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

[Mark]

The Ideal Indy car kits were created by, I believe, a company called Best.  Ideal acquired the tooling for them at some point.  

The Monogram Kurtis was pretty much "it" for 1/24-1/25 scale Indy cars until AMT tooled the Watson roadster and Lotus, then IMC jumped in and did another Lotus soon after they got up and running.

[Straightliner59]

On 7/4/2024 at 12:53 PM, ewetwo said:

I have this ideal racer. Very similar.

 

You did a nice job, with that! I found one a few years ago, on Ebay. I hadn't thought about it (it's sitting on top of my bookcases, with my other kitschy stuff) until you mentioned "Ideal". It's got an apparent V-8, in it.? 

While it's not super-detailed, I have a Monogram Kurtis Craft car I built about 30 years ago. It was one I got in the double kit, with the Edmunds Supermod. It was molded in red, so, of course I wanted it to be yellow!

Edited July 6, 2024 by Straightliner59

[absmiami]

Speaking of Indy kits - justgot this Bill Jorgenson 25th sc resin and white metal Turbine kit - with Cady decals no less - its solid cast - although i have seen pix on the almighty internet of this kit w top and bottom body castings …. That must be rare …

[absmiami]

Probably should correct the spelling error- Bill Jorgensen …

[Keef]

Got this cheap in an auction on that site. Don’t know what plans are but it is complete and came apart very easily. 

[Mothersworry]

Ed Fluck just sent me some goodies...a chopped '32 3 window coupe, chopped '32 5 window coupe, chopped '32 Tudor, and some stock firewalls and a chopped uptop fer the '32 Roadster.

Very nice stuff...highly recommended.

 

Edited July 7, 2024 by Mothersworry

[NOBLNG]

1 hour ago, Mothersworry said:

Ed Fluck just sent me some goodies...a chopped '32 3 window coupe, chopped '32 5 window coupe, chopped '32 Tudor, and some stock firewalls and a chopped uptop fer the '32 Roadster.

Very nice stuff...highly recommended.

Beautiful looking stuff indeed!?

[NOBLNG]

They were sold out of the Tamiya photo etch blades so I picked these up at a local hobby shop. They measure .012” thick. They also sell a nice aluminum handle for them. But…me being a cheapskate, I just trimmed the tang a bit to fit into a regular exacto handle.?

[kelson]

Was my Birthday yesterday ,so i had to spoil myself.?

Super excited to get these as i have a bunch of 88-90 'iroc kits which only have the 85-87 wheels.

Some P/E for future builds.

Got a Malibu 400 parts from Canuck 3D and corrected 72'gto headlight lenses/bezels.

Lastly a 68-70'gto aircleaner and  71/72 gto aircleaner.

 

[ewetwo]

12 hours ago, kelson said:

Was my Birthday yesterday ,so i had to spoil myself.?

Super excited to get these as i have a bunch of 88-90 'iroc kits which only have the 85-87 wheels.

Some P/E for future builds.

Got a Malibu 400 parts from Canuck 3D and corrected 72'gto headlight lenses/bezels.

Lastly a 68-70'gto aircleaner and  71/72 gto aircleaner.

 

Happy Birthday Kelson.

[Mr mopar]

Mail call and LHS stop this morning enjoy!

[junkyardjeff]

Got this one today and looks like the engine was not improved,just like the original it's a Y block with FE looking heads.  I will fix that problem with parts from the 57 car engine.

[Tabbysdaddy]

4 hours ago, junkyardjeff said:

Got this one today and looks like the engine was not improved,just like the original it's a Y block with FE looking heads.  I will fix that problem with parts from the 57 car engine.

Nice to see I'm not the only one with janitors keys.

[OldNYJim]

Hit the (only) local hobby store this morning…

Needed some paint, but I dug thru their parts junkyard and found a couple of little bits…

Bunch of old MCMs and Scale Autos for a couple of bucks each, plus a Prowler snapper that I don’t really have a specific use for, but I’ll get my $5s worth of fun out of it somehow…

Plus they had some vintage Pactra paint, some patterned sheet that I wanted and some Tamiya and Mr Hobby stuff that was on my grocery list:

Then my wife wanted to hit Joann so I grabbed one of these with their 40% off coupon:

And I passed on this jacket at the thrift store, on my wife’s recommendation ?

[deuces wild]

On 7/5/2024 at 10:10 PM, kelson said:

Was my Birthday yesterday ,so i had to spoil myself.?

Super excited to get these as i have a bunch of 88-90 'iroc kits which only have the 85-87 wheels.

Some P/E for future builds.

Got a Malibu 400 parts from Canuck 3D and corrected 72'gto headlight lenses/bezels.

Lastly a 68-70'gto aircleaner and  71/72 gto aircleaner.

 

Happy Birthday!....??

[slusher]

On 7/5/2024 at 9:10 PM, kelson said:

Was my Birthday yesterday ,so i had to spoil myself.?

Super excited to get these as i have a bunch of 88-90 'iroc kits which only have the 85-87 wheels.

Some P/E for future builds.

Got a Malibu 400 parts from Canuck 3D and corrected 72'gto headlight lenses/bezels.

Lastly a 68-70'gto aircleaner and  71/72 gto aircleaner.

 

Happy birthday Curtis!

[ranma]

Testors Lincoln mint 2006 Dodge charger R/T. Plastic 1/24 kit with all parts still sealed in their own bags. Model on box top is painted red on this copy, parts molded in white in the kit box.

Edited July 8, 2024 by ranma

[PatW]

Not a car, but a model anyway.

[Brudda]

Bought this from my friend Mark. 289 fia roadster. This is going to be fun. 

[RSchnell]

Haven't had much time for building since work has been keeping me busy, but I've been adding a few kits to the stash.

The '64 Falcon kit is complete, I just need a '65 Falcon convert to go with it!

The ICM Model A's look very very nice in person. It's evident they copied a GAZ A (Russian Model A) but a vast improvement over the old Monogram Model A kits!

[A modeler named mike]

Showed up today by mail from a ebayer in Hawaii. I always like this car but never wanted to pay the crazy cost that they're bringing. I believe I got lucky with a $39.00 winning bid plus shipping and tax. Would make a really cool racecar or hot rod..

[Tabbysdaddy]

From my daughter: 

I introduced her to The Monkees and she loves them. I have one that I built a long time ago but built it with tan interior and top as per the box art of the issue I had. I had told her I wanted to build one with the correct white top and interior so she got me the new issue. 

[OldNYJim]

Picked up the metal-tin edition of the AMT Double Dragster - I’ve been watching for a good deal on one of these for a few months and finally found one…

[slusher]

2 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

From my daughter: 

I introduced her to The Monkees and she loves them. I have one that I built a long time ago but built it with tan interior and top as per the box art of the issue I had. I had told her I wanted to build one with the correct white top and interior so she got me the new issue. 

That was sweet of her..

[carrucha]

Over the weekend I went to Sheldon's Hobbies in San Jose CA and picked up AMT's 1959 Cadillac ambulance and 1962 Pontiac Catalina.  They had a 4th of July sale where you bought one kit regular price and the second kit of equal of lesser value was half off.  I paid $37.99 for the Cadillac and $15.00 for the Catalina.  Good deal.  They have been buying model kit collections so they have a bunch of vintage kits in stock.  Most are military aircraft and armor and some automotive kits.