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

[FoMoCo66]

10 minutes ago, Daddyfink said:

Have you compared them? 

Nope, ive just been told that moebius used a lot of amt stuff for basic measurements (like the chassis on the Comet is baced off of the amt 66 fairlane).

 

11 minutes ago, stitchdup said:

or both got scaled properly

Yeah, probably.

[sfhess]

Scores from the Sprit of Speed show"

Entex 1/20 Porsche 914 kit.  I haven't seen one of these for a long time.  Another vendor had one, partially built, for more money than the one I got.

Tamiya Porsche 956 Rothman's livery

Tamiya Ferrari Mythos

Original issue Revell 1856 Chevy kit

Revell 56 Chevy Del Ray

Two Revell 32 Ford 3-window coupes

 

[Zen]

Got some 66 Fairlane hoods from SMH, 2 look good and fit but the teardrop looks like it may be for a 64?

[FoMoCo66]

3 hours ago, Zen said:

Got some 66 Fairlane hoods from SMH, 2 look good and fit but the teardrop looks like it may be for a 64?

That teardrop could be for an annual kit, the hoods were a tad bigger on them. They also came with clear teardrop hoods so thats most likely what its molded off of.

[Rodent]

4 hours ago, Zen said:

Got some 66 Fairlane hoods from SMH, 2 look good and fit but the teardrop looks like it may be for a 64?

 

Do you have an AMT 66 Galaxie? That might be what the teardrop actually fits, by the curvature of the nose.

[Can-Con]

24 minutes ago, Rodent said:

Do you have an AMT 66 Galaxie? That might be what the teardrop actually fits, by the curvature of the nose.

That's what I was thinking too from the width.

But why would anyone waste time and materials making a teardrop hood for the '66 Galaxie when every issue had one in it already?

[John M.]

I bought this trailer off E Bay a short time ago. The price was right and it'll look good behind a my 53 Ford PU or 61 Ford Ranchero. An E Bay photo of it. 

 

 

 

 

 

[FoMoCo66]

5 hours ago, Zen said:

Got some 66 Fairlane hoods from SMH, 2 look good and fit but the teardrop looks like it may be for a 64?

1 hour ago, Rodent said:

Do you have an AMT 66 Galaxie? That might be what the teardrop actually fits, by the curvature of the nose.

1 hour ago, Can-Con said:

That's what I was thinking too from the width.

But why would anyone waste time and materials making a teardrop hood for the '66 Galaxie when every issue had one in it already?

Well, I did some looking, its definitely just a coppy of the annual 66 fairlane clear hood. The annual hoods were a tad wider than the retooled version so thats were your fitment issue comes from. Heres a photo of an annual clear hood, even has the hood pins.

[TarheelRick]

On 11/1/2025 at 10:42 PM, TarheelRick said:

Ok, I've got this off my chest, maybe I'll be able to continue on with no more downfalls.

Went by WalMart for a completely different reason today, but somehow the '66 Mustang GT, the only one left, jumped into my shopping cart as I walked by. So now, that makes it an even dozen.

[Zen]

1 hour ago, FoMoCo66 said:

Well, I did some looking, its definitely just a coppy of the annual 66 fairlane clear hood. The annual hoods were a tad wider than the retooled version so thats were your fitment issue comes from. Heres a photo of an annual clear hood, even has the hood pins.

Interesting, thanks for solving the mystery. The front edge/face seemed off too, shaped differently than the other 2 hoods. I guess I'll modify it to fit then.

[ewetwo]

Picked these up today. 

[Rocketman455]

Got this today. Last one I needed in order to have all the Tamiya 1/6 bikes. I've wanted one since I was 14. And that was about 46 years ago. Usually go for more than I wanted to spend. Got this one very reasonable. 

[kelson]

This afternoons arrivals.🤠

[meechum68]

Great stuff!!

Got my paint for the Catalina build. 

 

[sfhess]

AMT 51 Chevy Fleetline (Millennium edition)

another Tamiya Datsun 249Z

[64SS350]

Some more 3D items...'70 Camaro wide body kit, Bonneville wheel set, '69 Camaro hood.

 

[1930fordpickup]

20 hours ago, 64SS350 said:

Some more 3D items...'70 Camaro wide body kit, Bonneville wheel set, '69 Camaro hood.

 

Who makes the 70 wide body kit?

[oldcarfan]

Nothing big, but I found a cool Hot Wheels MotoCompo that looks like 1/24th scale to me.

 

Edited Sunday at 09:09 PM by oldcarfan

[WillyBilly]

Walking though Walsmart today, and these three orphans jumped out at me. Of course I adopted them.

[64SS350]

5 hours ago, 1930fordpickup said:

Who makes the 70 wide body kit?

https://ebay.us/m/e7i93Y

Hooligan scale model parts, he is very reasonable and high quality!

Edited Sunday at 01:23 AM by 64SS350

[1930fordpickup]

Thank you.

54 minutes ago, 64SS350 said:

https://ebay.us/m/e7i93Y

Hooligan scale model parts, he is very reasonable and high quality!

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Got these a couple of weeks ago, I'm meant to forget about them until Dec 25th.....

And I picked this up yesterday from a local 1:1 car autojumble:

Funny to see the name of @tim boyd in my quiet corner of England.

[Brudda]

Won this in a raffle at the Fremont Hornets contest 

[slusher]

On 11/1/2025 at 9:42 PM, TarheelRick said:

Someone please help me, my plastiholism (not mocking alcoholism) it out of hand. I have been going to shows and swap meets trying to downsize my stash, instead I have bought 11 kits over this past 7 days. Got these at a toy show last Saturday.

Picked these up at Ollies on Tueday.

Got these at WalMart on Thursday.

Picked this up at Hobby Lobby Friday. I've never seen these paints before but thought I would get them and give them a try.

Ok, I've got this off my chest, maybe I'll be able to continue on with no more downfalls.

Nice haul!

[meechum68]

So, I got an old tackle box for parts, my mother inlaw who passed 16 years ago was a sewing monster, well we were unpacking a shipping crate soon to be my actual outside shop for mechanic work etc, we came across it, full of stuff that is old and in poor shape due to age, my wife couldn't salvage any of it, so I am recycling the tackle box for parts. And if things stay like they are, I may make a traveling model building box out of it.  Will get some foam for bodies, and have lots of space for tools, and paint. So it was my new to me tool box for building.