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

[PatW]

On 12/15/2024 at 7:58 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Stopped by an America's Thrift Store while running a few errands, and snagged a set of artist's pastels in the box for $2.99 and a set of big chalks like kids use to mark hopscotch grids on sidewalks for $1.99. Both are excellent materials for weathering techniques.

Also found a really nice heavy-duty Velbon camera tripod in its carrying bag for $12.99. I have 2 others I use for my little cheap old Nikon digitals, but I needed a heavier one to handle a real SLR. I'm happy.

And speaking of weathering...grabbed these at HobbyTown:

All we need to do is put the model outside in the winter, rain, snow dirt and mud sprinkled all over!

[slusher]

14 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

Mail Call today ,I just can't believe how hard it was to find the Piranha drag team and the Polar lights  nascars  enjoy 

Real nice kits Mr Mopar!

[Mr mopar]

Just now, slusher said:

Real nice kits Mr Mopar!

Thx !

[YellowHound]

Oh dear...

[niteowl7710]

So after an arduous journey because HobbyEasy used some odd 3rd Party shipper instead of the usual HongKong Post - which involved this being handled by UPS Mail Innovations. The only thing Innovative about it is how long they take to deliver it to the USPS for the final mile.

Anyways here's my Tamiya 911 GT3RS. Also with this shipment a set of Fat Frog (HobbyEasy house brand) "regular" GT3RS wheels, a set of decals from MixHobby for a random 2021 GT Sprint Challenge (Chinese National Series) Audi R8 [I'm a decalholic], and Studio27 P/E frets for the Hasegawa R32 GT-R and Mk 3 Supra race cars. 

[Muncie]

23 hours ago, Brandon17 said:

The rear tires to me seem too wide. Gonna swap them out with another set 

Appreciate the pic, good to know - aaarrrrghhh - just what I was afraid of....   The too wide slicks that came later, after this car raced.  Fortunately, Competiton Resin makes the "correct" narrower tire, Also available at Slixx Decals, part number CRT-510.  Just a simple chop out of the back of the wheel for fit and then good to go.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Found a NOS promo of my new-to-me S10 Blazer, same color except for the gold lower 2-tone. Too cheap to pass up...kinda like the deal I got on the real one.  

Edited December 23, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[Straightliner59]

1 hour ago, Muncie said:

Appreciate the pic, good to know - aaarrrrghhh - just what I was afraid of....   The too wide slicks that came later, after this car raced.  Fortunately, Competiton Resin makes the "correct" narrower tire, Also available at Slixx Decals, part number CRT-510.  Just a simple chop out of the back of the wheel for fit and then good to go.

 

Yeah, and the properly-sized Monogram slicks had wonky wrinkles on the sidewalls, which would have been fine, except that when you put them on the car, they were wrinkled in opposite directions! 

[thatz4u]

My Wally World got models finally....

[Mr mopar]

Stop by the LHS today and picked up somethings enjoy!

[gtx6970]

Got one.

Would like 1 more

 

[lordairgtar]

23 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

Not technically model car stuff but still usefull for reference; this was shipped to the book store for pick up yesterday. Really pleased considering I ordered it "sight unseen" in the sense that I couldn't flip through the pages. It's all about Australian cars which I thought would be neat to read about after reading 3 different books about the history of American Muscle cars in a row- not that I didn't enjoy reading those books. 

Being that I am a fanatic about Australian cars and Canadian cars based on American models, I really need to add this to my book collection.

[Falcon Ranchero]

Just now, lordairgtar said:

Being that I am a fanatic about Australian cars and Canadian cars based on American models, I really need to add this to my book collection.

Yes I am too a fan of the Canadian cars, there’s a book called Monarch Meteor that I have about the Canadian fords; if you haven’t got that book either that would totally be one to add to your book collection.

[lordairgtar]

Just now, Falcon Ranchero said:

Yes I am too a fan of the Canadian cars, there’s a book called Monarch Meteor that I have about the Canadian fords; if you haven’t got that book either that would totally be one to add to your book collection.

Thanks for that info.

[Tabbysdaddy]

The kits are from my dad, real cars he used to own. The truck is a die-cast from my brother. 

[Falcon Ranchero]

My relatives from down south came up for Christmas and brought a whole crop of Old Autos Newspaper from Bothwell Ontario that were apparently were being sold for free. There’s 22 of them from years 2021/2022. May not actually read them until I’m an old man but they’re interesting.

[Brandon17]

On 12/21/2024 at 12:58 PM, Muncie said:

Appreciate the pic, good to know - aaarrrrghhh - just what I was afraid of....   The too wide slicks that came later, after this car raced.  Fortunately, Competiton Resin makes the "correct" narrower tire, Also available at Slixx Decals, part number CRT-510.  Just a simple chop out of the back of the wheel for fit and then good to go.

 

Instead of trying to find some I just ordered some from slixxs 

[CA Whitecloud]

This is more of a "What should I get tomorrow"...

Are these all the same kit?

[slusher]

On 12/21/2024 at 1:34 PM, Mr mopar said:

Stop by the LHS today and picked up somethings enjoy!

Another nice score sir!

[Sledsel]

I am in our local Walmart quite often and every time I'm in there I go through to look for some models. There hasn't been anything as of lately, but over the weekend I stumble across these in the clearance aisle! Where were they before?

[thatz4u]

18 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

My relatives from down south came up for Christmas and brought a whole crop of Old Autos Newspaper from Bothwell Ontario that were apparently were being sold for free. There’s 22 of them from years 2021/2022. May not actually read them until I’m an old man but they’re interesting.

I think the car on the bottom right is a 41, not a 51 Tudor sedan...

[Falcon Ranchero]

58 minutes ago, thatz4u said:

41, not a 51 Tudor sedan...

Yeah I noticed that too, in the next issue they put a little section correcting the year

[martinfan5]

Recent stash reduction fails from the last few months.

 

Edited December 23, 2024 by martinfan5

[Daddyfink]

4 hours ago, Sledsel said:

I am in our local Walmart quite often and every time I'm in there I go through to look for some models. There hasn't been anything as of lately, but over the weekend I stumble across these in the clearance aisle! Where were they before?

For some reason, some Walmarts have chosen to put them in the Crafts Aisle! Yes, with all the sewing and knitting stuff! That is how I discovered them by accident one time. I told the crafts lady that they should be in toys and she told me that they are classified as crafts! So check the end caps by the Crafts area. You never know what you will find. 

[gtx6970]

17 hours ago, CA Whitecloud said:

This is more of a "What should I get tomorrow"...

Are these all the same kit?

Yes, all same mediocre kit