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

[deuces wild]

On 4/22/2025 at 4:46 PM, Falcon Ranchero said:

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What engine goodies come in this kit????... Thanks in advance!..🙂

[Falcon Ranchero]

1 hour ago, deuces wild said:

What engine goodies come in this kit????... Thanks in advance!..🙂

Lotsa nice chrome dress up for the engine, plus those pipes stickin out of the hood as seen on the box.

 

[deuces wild]

1 hour ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

Lotsa nice chrome dress up for the engine, plus those pipes stickin out of the hood as seen on the box.

 

Very cool!... 😎 Thank you sir!....👍

On 4/22/2025 at 4:46 PM, Falcon Ranchero said:

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What engine goodies come in this kit????... Thanks in advance!..🙂

Edited Thursday at 11:28 PM by deuces wild

[deuces wild]

Ok now what did I do????.....🫣🤔🤨

[Tabbysdaddy]

Not much of a selection at the Ollie's near where I was working, but I did get this: 

[64SS350]

Another addition to the racing portion of the stash...

 

[dave branson]

Here is what I got this week. Drill bit set and 3d printed parts are from Iceman Productions

[Ace-Garageguy]

Just got a Heller 1/24 scale E-type coupe molded in red, for a good bit less dollarage than the recent oddly proportioned Revell kit I was sorely disappointed with.

For my money the Heller kit is VASTLY superior for a number of reasons...even though it's molded in red.

I like it so much I have one molded in white on the way.

Edited Saturday at 11:20 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[stitchdup]

11 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Just got a Heller 1/24 scale E-type coupe molded in red, for a good bit less dollarage than the recent oddly proportioned Revell kit I was sorely disappointed with.

Fot my money the Heller kit is VASTLY superior for a number of reasons...even though it's molded in red.

I like it so much I have one molded in white on the way.

how do they scale for kit bashing? I like the revell undies better but neither really captures the rear axle well with both losing a lot of what makes it look so good under a car. there was a great aftermarket axle but the maker recently shut down unfortunately

[atomicholiday]

My dad gave this to me yesterday.  It’s a 1963 boxing, and it’s dead mint!  Even the decals look good.

[slusher]

31 minutes ago, atomicholiday said:

My dad gave this to me yesterday.  It’s a 1963 boxing, and it’s dead mint!  Even the decals look good.

That is so neat Jeremy, are you going to build it?

[HomerS]

From the final Franklin Ohio Plastic Model Swap Meet (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1045465047247107) yesterday.

The Pyro kit was from a toy/collectible store.  Complete inside (and lovely grape color)....minor yellowing of the box.

[Mark]

Yesterday's "haul" from NNL East.  Didn't take any "big ticket" items to sell, still did better than I thought I would, and spent a fraction of that.

The '48 Ford sedan is only roughed out but the work done so far looks symmetrical.  I'll chop out the offensive areas one at a time, for three bucks it's worth messing with.  If the fix is successful, I've got a spare '48 coupe to drop this body on.

I was surprised those two Moebius kits weren't cleaned out by the time I got to the Model King stand. 

The Falcon is a convertible, looks rough but is actually quite nice.  Nothing sanded off or glued over, no hole in the hood, just needs its paint removed and a good soak to loosen up the windshield glass.  If I have to grind it out, it might become a hardtop with the roof from an altered wheelbase '65 body.  Another one for the pile. 

The Cutlass had the engine assembled and the custom parts are gone, but the body and stock chrome are untouched.  I was looking for a second one to build a stretched body for a Vista Cruiser conversion, and there it was, cheap.  The STS decals are for a '79 Bronco, also a Mopar Mod Top.  The AMX body came from the JoHan table, it is damaged but will be cut apart so I can resin cast its perfectly straight A-pillars to save a couple of Javelin and AMX bodies.

Not shown is a Monogram Hurst Hairy Olds decal sheet (had a kit missing one) and this year's T-shirt.

[A modeler named mike]

From our trip to NNL East, Saturday. As each enthusiast paid to enter they were given a raffle ticket, an NNL East tote bag that held a plastic cup, a pair of photo etched license plate holders with NNL East paper tags to go with them, a people's choice Ballot to fill out and a show directory. Some tote bags had an extra goodie, a wooden plug nickle that was worth $5.00 off any vendors price, Pretty cool IMO. All that being said, my daughter had a winning raffle ticket which she allowed me to pick an item. I picked an AMT '67 Chevell Pro Street kit. I also picked up a newly issued Moebius '65 Chevy 2 Nova Resto Mod kit and the MPC Vending Machine from the "Model king" table. I managed to pick up a Revell VW T1 bus that I've been after from Auto Models LLC's table. From the STS table I requested two copies made of my MPC One-Arm Bandit kit decals since my original is not the best. From the Jo-han table I picked up a couple of his Tee Shirts. Lastly, we grabbed two of this year's show tee shirts, which we used the two plug nickles that my grandson luckily scored in his NNL tote bag, making each shirt $15.00, can't beat that, so thank you guys for that opportunity. 

[slusher]

Mark and Mike nice buys guys!

[lvfd221]

Picked this up over the weekend at a small swap meet near me. 

[A modeler named mike]

32 minutes ago, lvfd221 said:

Picked this up over the weekend at a small swap meet near me. 

Nice, lindberg also did one. Next you'll have to get this one to compliment the Firebird. I picked it up from ebay. 

[Mark]

The Lindberg and Airfix Type K Firebirds are the same kit.  An old Scale Auto Enthusiast article shows the Lindberg kit being kitbashed with a Monogram Trans Am to make a full detail Type K.

[lvfd221]

4 minutes ago, Mark said:

The Lindberg and Airfix Type K Firebirds are the same kit.  An old Scale Auto Enthusiast article shows the Lindberg kit being kitbashed with a Monogram Trans Am to make a full detail Type K.

That is what I was thinking of doing. Any idea on what issue it was in? 

Thanks

Edited Monday at 04:09 PM by lvfd221

[Bainford]

13 minutes ago, lvfd221 said:

That is what I was thinking of doing. Any idea on what issue it was in? 

Thanks

SAE issue 12, March/April 1981.

[lvfd221]

21 hours ago, Bainford said:

SAE issue 12, March/April 1981.

Thanks. I have a lot of their back issues. I will have to see if I have that one. I found it. thanks again

Edited 13 hours ago by lvfd221

[Ace-Garageguy]

On 4/26/2025 at 5:19 PM, stitchdup said:

how do they scale for kit bashing? I like the revell undies better but neither really captures the rear axle well with both losing a lot of what makes it look so good under a car. there was a great aftermarket axle but the maker recently shut down unfortunately

The rear end assembly looks to me (on first inspection without having built it up) th be the best representation of the Jag IRS I've seen to date in any kit...and I'm, you might say, somewhat familiar with the real ones.  

[lordairgtar]

On 4/28/2025 at 11:08 AM, lvfd221 said:

That is what I was thinking of doing. Any idea on what issue it was in? 

Thanks

Me also am trying to do the detailed conversion. I'm using a 72 nose on mine

[A modeler named mike]

These came by mail while I was at the NNL East buying other kits..🤫