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

[Ulf]

Just the box, I will repair, reinforce and varnish with Pledge before using it for ongoing projects. It will be so much nicer on the workbench no matter what I build.

[John M.]

I've been looking for a Chevy Monza for a while on E Bay and scored this AMT one that's customized from a vendor that lives just North of me and for a real song. He even cleaned it up before shipping it out and it arrived overnight. What a guy. 🙂

[meechum68]

What I got today for the stash! 

[bluestringer]

Picked this up at Ollie's the other day. 

[1959scudetto]

Not today, but last week: 1969 Ferrari 312 P Spyder from Dragon Model and Pattern (= Paul Fisher):

[sfhess]

2 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

Not today, but last week: 1969 Ferrari 312 P Spyder from Dragon Model and Pattern (= Paul Fisher):

Cool.  I have one of those as well, purchased from Paul when his company was still Dragon.  One of my favorite builds.  I have always thought that this was one of the best-looking Ferraris.
I recently got the coupe version.

[michelle]

got these in the mail today from a friend 
a amt motor city stocker 70 torino 
a amt motor city stocker 70 monte carlo 
and a amt/ertl model king open road camper bagged kit my friend kept the racers wedge parts 

[lordairgtar]

1 hour ago, michelle said:

got these in the mail today from a friend 
a amt motor city stocker 70 torino 
a amt motor city stocker 70 monte carlo 
and a amt/ertl model king open road camper bagged kit my friend kept the racers wedge parts 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One lucky modeller you are.

[1959scudetto]

4 hours ago, sfhess said:

Cool.  I have one of those as well, purchased from Paul when his company was still Dragon.  One of my favorite builds.  I have always thought that this was one of the best-looking Ferraris.
I recently got the coupe version.

Mine too - it was my first resin kit I ever built (more than 30 years ago as a commission for a modeling shop in Vienna) - now I have one for myself !

[meechum68]

7 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

Not today, but last week: 1969 Ferrari 312 P Spyder from Dragon Model and Pattern (= Paul Fisher):

I was scrolling by this before I read the description and was like ... hey an early model Chapparal! 

[oldcarfan]

21 hours ago, meechum68 said:

What I got today for the stash! 

 

I got a can of that light blue and another can of the Cobalt green last weekend, too. The green looks like the color Vailant used on their Porsches back in the day.

[oldcarfan]

I got something I never expected to find. It's a Mercedes Benz Sprinter in 1/24th scale! I've been wanting a newer body style van for a while as a tow vehicle like an MB or a Ford Transit.

I'd given up on a company tooling up a kit and started searching for a 3D version. To my surprise I found this one listed on Walmart.com of all places for $20. It's produced in the Ukraine by Tigres and is an accurate 1/24th scale with good bodylines. The cockpit is simplified so I'll need to do some bashing to fix that, but the front doors and the rear access doors open like a diecast so I can add a good interior to it.

The last picture is what I hope to turn it into. 

 

[Bainford]

1 hour ago, oldcarfan said:

I got something I never expected to find. It's a Mercedes Benz Sprinter in 1/24th scale! I've been wanting a newer body style van for a while as a tow vehicle like an MB or a Ford Transit.

I'd given up on a company tooling up a kit and started searching for a 3D version. To my surprise I found this one listed on Walmart.com of all places for $20. It's produced in the Ukraine by Tigres and is an accurate 1/24th scale with good bodylines. The cockpit is simplified so I'll need to do some bashing to fix that, but the front doors and the rear access doors open like a diecast so I can add a good interior to it.

The last picture is what I hope to turn it into. 

 

That's a cool find! Lots to work with there. With a little scratch building, there are a ton of possibilities. 

Nice 1:1, too. If I left the yard with that thing and my cameras & camping gear, I might never come back.

[meechum68]

4 minutes ago, Bainford said:

That's a cool find! Lots to work with there. With a little scratch building, there are a ton of possibilities. 

Nice 1:1, too. If I left the yard with that thing and my cameras & camping gear, I might never come back.

And a model building area inside it. Cuz I don't camera's but I do models  

[michelle]

6 hours ago, lordairgtar said:

One lucky modeller you are.

yeah 
i am going to be modifing the 70 torino cobra  into a 71 torino gt 
and i will be using a few of the camper interior parts in a custom small rv i am been planing 

[kelson]

Todays arrival,..............yup another 72'Roadrunner😁,but this one has the front bumper and grille unlike the one i got a couple weeks ago. 

[ewetwo]

Got all of this for $20. Don't know if the Big Red is from Ollie's or not. Dated 2006 on the box. If it is from Ollies. Seems to me there was some issue with the kit. Does anyone recall what it was? The corvette kit is missing the regular tires. Does anyone know what they looked like?  The 59 Chevy and Lincoln are old screw bottoms. And the Austin Healy with the 12 on the hood I think is at one time had a motor in it?

Edited Friday at 08:17 PM by ewetwo

[A modeler named mike]

These showed up by mail a couple of days ago. I've been busy filling my show rod voids and spotted the '69 pro street GTX and said why not. It was on the make an offer option, so I did and got it for the price of the newer issue, open and complete as is the Groovy Grader which also was fairly priced.

[Old Buckaroo]

A surprise package from a  Nascar modeling friend 

 

[dave branson]

THis is what I got this week. I made a trip to Ollie's, local hobby shop, Camaro is from ebay and the diecast truck is from Wal Mart

[sfhess]

Ebay purchases from Diolex;  3D printed 67 Cougar and 69 AMX

LHS finds:
AMT 64 Thunderbird Hardtop.  Unbuilt, mint
Monogram Duesenberg Boat tail Speedster Metal Body Kit
Can Am style 1/24Toyota 7 kit
Original issue MPC 1929 Model A Woody kit

Burbank's House of Hobbies (Houseofhobbies.com) have been getting some really nice vintage kits in the store lately.

Edited Saturday at 01:17 AM by sfhess

[Rodent]

24 minutes ago, sfhess said:

Burbank's House of Hobbies (Houseofhobbies.com) have been getting some really nice vintage kits in the store lately.

I saw that on their website a couple of days ago when I was looking for a Charger Pursuit. One of these days I am going to spend a few days down there and check them out and see the Peterson Museum while I am visiting.

Edited Saturday at 01:37 AM by Rodent

[oldcarfan]

7 hours ago, kelson said:

Todays arrival,..............yup another 72'Roadrunner😁,but this one has the front bumper and grille unlike the one i got a couple weeks ago. 

Is that the original MPC kit? I wonder if that tooling is still in Round  2's warehouse somewhere?

[PatW]

On 6/5/2025 at 1:43 AM, bluestringer said:

Picked this up at Ollie's the other day. 

How much are these in the USA?

[meechum68]

At Ollie's I have been able to get kits from 12.99 to 14.99 US dollar. That was what I paid back in the early 90's, with a few 8.99 kits.