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

[stitchdup]

since i lost my fav scriber i treated myself to a nice shiny new tamiya version. and since i was in the shop anyway i also got a half dozen jar paints. 

[A modeler named mike]

5 hours ago, slusher said:

Nice kit, Mike!    I can’t remember seeing the Red light Bandit before'

Thanks Carl.. That kit originated as the Royal Knight ('78) then issued as the Branding Iron ('81) then the Red light Bandit ('81) and finally as the Monster El Camino truck ('85)  There was a few promos that where issued in between those kits. All per scalemates info. I've been hunting the ref light Bandit for sometime, there's one on eBay as a buy now for an arm and leg.. 

[A modeler named mike]

1 hour ago, stitchdup said:

since i lost my fav scriber i treated myself to a nice shiny new tamiya version. and since i was in the shop anyway i also got a half dozen jar paints. 

You know Les... now that you purchased a new scriber the old one is sure to reappear. 

[John M.]

I scored a built utility trailer on E Bay yesterday and dirt cheap. It looks a wee bit rough so It'll look good behind my equally a wee bit rough AMT early 70s Chevy Stepside PU.  Here it is from E Bay. 

 

 

Edited February 21, 2024 by John M.

[larrymoo]

neat little trailer

[John M.]

1 hour ago, larrymoo said:

neat little trailer

Thank you. It should arrive at my house this weekend via USPS Priority mail. 

[lordairgtar]

On 2/20/2024 at 11:50 AM, Bainford said:

The mailman just dropped off a super minty Aurora DB4. Been wanting one of these for years. 

I have the later Revell Monogram reissue. Nice kit.

[Bainford]

4 hours ago, lordairgtar said:

I have the later Revell Monogram reissue. Nice kit.

Surprisingly nice. I had never seen the contents of any version of this kit before, and the box art of the 70s Monogram issue, with the photo of the gray model, doesn't do it any justice at all. I was pleased to see it is actually quite nice. 
 

During that mid 70s - 80s period Monogram had a curious habit of producing box art showing the built kit that always looked lousy, mostly due to poor photography, while it was really a good kit. It was like some kind of reverse misrepresentation, and they seemed to apply it almost universally. 

[#1 model citizen]

I got these last week for Valentines Day. Serving size is 1/24 kit ?

[89AKurt]

Seems like I said "no more models" last year. ?   Well, I was checking out eBay and saw Fernando Pinto created the 1955 Panamerica winner 300SL.  It's an ideal subject for "weathering", want to do the pit stop time when they arrived after hitting a Buzzard at 120 MPH.

I ordered a couple other models too, still in transit.  I was pleasantly surprised how quickly this got here from Portugal.

[A modeler named mike]

Two more to check off the list..

[kelson]

Today's arrivals,i think i may have a mild case of Dodge Van fever!.?

[oldcarfan]

1 hour ago, kelson said:

Today's arrivals,i think i may have a mild case of Dodge Van fever!.?

You got something nice there! I wish Round 2 would retool this back to that body style and year. If they gave us this and a SWB 1995 Ram Van, I'd be happy.

[slusher]

1 hour ago, kelson said:

Today's arrivals,i think i may have a mild case of Dodge Van fever!.?

Nice score Curtis!

[Tabbysdaddy]

10 minutes ago, oldcarfan said:

You got something nice there! I wish Round 2 would retool this back to that body style and year. If they gave us this and a SWB 1995 Ram Van, I'd be happy.

A new tool would be better, so we can have them both.

[Russell C]

10 hours ago, A modeler named mike said:

Two more to check off the list..

Don't know how I missed that one top kit back in the day. Must-haves for every offroader;  an axe, a shovel .... and a cannon.

[Rob Hall]

Mail call today.  Warlocks 

[Can-Con]

On 2/21/2024 at 6:47 AM, A modeler named mike said:

Thanks Carl.. That kit originated as the Royal Knight ('78) then issued as the Branding Iron ('81) then the Red light Bandit ('81) and finally as the Monster El Camino truck ('85)  There was a few promos that where issued in between those kits. All per scalemates info. I've been hunting the ref light Bandit for sometime, there's one on eBay as a buy now for an arm and leg.. 

Scalemates info is incomplete.

MPC issues Elcamino annuals every year from '78 through '82. An'80 GMC Caballero "El Diablo" was issued as well.  

It is a bit difficult to keep track of the MPC annuals in this era as they stopped putting the year on the kit and instead named them ["Night Moves" "Branding Iron"  "Red Light Bandit"] in an attempt to keep the kits from being viewed as "last years" kit. 

Plus of corse, the "86 SS" update that was done in the early '90s 

[A modeler named mike]

5 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Scalemates info is incomplete.

MPC issues Elcamino annuals every year from '78 through '82. An'80 GMC Caballero "El Diablo" was issued as well.  

It is a bit difficult to keep track of the MPC annuals in this era as they stopped putting the year on the kit and instead named them ["Night Moves" "Branding Iron"  "Red Light Bandit"] in an attempt to keep the kits from being viewed as "last years" kit. 

Plus of corse, the "86 SS" update that was done in the early '90s 

Thanks for the correction Steve.. I should've know not to trust the internet info. available. 

[OldNYJim]

I was in Hobby Lobby, trying not to buy any kits but I never built this kit and I always wanted to, so…

Plus some copper and aluminum rod, to feed my lathe 

[Straightliner59]

2 hours ago, CabDriver said:

I was in Hobby Lobby, trying not to buy any kits but I never built this kit and I always wanted to, so…

 

Plus some copper and aluminum rod, to feed my lathe 

If I don't find what I went to the hobby shop for, specifically, I always buy some building materials. Especially when I see the K&S Special Shapes rack. I snag up the 1/32" and 3/64" brass tubing, anytime I see it! Last time I was there, they had K&S square aluminum tube in 3/32" and 1/8", neither of which I'd seen, before. Anyhoo...you can never go wrong investing in materials (or tools!).?

[Bainford]

13 minutes ago, Straightliner59 said:

If I don't find what I went to the hobby shop for, specifically, I always buy some building materials. Especially when I see the K&S Special Shapes rack. I snag up the 1/32" and 3/64" brass tubing, anytime I see it! Last time I was there, they had K&S square aluminum tube in 3/32" and 1/8", neither of which I'd seen, before. Anyhoo...you can never go wrong investing in materials (or tools!).?

Plus, of course, it's just plain rude to walk out of a hobby shop without buying something. 
And if it's not rude, it is certainly unnatural. 

Edited February 24, 2024 by Bainford

[Straightliner59]

29 minutes ago, Bainford said:

Plus, of course, it's just plain rude to walk out of a hobby shop without buying something. 
And if it's not rude, it is certainly unnatural. 

True enough!?

[ChrisBcritter]

'60 and '63 Ford pickups have arrived, plus I made a couple scores: at an estate sale, about 50 various Dremel accessory bits and grinders for $5, then at a local thrift store, a nice Dremel case to put them in for $10 - and when I popped the tray out, there was a near-new variable speed MotoTool inside.

[RSchnell]

Ordered a couple of these Revell VW T2 kits, they showed up today. Upon initial quick look, it appears it will build into a nice piece.