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

[426 pack]

Just a couple kits today. 

Edited December 14, 2022 by 426 pack

[Brudda]

16 hours ago, Dpate said:

Bet that cost an arm and a leg?

My Buddy Mark has a lot of new model factory hiro kits. The wife bought it from him. They are expensive but if you want extreme detail, these are the kits for you. So far I have done 3. 1/12 cobra, 1/12 Ferrari p4 and a 1/24 Ferrari 166. I have a 917/30 and a 935/78 1/12 in progress. And everyone I bought from Mark at a substantial savings. But still expensive. You only live once, especially after this month where I have lost several friends. Here are some pics of the cars. 

[Mark]

On 12/12/2022 at 10:19 AM, Snake45 said:

Here's the latest toy show glue bomb I bought, a couple months ago. '61 (?) Ranchero promo, mild custom. The black paint looks pretty well done and I think it will polish out nicely. I'm not wild about the red bed, but I can fix that with some rattlecan matte or semigloss black. The bullet taillights are not to my taste, but those can be easily replaced. Could use some better wheels and tires, too. And of course it needs a grille of some kind, but I should be able to come up with something--the custom front and rear pans mean I can put just about anything that will fit in there, or even scratchbuild a "tube" grille. Looking forward to making this my first post-stroke Snake-Fu "rescue." 

 

Probably a kit, with the custom stuff on it.  You don't see many promos, and I don't know whether or not there was a friction version.  Pretty sure those would be acetate plastic anyway.

All were '61s.  None had an engine until AMT stuck the '66 Impala engine in for the 1977 budget series reissue. 

I don't know why Ford wouldn't have wanted a promo for '60, but the bumpers from the '60 Falcon interchange and what little trim was on the body didn't change between the two.  Wheel covers are even the same, though '60 has black-filled recessed areas while '61 has white.  

AMT moved a lot of those, there was an annual kit as well as the flat box Styline kit which was sold through '62.  Looks like a nice project, I have a couple of old builds which are radical customs (shortened, chopped top, etc).

[Snake45]

8 hours ago, Mark said:

Probably a kit, with the custom stuff on it.  You don't see many promos, and I don't know whether or not there was a friction version.  Pretty sure those would be acetate plastic anyway.

You could be right. I said it was a promo because the engine is molded as part of the chassis, but I'm not familiar enough with these kits to know if that's the way the kits were or not. Hood is molded solid with the body, too. 

ETA: I checked the instructions on the Drastic Plastic site and it looks like you're exactly right. 

Edited December 15, 2022 by Snake45

[Straightliner59]

 

Hey, there's a song about this car! ? Nicely done, sir!

[JJ Deuce]

I went by the last LHS in town (as far as model cars go, at least), to get some paint and tools. 

I got the paint and all, but somehow ended up with the latest MCM, Contest Cars, and the Moebius F-350 Ramptruck ?

[SCRWDRVR]

Picked up at Johan Maverick promo for $12.50 what a bargain. Only thing wrong with it is it’s missing the back bumper. 

[keyser]

Don’t see that color very often. Bumpers not awful to find. 

[SCRWDRVR]

30 minutes ago, keyser said:

Don’t see that color very often. Bumpers not awful to find. 

It’s in fantastic shape with the exception of missing the rear bumper

[tbill]

Paint and carpet order came in….

 

[junkyardjeff]

Finally a Monogram 40 Ford pick up I can use for parts,the remains will have something done with it eventually.

[RSchnell]

Paint & Revell '32 Roadster from the LHS.

[Straightliner59]

Man! Awesome! $12.50 is a steal!  I think I paid $80 for mine. The bumper won't cost you $67.50! ?

[TarheelRick]

Well, it finally arrived.  Got this on an on-line auction. It was listed as a '60 Mercury promo; however, I believe it is actually an original model kit.  Most promos I have seen have all that advertisement embossed on the chassis plate telling you of the advantages of that particular model.  This one has a clean chassis. Will probably disassemble, paint, and build as a shelf model. Question, I remember a link to a website that lists model year sales brochures.  I thought I marked it as a favorite, but cannot find it, any help will be appreciated.  I am wondering about those "Toyota truck" fender mirrors.

[thatz4u]

1 minute ago, TarheelRick said:

Well, it finally arrived.  Got this on an on-line auction. It was listed as a '60 Mercury promo; however, I believe it is actually an original model kit.  Most promos I have seen have all that advertisement embossed on the chassis plate telling you of the advantages of that particular model.  This one has a clean chassis. Will probably disassemble, paint, and build as a shelf model. Question, I remember a link to a website that lists model year sales brochures.  I thought I marked it as a favorite, but cannot find it, any help will be appreciated.  I am wondering about those "Toyota truck" fender mirrors.

Rick, the mirrors on your Merc are installed in the "gunsight" holes....see my Merc photo

[SCRWDRVR]

11 hours ago, Straightliner59 said:

Man! Awesome! $12.50 is a steal!  I think I paid $80 for mine. The bumper won't cost you $67.50! ?

? I don't know it might I need 2 I have a kit that the rear bumper is broken

[keyser]

That’s a 60 Merc kit, not promo. Looks minty. Nice find, I love these compared the preceding years. 

[Can-Con]

2 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

Well, it finally arrived.  Got this on an on-line auction. It was listed as a '60 Mercury promo; however, I believe it is actually an original model kit.  Most promos I have seen have all that advertisement embossed on the chassis plate telling you of the advantages of that particular model.  This one has a clean chassis. Will probably disassemble, paint, and build as a shelf model. Question, I remember a link to a website that lists model year sales brochures.  I thought I marked it as a favorite, but cannot find it, any help will be appreciated.  I am wondering about those "Toyota truck" fender mirrors.

Nice score, Rick, 

Here's the website you're looking for,,

http://oldcarbrochures.org/

[Keef]

Wife and I went on a road trip just to get out of the house. Ended up at a Walmart and she found a half aisle full of model kits and told me to get what I wanted for Christmas. Merry Christmas to me!!! ????

[bamadon]

Stopped at the semi-local Hobby Lobby today and gat a Revell 1937 Ford PU and 1970 Firebird. Not much new at this HL in Hoover AL.

[Dpate]

3 hours ago, Keef said:

Wife and I went on a road trip just to get out of the house. Ended up at a Walmart and she found a half aisle full of model kits and told me to get what I wanted for Christmas. Merry Christmas to me!!! ????

My condolences!

[Joe Nunes]

Two more kits for the shelf. 

Joe

[Brudda]

On 12/14/2022 at 10:18 PM, Straightliner59 said:

 

Hey, there's a song about this car! ? Nicely done, sir!

Thank you very much 

[cobraman]

34 minutes ago, Brudda said:

Thank you very much 

Hey Bruce !  I read somewhere that Agoura is going to have a 1/8 Corvette. 63 ? 65 ?  You going to build one ?

[cobraman]

Bruce you probably already know but it’s a 63 split . Looks great !