mustang1989 Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Got home from a GM Training class in Houston yesterday to find this waiting at my door step. Now for the mask set and some PE...............
Tom Geiger Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Yesterday I got a Pep Boys Rewards certificate for $20 in the mail. No doubt for the pair of tires I had put on the Breeze a while back, but $20 I didn't have, so it's cool! And what did I do with that money? I got three cans of Duplicolor grey primer / sealer... yea I'm probably set for the rest of the year. The primer was only $5.99 a can (so quit your whining that it's too expensive to use!) and I needed some rubber gasket cement since the door gasket on my two 1:1 cars is loose, so I got that for $3.99 too. Grand purchase was $23.28 including tax, so I paid $3.28 out of pocket. That means the primer was free! I did need a very light gray Duplicolor paint for my current project, but nothing close there. They had tons of silvers, all with metallic, but no gray at all. Guess that's not a popular color on new cars. That makes for a good excuse to hit the hobby shop today to see what Tamiya offers. And there is a Sonic right near the hobby shop! Lunch anyone? Edited July 30, 2014 by Tom Geiger
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Got a Revell "Miss Deal" kit from the bay. Bought it SPECIFICALLY to get the Chrysler 392 FirePower engine (for a commissioned historic top-fuel build), one of the best versions of this engine ever done in any kit, and when I opened the box, guess what? NO ENGINE BLOCK. Parts 1,2 and 3 gone, gone, gone. VERY obvious to anyone with eyes. The kit was listed as "NEW in opened box", by a seller with 100% positive rating, and "plastic" and "cars" in his handle. Seemed like it would be a good bet. Opened a case. We'll see.
Dragfreak Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Got a Revell "Miss Deal" kit from the bay. Bought it SPECIFICALLY to get the Chrysler 392 FirePower engine (for a commissioned historic top-fuel build), one of the best versions of this engine ever done in any kit, and when I opened the box, guess what? NO ENGINE BLOCK. Parts 1,2 and 3 gone, gone, gone. VERY obvious to anyone with eyes. The kit was listed as "NEW in opened box", by a seller with 100% positive rating, and "plastic" and "cars" in his handle. Seemed like it would be a good bet. Opened a case. We'll see.The honesty and integrity is going away in this country, people will do anything to make a buck.
Tom Geiger Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Bill- When I built mine, I had opened a second kit for parts. I do intend to use the chassis under something someday, but I wouldn't put the same engine in two builds... so if you get stuck, I'd be happy to send you those parts. PM me
Daddyfink Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 So, I get an email from a gentleman who got my info off the club website. He has some old models that he would like to get rid of. The wife said clean the shed and he no longer builds. He tells me they are mostly parts and some old builds from when he was a kid in the 60's and if I don't take them, they will be going into the trash! As it turns out, it was the early 60's! It is a mixture of builds, parts and almost complete kits. Started going through it last night and this is what I have found so far. Will post more when I sorted it out better
DynoMight Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Wow, why would you throw that stuff away?! Humph.... some people...
Daddyfink Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 I know! But, I guess he had his fun and he did not build anymore. But, he did keep a mint Revell Surf Fink, Monogram Little T and another kit I can seem to recall. Said he wanted to give them to his grandson and maybe build those with him. I was tempted to offer him some current re-issues in trade, but, I already got some good stuff, Why be greedy?
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Got a Revell "Miss Deal" kit from the bay. Bought it SPECIFICALLY to get the Chrysler 392 FirePower engine (for a commissioned historic top-fuel build), one of the best versions of this engine ever done in any kit, and when I opened the box, guess what? NO ENGINE BLOCK. Parts 1,2 and 3 gone, gone, gone. VERY obvious to anyone with eyes. The kit was listed as "NEW in opened box", by a seller with 100% positive rating, and "plastic" and "cars" in his handle. Seemed like it would be a good bet. Opened a case. We'll see. So, the guy turned out to be straight-up and offered (and already paid) a partial refund. Still, I'm short the parts I needed from this kit.
