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

[Brudda]

Bought these at our club meeting for $10

[kelson]

Picked these up from the post office today?,excellent quality,i know somebody's working on interiors for them just can't remember who. 

[kelson]

Also had these waiting at the post office too.?

[martinfan5]

Mengs latest auto kit arrived

[cobraman]

This came from Amazon . Nothing special . Built one quite awhile ago and want another crack at it . Plan is to do like the box art . 

[Mark]

Went to a small outdoor swap meet this morning after seeing info about it.  Not a lot of vendors, but one guy was giving stuff away.  Probably the first and last time I'll run into that.

Yes, that's an AMT '28 Ford sedan at the right.  There's an MPC '28 pickup behind it, which is based on the sedan.  The yellow cabriolet is Monogram.  The smaller car is a Pyro '34 Ford Victoria, one of the more desirable cars from that series.

All of these have bad chrome and are dusty (may have sat on a shelf before being boxed up later) but they're pretty well assembled.  The doors open and close on the sedan, there are some loose parts but everything is there.  The guy who built them managed to make all of the parts stay with them without overdoing the glue.

[keyser]

Always liked the 28 Sedan. Another that’d be nice to see cloned. Amazed those hinges survived. Nice hit Mark.  That a diecast brass era landau Packard in back?

Edited June 12, 2022 by keyser

[Mark]

The '28 sedan has both upper hinge tabs intact!  I've got an unbuilt one with one broken off.

The "brass" car is a small plastic toy painted gold.  It's marked "Peugeot" underneath.  The other small one is metal, but it's generic.  It does have a pencil sharpener built in, though.

[OldNYJim]

I was in the market for some rubber-black paint and found this set fairly cheap online…more and more Vallejo paints seem to be finding their way into my paint rack lately.

I didn’t really NEED the rust or gunmetal colors right now - but metal tones and rust tones are always useful too!

[keyser]

@Mark Same with my 28. 
Useless fact-Peugeot started business as a pepper mill company. Still make them. Weird coincidence- my wife and I owned Peugeot 504’s new 15y and 2000mi apart before we met. 

[slusher]

14 hours ago, Mark said:

The '28 sedan has both upper hinge tabs intact!  I've got an unbuilt one with one broken off.

The "brass" car is a small plastic toy painted gold.  It's marked "Peugeot" underneath.  The other small one is metal, but it's generic.  It does have a pencil sharpener built in, though.

Very nice cars you scored, Sir..

[kelson]

20 hours ago, martinfan5 said:

Mengs latest auto kit arrived

Bought 3 myself last week,they come in some nice colors.

[Claes Ericsson]

These followed me home today. The Firebird is scheduled for a rebuild, the rest goes on the shelf.

[martinfan5]

2 hours ago, kelson said:

Bought 3 myself last week,they come in some nice colors.

Nice colors but a very limited amount, I think its like 5 colors, Im thinking about the blue or the grey.

[keyser]

@Claes Ericsson Those are cool, resin conversions of the 36, 48 Merc maybe? And the 39 Ford. Holthaus Caribbean too. Where’d you stumble across those?

[RSchnell]

On 6/11/2022 at 7:59 PM, Mark said:

Went to a small outdoor swap meet this morning after seeing info about it.  Not a lot of vendors, but one guy was giving stuff away.  Probably the first and last time I'll run into that.

Yes, that's an AMT '28 Ford sedan at the right.  There's an MPC '28 pickup behind it, which is based on the sedan.  The yellow cabriolet is Monogram.  The smaller car is a Pyro '34 Ford Victoria, one of the more desirable cars from that series.

All of these have bad chrome and are dusty (may have sat on a shelf before being boxed up later) but they're pretty well assembled.  The doors open and close on the sedan, there are some loose parts but everything is there.  The guy who built them managed to make all of the parts stay with them without overdoing the glue.

Nice score! The Hubley roadster is a good find too. I try to buy up all the Hubleys I can find. But then again I'm partial to Model A Fords anyways!

[Claes Ericsson]

12 hours ago, keyser said:

@Claes Ericsson Those are cool, resin conversions of the 36, 48 Merc maybe? And the 39 Ford. Holthaus Caribbean too. Where’d you stumble across those?

The 36 is resin, the 39 nose is at least resin. I have yet to check the 42 but that might be a conversion from the IMC kit. I got the lot from a friend who's downsizing. He, in turn, got the Fords at a 1:1 car swap meet some years ago....

Edited June 13, 2022 by Claes Ericsson

[sfhess]

NNL West haul:

Escort Mark 1 resin kit.

Two 50 Ford pickups with the Ardun engine parts

63 Pontiac Bonneville convertible in a bag from Steve Hinson's family

Fujimi Dome-0 kit

Gunze Ferrari 250 GTO "High Tech" series

[ChrisBcritter]

On 6/13/2022 at 4:44 AM, Claes Ericsson said:

I have yet to check the 42 but that might be a conversion from the IMC kit.

Yep, it's IMC - I recognize that separate windshield frame. I bet the side panels of the grille were made from the '57 Buick grille in the AMT Custom Bumpers and Grilles pack.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Styrene repop of the old acetate Johan '59 Plymouth promo...auction site photo.

Edited June 16, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy
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[Carmak]

IRONY!!

Being the owner of a 68 Coronet convertible I have been on the lookout for affordable kits or builders since the mid 80's. I have found and restored a couple builders over the years but never a kit until now. Of course is was just a couple weeks after it was announced that a re-tooled version was on the way.

Found locally "in the wild" as part a very reasonably priced lot of models from various eras. 

The 68 Coronet is missing the interior tub (I have a spare) and the 68 Barracuda is missing the hood other wise they look complete.

Carmak

[vamach1]

Nice score on what I am sure are some normally pricey kits along with more common ones.

[dave branson]

My stash adds from last weekend at the Heartland Nationals

[slusher]

13 hours ago, dave branson said:

My stash adds from last weekend at the Heartland Nationals

what a haul, you sur picked up some nice kits!

Edited June 17, 2022 by slusher

[Modlbldr]

I picked this up off of FB Marketplace and got it in the mail yesterday. Sealed inside. One of my favorites and have been looking for another at a good price for a while.

Later-