What did you get today? (Model Car Related Items)

[Tom Geiger]

Today??? I got to eat some chicken and pizza with good friends! Yes! I went to my model club meeting. At TSSMCC we had a good showing today, most of the usual suspect were at the meeting. Gregg Hogg and Bob Doebley came up from the Philly Guys to attend. Victor from the Diversified Scalerz came too. Bart Orlans gave a BMF demo at the request of a member who was trying it for their first time. It was a good day!

[FASTBACK340]

I got the OK from the guy running the paint shop to pour me a few ounces of what ever color I like that they are spraying. I got 3 oz. of House of Color Candy Brandywine this week. I have a box of new, empty paint jars waiting…… We have about 3 paints this week. Stock up now, building season is upon us…..

[jrherald420]

Andy, that Alpine kit is sweet! Do you have any pics of the parts?

[1930fordpickup]

Give me a couple of days, it's a little on the moist side beyond the confines of my basement. Once I get a sunny day (Friday allegedly) I'll take some photos. The thing is obviously pretty big, and it'll overwhelm the area on my bench I normally shoot photos.

Thanks in advance for the photos. Opening this outdoors would make my hair stand on end until it was back indoors.

Edited September 14, 2014 by 1930fordpickup

[slusher]

This week's haul

Great haul Ian..

I went to the Kalamazoo street rod nationals and found some nice kits. The promo has been detailed, and the Lincoln, Rambler and Monaco are unbuilt. I had to buy the AMC diecast, it was too nice and cheap.

Love the Monaco and Caddy Cory...

[disabled modeler]

Great haul Ian..

Love the Monaco and Caddy Cory...

Nice Monaco and Lincoln....way too cool...

[The70judgeman]

@James- Sorry, I only took the one picture. Of course I did open the box though. Typical Tamiya kit...finely molded body and parts(but somewhat simplified), no flash, nice chrome, and I'm sure it'll be easy to assemble. And yes, it has an engine....not a curbside kit. As of right now, the kit is put away in a box with some of my stash. We're moving very soon and all modeling is on hold.

[unclescott58]

Nice Monaco and Lincoln....way too cool...

Ditto to what to what Mark said.

Scott

[Danny Lectro]

Andy, that Alpine kit is sweet! Do you have any pics of the parts?

Hey James, I have the rally version of that kit, mostly finished. The rally version is almost identical to the street version, except for dirt tires and rally lights. I can tell you, it is a rather nice kit, that fits together well. The only reason I didn't finish is that I decided I want to add fender flares and wider wheels, and I didn't feel like I was ready to do the body work.

[jrherald420]

Thanks for the info guys. I will be on the lookout for one to show up near me.

[ChrisBcritter]

Again, love the Monaco and Lincoln (my Monaco's in the gluebomb thread). Were they screaming deals, or just reasonable?

Last night picked up some Testor's dark green metallic so I can two-tone my prepainted green '62 Catalina, and Michael's gave me a 50% off coupon for this week. What to choose, what to choose...

Edited September 15, 2014 by ChrisBcritter

[2000-cvpi]

They were much less than ebay prices. But not so cheap that I got an amazing deal, just a fair one.

[W-409]

I bought these from a local Model Car Show. My plan was to be there with a small budget and not to buy too much stuff. I have more than enough projects already! However, a fellow Finnish modeler passed away recently (R.I.P. ) and now folks were selling a part of his collection. The prices were fair, so I just had to get a couple of kits...

-AMT '59 Edsel. This is a complete buildup, not a glue bomb and all parts are there except one hubcap. I'm going to build it as a Mild Custom.

-AMT '58 Edsel. This will be used as a chassis and engine donor for the '59.

-AMT '62 Bel Air Super Stock. I will use this as a donor kit for my Ronnie Sox '63 Impala Z-11 build.

-Revell/Monogram '59 Impala HT. Decals and Custom parts are missing, but that doesn't matter me as this will be a Junior Stocker.

-Revell '69 Chevy Nova. I'm taking the engine from this one to my '60 Impala project. The Nova will probably end up being an Outlaw 10.5 car or something like that.

-AMT '51 Chevy Glue Bomb. Looks like someone has crashed this one. It will be used as a parts car for the other '51 Chevys I have.

-Lindberg's '32 Ford Pickup. I'm planning to turn this one into an Early '60s Show Rod.

-Red taillights for '61 Dodge Phoenix.

