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

[cobraman]

This arrived today . 

[64Comet404]

There's a Wayback Machine moment for you!!! I never had the coin to get that kit, but it was one that I remembered seeing and thinking "I'd like on of those!". 

[ChrisBcritter]

The '62 Falcon landed on my porch today in fine shape (or no worse than the pictures showed). Off to be dismembered... 

[Modlbldr]

This landed on my doorstep today. Just as pictured. The rear of the toneau cover is glued but I don't think it will be hard to remove. I love the wheels on this. The pink paint has to go! I'm picturing it in Gloss white with dark blue racing stripes and dark red interior.

Later-

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, ChrisBcritter said:

Off to be dismembered... 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Don't think I've ever heard that word used that way, but I think we all know exactly what you mean. 

[ChrisBcritter]

Well, it is a little more colorful than "kitbashed"... 

[Bucky]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Don't think I've ever heard that word used that way, but I think we all know exactly what you mean. 

Sort of goes along with performing plastic surgery....in scale.

[OldNYJim]

The MPC Mail Box chopper that I ordered weeks ago arrived - ironically my Mail Box chopper got stuck in USPS sorting office hell for over a month but appeared eventually.  On the decal sheet - “We’re faster than email” ?

And a follower on my Instagram sent me a message after I did a post at the weekend about seeing the cool Indian Larry Ed Roth tribute bike in my neighborhood...

...and said “I have something you might like - what’s your address?”.  This arrived today - a beautiful compilation of Ed Roth builds, art, stories and more.  And a tonne of reference photos for future model builds!

I was really touched - people can be so awesome!

[Deuces ll]

That is so cool....??

[Modlbldr]

Gotta love it when someone is that nice CabDriver! Cool!
Picked these up yesterday. All complete and all but one of the trio sealed inside.

Won the Dodge pickup off of eBay yesterday too. Paid the going rate but more than I wanted to.

Later-

Edited July 2, 2020 by Modlbldr

[FredRPG]

Picked up a couple of my ‘grails’ over the last few weeks for a decent price on eBay.  Had to wait a couple of months for the Nissan to get here from Australia but it was worth it. The Toyota was a good example for eBay patience. The opening bid was too high and no one was biding so I waited until it expired and was relisted with a more reasonable opener and surprisingly ended up being the only bidder.  It’s funny how you can get all caught up in a must have kit that no one else wants.

 

[GeeBee]

Another one winging it's way to me.....

 

[Deuces ll]

.15¢ for a gallon of gas???... My, how times have changed.... ?

[Spottedlaurel]

9 hours ago, FredRPG said:

Picked up a couple of my ‘grails’ over the last few weeks for a decent price on eBay.  Had to wait a couple of months for the Nissan to get here from Australia but it was worth it. The Toyota was a good example for eBay patience. The opening bid was too high and no one was biding so I waited until it expired and was relisted with a more reasonable opener and surprisingly ended up being the only bidder.  It’s funny how you can get all caught up in a must have kit that no one else wants.

Brilliant to see those kits on here Fred, I have them too! Toyota is the same, but my Nissan has different box art.

They have some amusing accessories like scuba diving gear, R/C helicopter, surfboard etc.

I recently tried to get a different Toyota van in the same series, but it went higher than my my initial bid and I didn't want to get into a bidding war over it.

[FredRPG]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Brilliant to see those kits on here Fred, I have them too! Toyota is the same, but my Nissan has different box art.

They have some amusing accessories like scuba diving gear, R/C helicopter, surfboard etc.

I recently tried to get a different Toyota van in the same series, but it went higher than my my initial bid and I didn't want to get into a bidding war over it.

I think there is at least two versions of each. The accessories are interesting each one has a little cupboard/stove combo with table and chairs as well. I’m still amazed that I was the only bidder on each, especially as rare as it is to see them for sale.

Edited July 3, 2020 by FredRPG

[HomerS]

Wanted the Satellite but had to buy the lot to get it.  Only the Thunderbolt is open but appears complete

They had the Earnhardt car listed only as a die cast (the listing only showed a generic box).  I wasn't expecting an older Chrysler (kinda nice for being a bank)

[Spottedlaurel]

16 hours ago, FredRPG said:

I think there is at least two versions of each. The accessories are interesting each one has a little cupboard/stove combo with table and chairs as well. I’m still amazed that I was the only bidder on each, especially as rare as it is to see them for sale.

Just had a look at mine, the interior is really neat. This is my version of the Nissan:

1:24 Dragon Nissan Caravan E20 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

It was given to me by a friend, it will get built one day.

And what I received in the last day or two:

1:24 Tamiya Honda S2000 (TypeV) kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Monogram Miller Buick Stock Car + kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Tamiya Subaru Impreza WRC kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Shame the decals have cracked and it's suffered a bit of light damage underneath, but the paintwork is very good and it was built to a pretty decent standard. Might just remove the decal and light pod, give it a polish and get it back together rather than completely strip it.

[Mike999]

6 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Just had a look at mine, the interior is really neat. This is my version of the Nissan:

I've never seen that Nissan van kit in a Dragon box.  That's really interesting.  The old versions of the Aoshima Subaru Sambar "kei" van also came with SCUBA gear, surfboard, roof rack, rubber raft and an interior console with a stove (at least I think it's a stove).  That old Sambar kit was also released as a red-and-white Japanese Post Office van.  It had the same accessories but didn't show them on the box.  Aoshima later re-tooled and modernized its Sambar kits, which are completely different from the older kits. AFAIK they don't have any of the neat accessories.

 

Edited July 4, 2020 by Mike999
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[Daddyfink]

On 7/2/2020 at 8:01 PM, FredRPG said:

Picked up a couple of my ‘grails’ over the last few weeks for a decent price on eBay.  Had to wait a couple of months for the Nissan to get here from Australia but it was worth it. The Toyota was a good example for eBay patience. The opening bid was too high and no one was biding so I waited until it expired and was relisted with a more reasonable opener and surprisingly ended up being the only bidder.  It’s funny how you can get all caught up in a must have kit that no one else wants.

 

Aw man! Those are gold!! Nice score on some pretty rare stuff. 

 

 

[kelson]

A couple birthday presents i bought for myself?

[ChrisBcritter]

Got a good Revell '62 Chrysler ("Does he ever shut up about that thing?") windshield, but snooze-and-losed on the top boot and taillights. Guess I should get busy casting again.

[Bucky]

I have one of these Nissan Caravan kits:

Minicraft #1713

[Bucky]

My latest stuff to come in:

Gauge sets from Best Model Car Parts. Great stuff!!

[OldNYJim]

My free kit came from Autoworld!

I’d been wanting to build one of these - now I have no excuse! ?

[Snake45]

On 7/5/2020 at 2:15 AM, Bucky said:

My latest stuff to come in:

Gauge sets from Best Model Car Parts. Great stuff!!

Very cool!