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

[Bill Eh?]

1 hour ago, 1959scudetto said:

Fresh in from the postwoman: 2 racecarbodies made in Italy (not China !):

from TTS a 1971 Alfa Romeo TT33:

 

and from BRM a 1970 Abarth 1000 TCR:

Those will be built curbside - I have to find/build fitting chassis and wheels for these beauties...

 

Might a chassis from the Tamiya Fiat work as a starting point for the Abarth?

[Sledsel]

My Christmas sale/local flea market find last week

[A modeler named mike]

34 minutes ago, Sledsel said:

My Christmas sale/local flea market find last week

Nice, 4 kits all with a 4 in their years, there 4 you did great for Christmas.. I like that '74..

[1959scudetto]

5 hours ago, Bill Eh? said:

Might a chassis from the Tamiya Fiat work as a starting point for the Abarth?

I have an old junker Gunze Fiat 500 that will spend its chassis : too narrow, to short wheelbase, but maybe a starting point.

[Chuck Most]

Got three of these. Since all the boxes look alike here's one.

[Ace-Garageguy]

All the interest on another thread in a '62 Ford got me jonesin' for some early '60s American iron (I have a lot of builtups, some nice, some gloobombs, but not many cherries), so I let one of these follow me home. 

                                      

Plan is to build a mildly hotted up Starliner using remains of a short-shotted '60 body (roof) and chassis.

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[Bainford]

Cool! I bought one for the same reason. Looking to replicate (sort of) a '62 Starliner with Cammer power from an early 80s magazine that I fell in love with at the time. Always wanted to build it. The article made a lot of noise about it being the first practical Cammer powered street car. The article also mentioned that cam chains were changed every 100 miles, so I guess 'practical' is relative.

[Straightliner59]

1 hour ago, Bainford said:

The article also mentioned that cam chains were changed every 100 miles, so I guess 'practical' is relative

I should say so!

[CA Whitecloud]

I want to up my engine detailing game on this one.

Maybe even try some body stressing like on the box.

Edited December 19, 2024 by CA Whitecloud

[CA Whitecloud]

Did I upgrade today from the scriber above to the one below? Granted, user skill remains nominal.

[YellowHound]

A sneaky purchase. Wanted one for a very long time. A 'too good to pass up' price on Amazon and I'd bought one before I had time to think about it.

I don't think I will be starting this anytime soon though, and it's likely I'll buy a '77 transkit.

It's a huge 1/8th scale...

[Falcon Ranchero]

12 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

All the interest on another thread in a '62 Ford got me jonesin' for some early '60s American iron (I have a lot of builtups, some nice, some gloobombs, but not many cherries), so I let one of these follow me home. 

                                      

Plan is to build a mildly hotted up Starliner using remains of a short-shotted '60 body (roof) and chassis.

 

I built that kit; kinda wish I hadn't as I was put off it when I found out I spent $31 US on a kit which there was no engine for, but plans were to cut the roof off, put the big bubble top on that came with my '58 Thunderbird kit, and makeshift larger fins for the back but that didn't happen so the photo below is what became of it. Your plan for a Starliner is way cool, good luck.

[slusher]

19 hours ago, Sledsel said:

My Christmas sale/local flea market find last week

Very nice kits!

[slusher]

12 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

All the interest on another thread in a '62 Ford got me jonesin' for some early '60s American iron (I have a lot of builtups, some nice, some gloobombs, but not many cherries), so I let one of these follow me home. 

                                      

Plan is to build a mildly hotted up Starliner using remains of a short-shotted '60 body (roof) and chassis.

 

I

The 61 kit is curb side kit if I remember right?

[Ace-Garageguy]

21 minutes ago, slusher said:

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The 61 kit is curb side kit if I remember right?

Yup. But it has all the old "Styline" parts, which can be pretty cool.

[Bainford]

26 minutes ago, slusher said:

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The 61 kit is curb side kit if I remember right?

Only until you stuff the chassis from the '60 Starliner under it.

[Chuck Most]

14 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

All the interest on another thread in a '62 Ford got me jonesin' for some early '60s American iron (I have a lot of builtups, some nice, some gloobombs, but not many cherries), so I let one of these follow me home. 

                                      

Plan is to build a mildly hotted up Starliner using remains of a short-shotted '60 body (roof) and chassis.

 

I have a similar project somewhere that stalled at about 75% complete. One thing I do remember is that the '60 floor and chassis required surprisingly little butchery to fit under the '60 body. And the Starliner top grafts into the '61 body with minimal fuss too.

[Ace-Garageguy]

6 minutes ago, Chuck Most said:

I have a similar project somewhere that stalled at about 75% complete. One thing I do remember is that the '60 floor and chassis required surprisingly little butchery to fit under the '60 body. And the Starliner top grafts into the '61 body with minimal fuss too.

Thanks for your input. I hadn't even looked at anything from a doing-it standpoint yet, so this is very helpful.

[Sledsel]

1 hour ago, Chuck Most said:

I have a similar project somewhere that stalled at about 75% complete. One thing I do remember is that the '60 floor and chassis required surprisingly little butchery to fit under the '60 body. And the Starliner top grafts into the '61 body with minimal fuss too.

Agree, the roof is not a bad swap. I have a similar project and cut the entire cowl out so I did not need to mess with the posts. The rear window needs some Evergreen 1/2 round to eliminate the drop in the center of the '60 opening. I am going with the '63 Galaxie as a chassis/interior donor on mine and using the '61 dash.

[Brandon17]

Just grabbed this off the front porch from Model Roundup. 

[Mr mopar]

8 minutes ago, Brandon17 said:

Just grabbed this off the front porch from Model Roundup. 

Can you show us the kit in side ,I would like to see the rear tires !

[Brandon17]

8 minutes ago, Mr mopar said:

Can you show us the kit in side ,I would like to see the rear tires !

The rear tires to me seem too wide. Gonna swap them out with another set 

[Mr mopar]

Mail Call today ,I just can't believe how hard it was to find the Piranha drag team and the Polar lights  nascars  enjoy 

Edited December 21, 2024 by Mr mopar

[Mr mopar]

1 minute ago, Brandon17 said:

The rear tires to me seem too wide. Gonna swap them out with another set 

Yes I agree there to wide , Thx for sharing ! 

[Falcon Ranchero]

Not technically model car stuff but still usefull for reference; this was shipped to the book store for pick up yesterday. Really pleased considering I ordered it "sight unseen" in the sense that I couldn't flip through the pages. It's all about Australian cars which I thought would be neat to read about after reading 3 different books about the history of American Muscle cars in a row- not that I didn't enjoy reading those books.