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

[cobraman]

Got this stuff yesterday . The Duplicolor 1k clear from Walmart on line . The Testors Wet Look Clear from HL on line .  The car body is a 1/32 scale printed item . 1939 Willys for a slot car . The widows are just patterns so you can cut them from clear sheet . 

[kelson]

Hobby shop buy and Ebay arrival,glad to find another Olds for cheap.?

[Cool Hand]

Order from BNA Model World. Display cases and some detail up parts from Hobby design.

[Mattilacken]

3 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Order from BNA Model World. Display cases and some detail up parts from Hobby design.

Oo, that Supra engine is nice. Have wanted to get one many times.

[Captain Spaulding]

Just got this in the mail from Mike's decals, an early 80s Buick Regal donor kit. Hoping to build it into a car I raced in the early 2000's at a local track.

Decals will be the tricky part.

[dave branson]

Here is what I got last weekend at Memphis Show

[Can-Con]

On 8/17/2021 at 10:20 AM, Cool Hand said:

Have wanted a 76 glasshouse for years but never been able to find one, got lucky and found a couple recently.

 

 

Also got some more things from Plaza Japan. My LB Works R35 GT-R collection is complete now.  And can never resist getting more wheels to add to the collection.

 

 

That's pretty cool Luke. I think it must be time for that Chevy kit to be reissued again. They certainly seem to be unusually popular for a '70s car.

I'm kind of fond of them as I had a real one. 

BTW, when building, remember the A-pillars on all '70s GM full size cars, including these Chevys was completely covers with a bright trim piece, no paint showing like on the boxes.

[robertw]

On 9/11/2019 at 1:47 PM, Brudda said:

WizPorsche944, how is the revell 914/6 kit? I really like that car

I would not recommend the Revell Porsche 914. Built one a few years ago and it is the closest I ever came to throwing a half finished model against the wall ! Can't remember particular problems perhaps because one tends to put bad memories out of ones mind. I do remember it had numerous fit problems. In the end it did get finished but to this day it sits near the back of my display cabinet.

[Bill Eh?]

Dave, it looks like you made some vendors very happy! ?

[OldNYJim]

On paper, this should’ve been a great kit.  Boyd Coddington, hot rod wizard, a man with a real eye for styling, stance and proportion (not to mention a killer paintjob) teams up with AMT.

And what we got was this:

Oof.  

Still, nothing a change of wheels won’t help immensely - another one for my Boyd collection that I’m slowly piecing together via eBay

[Snake45]

9 hours ago, CabDriver said:

On paper, this should’ve been a great kit.  Boyd Coddington, hot rod wizard, a man with a real eye for styling, stance and proportion (not to mention a killer paintjob) teams up with AMT.

And what we got was this:

Oof.  

Still, nothing a change of wheels won’t help immensely - another one for my Boyd collection that I’m slowly piecing together via eBay

That's basically the old MPC Switchers kit (which has its good points) with good wheels removed and goofy wheels added. I have one and wish I'd bought a couple more when they were cheap. 

[Straightliner59]

22 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

That's basically the old MPC Switchers kit (which has its good points) with good wheels removed and goofy wheels added. I have one and wish I'd bought a couple more when they were cheap. 

Most of those Switchers had some  very redeeming qualities about them I remember buying the Model T (sedan?) when they were originally released. I have one of the later reissues of the '32, now. It's been oft-said that they were overlooked because they were deemed "gimmicky".

[OldNYJim]

Interestingly, this kit has the grill for a Model A on the parts tree - not sure if that was intended as an option part for THIS kit, or if it shared a parts tree with another of theirs...

[Casey]

1 hour ago, CabDriver said:

Interestingly, this kit has the grill for a Model A on the parts tree - not sure if that was intended as an option part for THIS kit, or if it shared a parts tree with another of theirs...

See here:

 

[ToyLvr]

Another one for my home museum of oddball built-up models.

Here we have a ‘63(?) Mercury Comet with a custom front & rear clip. It was advertised as a “Vintage Ford Custom”, but I knew right away from the rear fins that it had to be a Comet, so I took a chance on it.?

[cobraman]

Got these items yesterday . A distributor for a Cobra project I am working on and a Cobra kit I got in trade for a member here . 

[thatz4u]

got this in a trade....going to use it for Project Painless

[Snake45]

21 hours ago, ToyLvr said:

Another one for my home museum of oddball built-up models.

Here we have a ‘63(?) Mercury Comet with a custom front & rear clip. It was advertised as a “Vintage Ford Custom”, but I knew right away from the rear fins that it had to be a Comet, so I took a chance on it.?

 

That looks like a fabulous "survivor resto" project. Clean it up as is, maybe do the chrome window trim. Or if you want to blend the custom parts in a little better, you could do that and then easily re-shoot it in the satin black. Great find, congratulations! 

[Mark]

The Comet is a '62, it's the Stylizing kit that came in the box with a cellophane window for viewing the parts inside.  Cut off the folding lid, and the box could be used as a display case.  Those custom parts were in the kit.  I've got a built one with some of the other custom parts on it, but always wanted to use that front end piece with the headlights under the grille.

[lordairgtar]

On 8/17/2021 at 9:22 PM, kelson said:

Hobby shop buy and Ebay arrival,glad to find another Olds for cheap.?

I have a marroon one and a white pearl one. How many different colors are there of this car?

 

[Rob Hall]

46 minutes ago, lordairgtar said:

I have a marroon one and a white pearl one. How many different colors are there of this car?

 

I have one in a silver blue.

[bluestringer]

3 hours ago, cobraman said:

Got these items yesterday . A distributor for a Cobra project I am working on and a Cobra kit I got in trade for a member here . 

Those are nice distributors, I've used them a few times.

[bluestringer]

Dragstrip Dynamite.........arrived today.

[cobraman]

15 minutes ago, bluestringer said:

Those are nice distributors, I've used them a few times.

I have tried a few different ones and I think these are the best . They do cost the most from what I find.  The ones from MAD are good too i think.

[Richard Bartrop]

I went to an estate sale, and got a load of kits.  A good chunk of my want list has been taken care of, and only went a little over budget.

I managed to snag these resin kits for $16 Canadian each.   I had been collecting parts for a Mercury Speadster, so the transkit will make things much easier.

This was one of my grail kits.  They hardly ever turn up on eBay, and I got this one for $24.

 

The Olds was the priciest one at $40.

These were $16 each.  I bought a second Packard as a parts car for another project, though I found another partly completed one on a table of $4 kits.

This as also on the $4 table, so I snapped it up.