Dragfreak Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 That's good to hear Bill, it's too bad that the only thing you really wanted from the kit was missing
58 Impala Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Got this off a friend for $30, been looking for one for a while. And then I found this at my LHS, it's a complete 1/12 scale....for $10!
Rob Hall Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Got this off a friend for $30, been looking for one for a while.image.jpg And then I found this at my LHS, it's a complete 1/12 scale....for $10!image.jpg Really good deal on the JPS...I got mine for $75 at a show a few years ago, well below retail..
Tom Geiger Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Ha Tom! Seeing how many cans of paint you got, I don't feel half bad. I'm working on my own version of 50 Shades of Grey! I went to a not so LHS today and bought four different cans of grey to paint my Trabant Universal wagon. I do my test shots on the bottoms of the small bathroom cups I use for many other things in the model room. In the morning I'll check to see which one dries closest to the color I need. I'm hoping it's the Tamiya, just because it will be an easier paint job. Anyone else buy this much paint to select one color? Going about a half hour west into the woods towards this hobby shop that has a good paint selection, I took the back roads to see more of Pennsylvania, and took the Tracker with the roof off. I promised my wife that if she came along, we'd try out Sonic, which we hadn't tried yet. Of course I wanted to eat in the open car. She wanted to take one of our every day cars... boring. So I told her I was going in the Tracker and she was welcome to come along! She came and I think she got the idea that it was a fun drive. She didn't complain any. Sonic? Highly over rated.. tasteless. I had chili cheese dogs.. I don't know how they made them to have no flavor whatsoever! As we ate a cruise night materialized in the lot, so we got to walk around and check out some nice cars. Probably 30 cars showed up by the time we left and more were coming. So we had a good afternoon drive! Edited August 1, 2014 by Tom Geiger
o-man Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Have amassed these over the past couple months. Didn't get two GN's, forgot I had it in a different picture. The yellow Z is missing body but otherwise complete. The NASCAR combo will be used mainly for bodies. Going to try to make a couple street cars out of them.
slusher Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Have amassed these over the past couple months. Didn't get two GN's, forgot I had it in a different picture. The yellow Z is missing body but otherwise complete. The NASCAR combo will be used mainly for bodies. Going to try to make a couple street cars out of them. Nice kits Oscar...
ChrisBcritter Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Scored these at an estate sale this morning for 50 cents each: Corgi '65 Imperial convertible (missing the golf bag), Tekno Monza GT, and Corgi James Bond Aston Martin (missing two tires and the enemy agent). Had the Imperial when I was a kid and always wanted another. Edited August 1, 2014 by ChrisBcritter
ffreak Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 this was waiting for me when I got home today, Ahhhh, I see some ASE test scores in the background !! Hope it was good results !! I've let my ASE Master certs run out since I have retired. Don't know if my pea brain could pass them again now after all those years !! That Cuda kit is a great kit !! I just got it myself.
MustangGuy23 Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Sonic? Highly over rated.. tasteless. I had chili cheese dogs.. I don't know how they made them to have no flavor whatsoever! I love Sonic, but just for the drinks. I stop every time I go by, but only get food maybe 1 out of 10 stops.
Tom Geiger Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 I love Sonic, but just for the drinks. I stop every time I go by, but only get food maybe 1 out of 10 stops. Drinks?? They didn't have any drinks? No beer, no Jack Daniels!
Darren B Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Got home from a GM Training class in Houston yesterday to find this waiting at my door step. Now for the mask set and some PE............... Sweet that looks like an awesome kit......
tbill Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Danny, took 7 re-certs and passed them all keeps me master certified for a total of 20 years now. also have light diesel cert [although I don't really know jack about them, and don't work on them much, but had to have the cert for work]. Tom, I am a paint junkie, for color selection.....I usually get 2 cans of each color [just in case I need to put a body in the pond], and yes, I get several variations of color as well. never know when panzer gray is gonna click with a paint scheme
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