to derogate the collecting of highly prized (and priced) collectible kits). As for these kits here, three things just fell into place - my love for the surfing sub-culture, which I always had, despite I have never been near a real surfboard (I said I'm a self-confessed hodad - and ###### proud of it!), that the kits were dirt cheap when I bought them, and none of the others wanted them. I do have all the old Hawk/Testors Silly Surfers, too. Again, nobody wanted them when I bought them. I'll see whether I can dig them up this weekend and make some photos. Entirely btw., this is what's inside the Pyro kits: I have no idea what those guys were on back then, but I sure want it too! Edited February 3, 2012 by Junkman
Casey Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 There's so much to love about those two kits, Christian, from the box art, the fonts used, and that crazy purple plastic...not to mention the waaaaaaaay extended fork on the semi-rickshaw, semi-chopper bike. I'm guessing you'll pick up the soon-to-be reissued Hot Curl and his girlfriend kits from MPC?
Junkman Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 I'm guessing you'll pick up the soon-to-be reissued Hot Curl and his girlfriend kits from MPC? It would be safe to say that.
heatride Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 I do have all the old Hawk/Testors Silly Surfers, too. Again, nobody wanted them when I bought them. I'll see whether I can dig them up this weekend and make some photos. I would love to see the pics !
bigphoto Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 This stuff is gnarly dude!!!............... I have the motorized 32 lindberg p/u in my stash plus a few other woody's!!
Swifster Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 I would guess we could add the '48 Ford Woody to that list. At least that's how I'm making mine...
Junkman Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 I would guess we could add the '48 Ford Woody to that list. At least that's how I'm making mine... Most definitely yes! And the '42 as well. I find it hard to believe that those weren't released as a surfing-related issue yet.
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