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

[SfanGoch]

Irwin Corp. was a major player in the toy industry. Its HQ was located at 200 Fifth Ave. ( also known as The Toy Center) in Manhattan.

[ewetwo]

2 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

Irwin Corp. was a major player in the toy industry. Its HQ was located at 200 Fifth Ave. ( also known as The Toy Center) in Manhattan.

I went on line to see if I could buy the tires. It's missing 3 if them. But no luck. It still has it's fly wheel drive inside.

[Vincent631]

Revell Hot Rod series Ed Roth beatnik bandit.

Revell Hot Rod Ed Roth Mysterion

Diecast 1:18th Pontiac Trans Am WS.6 Collector edition.

Revell Ed Roth Beatnik bandit ll

Testors clear coat lacquer

Testors flat black paint

Revell Ed Roth Mysterion

Revell Ed Roth Outlaw

Revell Ed Roth beatnik bandit

Revell '77 Chevy van

Revell '32 Highboy street rod

Average Thursday....

 

Edited April 19, 2019 by Vincent631
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[mikemodeler]

Got my two Dodge pickups from Modelroundup! 

[Rob Hall]

2 hours ago, mikemodeler said:

Got my two Dodge pickups from Modelroundup! 

Cool..still waiting on mine...I was kind of late in preordering them, didn't preorder until after the 1st of this month. 

[ewetwo]

Got some stuff today. 

[Renegade]

43 minutes ago, ewetwo said:

Got some stuff today. 

Great score. A few in there I wouldn't mind having myself.

[Gramps46]

You might say I have an obsession about C2 Corvette Sting Rays, '63-'67.  So when I saw this Revell 1963 promo in Saddle Tan I grabbed it and it came in today and I am very pleased with it.  It appears to be correct and I was surprised by the detailed chassis.  I think the only thing I could improve is to open up the exhaust tips and paint the wheel rims black.

[Snake45]

10 minutes ago, Gramps46 said:

You might say I have an obsession about C2 Corvette Sting Rays, '63-'67.  So when I saw this Revell 1963 promo in Saddle Tan I grabbed it and it came in today and I am very pleased with it.  It appears to be correct and I was surprised by the detailed chassis.  I think the only thing I could improve is to open up the exhaust tips and paint the wheel rims black.

Yah, those Revell snappers are SWEET. I've done four of them and will do more if they bring them out in other colors I like. 

If painting the wheels, you want to do them body color, not black. 

[ewetwo]

Nice.

[Gramps46]

42 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

 

If painting the wheels, you want to do them body color, not black. 

I have seen them both ways, body color and black.  I forgot to mention I like the black walls on the one I just got today.   No  earthly idea why I had white walls on mine.

[bandit1]

Finally got some styrene for my Pete 377 sffa hood I'm building ? Now what glue(s) work for attaching kit plastic and holds? Never used this stuff before ? 0.30 Styrene Sheet

 

[espo]

Plastruct Plastic Weld  is a plastic solvent cement. I personally prefer Zap-A-Gap medium CA+ but there are many other glues that might work just as well.  

[ewetwo]

Picked up some more stuff today.. A 1975 Firebird. Box has a date marked on it 1975. A 1994 Firebird Forml. A 1965 GTO. Missing interior tube. A 1969 GTO the judge.  A 1968 Firebird. A 1978 Nova. A black Grand Prix. unsure of the year.  Another Firebird, unsure of the year. A 66 Caddy. A 63 Corvair. A 55 Chevy. And a 53 Chevy?  Some red line tires. Some Whitewalls. Some sets of  20  four matching rims. And a trailer that might match the one that should have been with my MPC 1968 Impala SS.. They are all missing something as far as I can tell. First is does anyone have 2 hub caps for a 66 Cadillac? And stuff will be put up for trade.  And am I correct that the last pic is a 53 Chevy?

 

Edited April 21, 2019 by ewetwo

[bandit1]

3 minutes ago, ewetwo said:

Picked up some more stuff today.. A 1975 Firebird. Box has a date marked on it 1975. A 1994 Firebird Forml. A 1965 GTO. Missing interior tube. A 1969 GTO the judge.  A 1968 Firebird. A 1978 Nova. A black Grand Prix. unsure of the year.  Another Firebird, unsure of the year. A 67Caddy. A 63 Corsair. A 55 Chevy. And a 53 Chevy?  Some red line tires. Some Whitewalls. Some sets of  20 sets of rims. And a trailer. That might match the one that should have been with my MPC 1968 Impala SS.. They are all missing something as far as I can tell. First is does anyone have 2 hub caps for a 67 Cadillac? And stuff will be put up for trade. 

