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

[Valvefloat]

Just now, Valvefloat said:

Im in winnipeg our Micheals are non model stores☹️

we do have Eliminator RC , good store check it out.

[Mr mopar]

This weeks Mail call and LHS  enjoy !

[Zen]

13 hours ago, Radretireddad said:

I needed a new chrome ink pen so I grabbed this one from Hobby Lobby only to discover that nowhere on it does it say Molotow. I haven’t tried it yet but everyone should just beware of the deceptively similar packaging and cheap price. The product quality could certainly be poorer.

I like these better than the Molotow

[espo]

13 hours ago, Radretireddad said:

I needed a new chrome ink pen so I grabbed this one from Hobby Lobby only to discover that nowhere on it does it say Molotow. I haven’t tried it yet but everyone should just beware of the deceptively similar packaging and cheap price. The product quality could certainly be poorer.

Please let all of us know how good, or bad this pen is when you test fly it. Could be a rebrand of the Molotow product, or a blatant fraud. 

[A modeler named mike]

8 minutes ago, espo said:

Please let all of us know how good, or bad this pen is when you test fly it. Could be a rebrand of the Molotow product, or a blatant fraud. 

I ordered a 2mm Molotow Chrome marker on May 26th and I am still waiting for it to arrive. The seller mixed up shipments to buyers and my marker was sent to the wrong buyer. I had to basically shame the seller onto sending out another one to my address since they claimed it had been delivered. Crazy thing was I sent the seller photo evidence of his mistake. I'm in hopes the the Molotow Chrome marker is worth all the effort. 

[Radretireddad]

1 hour ago, espo said:

Please let all of us know how good, or bad this pen is when you test fly it. Could be a rebrand of the Molotow product, or a blatant fraud. 

It flows onto surfaces well both out of the pen and brushed on and is still slightly tacky when dry. It will get dull when touched with bare fingers and cleans up with isopropyl alcohol. So far I’d say it’s satisfactory. I’ll post further if I see anything else.

Edited Sunday at 04:48 PM by Radretireddad

[kelson]

11 hours ago, slusher said:

Curtis you always score the coolest kit!  Where or who do you by the grills from buddy?

https://www.ebay.com/str/fewspruesloosellc real nice stuff.

[meechum68]

4 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

This weeks Mail call and LHS  enjoy !

Glad to see I am not the only one who buys Tamiya's in bulk! 

[Can-Con]

13 hours ago, Mark C. said:

The maritimes.  I haven’t been into a store for several months, but last time I got a Revell ‘70 Torino Cobra.  After the 30% coupon was applied, the price was $28 Cdn, a steal at today’s prices.

In checking their website, I just noticed they are not showing stock in any stores near me, so I hope that’s just temporary.  Seems like a lot of supply chain issues since all this tariff nonsense started, so maybe it’s just that.

Since I haven’t actually been in the stores to check the shelves, I can’t even say they don’t have them for sure.  Websites aren’t always accurate, I’ve noticed.

Just a couple copies of the same battleship here in Fredericton, all the car kits are sold out.

Maybe we'll run into each other in Moncton next weekend Mark?

[Mr mopar]

27 minutes ago, meechum68 said:

Glad to see I am not the only one who buys Tamiya's in bulk! 

It's the only way ...LOL !

[meechum68]

3 minutes ago, Mr mopar said:

It's the only way ...LOL !

I tend to do the same with the spray's too. Just can't buy one!

 

[Mr mopar]

11 minutes ago, meechum68 said:

I tend to do the same with the spray's too. Just can't buy one!

 

Me too!

[oldcarfan]

1 hour ago, meechum68 said:

I tend to do the same with the spray's too. Just can't buy one!

 

Me too. Living 2-3 hours from the closest real hobby shop, I keep a list of things I need to buy. That way when I'm there I don't wander around wondering what it was I was going to get. For paint, I usually buy two cans at least. Same for Plastruct strips. 

[Mark C.]

3 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Maybe we'll run into each other in Moncton next weekend Mark?

Won’t be making it this year.  Have some health issues in the family to look after.  Nothing serious, but enough to keep me from straying too far from home for a few weeks.

Enjoy!  It’s always a good one!

[meechum68]

I ordered another rack for my bigger Tamiya paint bottles, will be assembling it this next week and start laying the colors out instead of scanning in the mix and match mess I have now. 
 

[Can-Con]

1 hour ago, Mark C. said:

Won’t be making it this year.  Have some health issues in the family to look after.  Nothing serious, but enough to keep me from straying too far from home for a few weeks.

Enjoy!  It’s always a good one!

Sorry to hear that Mark. Maybe next year. 

[JerseeJerry55]

Went back today, and got the Revell '55 Chevy Belair 2n1 kit for $15.00. Just need to decide which way to build it. Gasser, or Street machine.

[Mark]

Flea market yesterday...got these from a guy I occasionally deal with.  These were in his sale pile; he didn't hold on to them for me, they were all available to anyone who walked up.

Tony Nancy double kits: if you are into early Sixties drag racing, you know this kit is a gold mine of parts.  I'm pretty sure one is complete, the other is missing all of the tires, front wheels, and some chassis parts.  All of those choice engines are all there.

AMT '34 Ford coupe: I'm pretty sure it's all there except the bumper brackets are busted off of the frame, and I'm not sure they are still in the box.  I was looking for a cheap one of these to cut up and make into a sedan, using either a '32 sedan or maybe the poorly executed AMT '34 sedan for the back half of the body.  

Monogram Slingster: I'm pretty certain everything is there, though all of these kits were marked as "parts" kits.  I wanted another American Bantam coupe body, to combine with a second one to make one with an unchopped top.  Too, with Revell under German management now, they might not do anything with this kit as it might not fit with the kinds of things they seem to be doing.  It's not the greatest kit, but it has a bunch of good parts in it and it's a neat copy of the original Sizzler kit.

Switchers '32 Ford: this is a parts kit, it's missing a lot of parts.  But it has nearly all of the plated parts, all of the wheels, the whole engine (not the greatest small-block Chevy, but not the worst by a long shot), and the phaeton body.  I'll probably cut that to get the pieces to fill the sides of the Bantam coupe body.

All of 'em for thirty bucks.  He had a few more good parts kits, but I don't need to own everything...at least this month.