-A set of resin Steel Wheels that are cast by a friend of mine.

-Super Glue.

Click on the links for more pictures of the items.

[mk11]

Scored my first 50% off stones truck at michaels the other day. (like I needed another one) Had also been scouring town for flocking since I can't find the stuff I bought from Avenel twenty years ago. No joy. Then as I walked into michaels I remembered that article about embossing powder. Bingo. They had it.

mike

[martinfan5]

The SAL donkey brought me a kit from Aoshima today.

[unclescott58]

The SAL donkey brought me a kit from Aoshima today.

SAL donkey? What is an SAL donkey?

Scott

[niteowl7710]

SAL donkey? What is an SAL donkey?

Scott

SAL is a Japan Post shipping method. Surface Air Lift, it comes overseas on available space on various cargo flights. Since it's a first come, first serve space thing it usually takes two to three weeks - as opposed to the 3-4 days FedEx or Japan Post EMS (Express Mail Service). The speed (or rather the lack thereof) comes with lower price than the speedier options, and is the most economical way to ship 1-3 kits. After that you're usually over the 2000g weight limit and have to ship one of the other two ways.

The big difference in delivery time has led to the joke that SAL isn't a thing, it's actually a guy named Sal who delivers the mail via donkey the way they get mail down into the base camps at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Edited September 16, 2014 by niteowl7710

[philo426]

i got a lot of 1/32 snappers including this Revell '57 Chevy.When I got it,it was molded in yellow but I decided to paint it Dusky Pearl over white.

Edited September 16, 2014 by philo426

[niteowl7710]

The other half of my "Make Your Own 2013 LHD NIssan GT-R" finally showed up from Hong Kong after being blown into Low Earth Orbit. Disappeared off tracking for 8 days between HKI and JFK.

DSC01895 (1280x857) by niteowl7710, on Flickr

[Tom Geiger]

SAL is a Japan Post shipping method. Surface Air Lift, it comes overseas on available space on various cargo flights. Since it's a first come, first serve space thing it usually takes two to three weeks - as opposed to the 3-4 days FedEx or Japan Post EMS (Express Mail Service). The speed (or rather the lack thereof) comes with lower price than the speedier options, and is the most economical way to ship 1-3 kits. After that you're usually over the 2000g weight limit and have to ship one of the other two ways.

The big difference in delivery time has led to the joke that SAL isn't a thing, it's actually a guy named Sal who delivers the mail via donkey the way they get mail down into the base camps at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

When I was a kid my father was in the military and we lived in Turkey and Germany. We got our mail through the APO system, which basically was the military end of USPS service. We got a lot of care packages from home, tons of Christmas gifts from my grandparents mailed to us all marked SAM which stood for Space Available Mail, pretty much like you described SAL. But as kids we used to giggle that all our gifts came from Uncle SAM.

[martinfan5]

Fresh off the FedEx Sprinter Van delivered by one pissed off lady delivery driver( She was made to come back to my house)

Edited September 16, 2014 by martinfan5

[niteowl7710]

When I was a kid my father was in the military and we lived in Turkey and Germany. We got our mail through the APO system, which basically was the military end of USPS service. We got a lot of care packages from home, tons of Christmas gifts from my grandparents mailed to us all marked SAM which stood for Space Available Mail, pretty much like you described SAL. But as kids we used to giggle that all our gifts came from Uncle SAM.

On Sunday Morning at 0230 I pull out of the Pittsburgh L&DC with what I call the Troop Mail Run. It's all the FPO/APO mail from anywhere along the East Coast & Eastern Midwest (think Ohio, Michigan, Eastern Indiana, et al) that is sorted and then consolidated to Chicago for air lift out of the States.

[keyser]

Awesome haul Jonathan.

How dare they ask her to do her job!

Call labor relations board! Wait, what?

Hope she doesn't back over your stuff next time.

[martinfan5]

Awesome haul Jonathan.

How dare they ask her to do her job!

Call labor relations board! Wait, what?

Hope she doesn't back over your stuff next time.

I pre signed for it , so she should of left it when I did not answer the door, but I have to say FedEx has awesome customer service. Edited September 16, 2014 by martinfan5

[unclescott58]

SAL and his donkey doesn't sound like he could ever be mean, like a FedEx lady and her truck. Some how a FedEx lady with a truck just plain sound like a mean combo. SAL and his donkey doesn't sound mean at all.

Scott