AWESOME HAUL! If you ever want to part with that 78 Nova???

[Hotrod 97]

Got some stuff at HL today. The Foose FD-100, some display cases for the Eliminator and the Chevelle, and some checkered paper to put on the base of said display cases.

[Ace-Garageguy]

There's a big hole in my sports-cars collection where Cobras need to be (except for several Daytona coupes), so I snagged a cheap 1/16 MPC 427. Badly water-damaged box, but 100% complete. The kit has some issues compared to a real car, but it's so big, they're relatively easily corrected.

Also picked up a cheap 1/24 427 chassis for an orphan body that's been hanging around for some time.

[Snake45]

On 4/17/2019 at 1:56 PM, Snake45 said:

I should be good on chrome parts but will keep your kind offer in mind, thanks so much. I DO think I'm going to need a hood, but worse comes to worst, I can always Vacuform one from a reissue (I have several). 

Meanwhile, my original interior, glass, and chassis are temporarily MIA. I couldn't begin to imagine how many times I've run across those things while looking for something else over the last five decades,  but of course, now that I can use them, I can't find whatever old box they're in. Sigh--ain't it always the way?  I'm sure they'll turn up sooner or later. Worst case scenario, the junk body came with an interior tub (to which I can add the custom dash from a reissue), the simple glass shouldn't be hard to fabricate, and I can drop the whole evil mess on a common GM A-body chassis of some sort. Not going for a stock build here so whatever I end up with from mild custom cruiser to full-on street monster is cool (and, more importantly, basically free). For color, now leaning toward using a can of Duplicolor Honda Hampstead Green I bought because I thought it might be close enough to pass for 1969 Ford Silver Jade, but, now doesn't look like it. But it should look nice with the old Leaf Green interior, providing I do eventually find the thing. 

Now, of course, I need to go looking for something else, so I magically find the Buick parts while looking for that. That's the way the perverse Universe works, isn't it? 

Today I managed to find the missing chassis, glass, and engine (for the '65 Riviera). I rounded up the other still-extant parts I knew where were (front and rear bumpers, grille, engine) and got all the survivor parts together for a group photo. 

Then I took the puke-green body out of Lake Purple, where it had been swimming for a few days. So, if I can find a hood, it looks like it's Project On! 

[ewetwo]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

There's a big hole in my sports-cars collection where Cobras need to be (except for several Daytona coupes), so I snagged a cheap 1/16 MPC 427. Badly water-damaged box, but 100% complete. The kit has some issues compared to a real car, but it's so big, they're relatively easily corrected.

Also picked up a cheap 1/24 427 chassis for an orphan body that's been hanging around for some time.

Nice Bill. I like the blue color it is already.

[ewetwo]

2 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

Today I managed to find the missing chassis, glass, and engine (for the '65 Riviera). I rounded up the other still-extant parts I knew where were (front and rear bumpers, grille, engine) and got all the survivor parts together for a group photo. 

Then I took the puke-green body out of Lake Purple, where it had been swimming for a few days. So, if I can find a hood, it looks like it's Project On! 

Off to a good start Snake.  I’ll have to check and see if I have any Riviera parts. I know I have a body but it’s damaged.

Edited April 20, 2019 by ewetwo

[Snake45]

4 minutes ago, ewetwo said:

Off to a good start Snake.  I’ll have to check and see if I have any Riviera parts. I know I have a body but it’s damaged.

Many thanks. All I need is a hood and I'm good to go. 

[The Junkman]

 Not much.  Got a Racing Champions diecast 1970 Petty Superbird  in 1/43rd.  Box is present but trashed but the car is in real good shape.  All of $5 at an estate sale.  Gives me a grand total of 3 diecasts and 2 Monogram Cobra kits in 1/43rd.  At least that portion of the model collection remains under control.

[niteowl7710]

11 hours ago, bandit1 said:

Finally got some styrene for my Pete 377 sffa hood I'm building ? Now what glue(s) work for attaching kit plastic and holds? Never used this stuff before ? 0.30 Styrene Sheet

It's just a thin sheet of what model kits are made out of, so anything that will "weld" the plastic together via melting it will work.  Tube glue up through the fancier TET based liquid cements, and of course C.A. (super glue), and epoxy.

[niteowl7710]

[stitchdup]

got this a couple of days ago so only 2 vw kits left to find, then its on to resin vws

Edited April 21, 2019 by stitchdup