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

[Horrorshow]

A couple of kits today purchased at Heritagcon 2025 in Mt. Hope Ontario.

[michelle]

4 hours ago, slusher said:

Real nice friend Michelle and a good friend!

yes very much so that same friend bought be a 97 issue amt/ertl general lee kit and a ertl 1/64 scale general lee die cast from 81 with the sticker decals still on the car  at a toy show he went to yesterday morning he is not charging me for them and sending them to me tomorrow 

[fun9c1]

19 hours ago, OldNYJim said:

My wife ran to Michael’s today and brought these back for me - they were $2 each on clearance:

The fact that my wife knows enough about my hobby to know that I have a use for these AND the fact that she tried to pick colors that would be useful for car builds tells me I lucked into a pretty good wife…

She's a keeper! 

[Tim W. SoCal]

It took a few days for everything to arrive...

Bob Shane of the Folk Group "The Kingston Trio" told Carroll Shelby that if Shelby ever produced a GT350 Convertible, he'd be in line to buy one. Caroll built 4, 6S2377 was Candyapple Red, whicch Bob purchased. The remaining 3 were Guardsman Blue, Ivy Green and Springtime Yellow. When I recently learned of this, I was inspired to kit-bash and build my own 1:24 scale replicas. Technical details of each car are next to impossible to find on the web, but I DID learn that the Ivy Green car was an automatic and the Guardsman Blue car was a 4-Speed. (I believe that there were 2 Four Speeds and 2 A/Ts,  the Red car was a 4-Speed and the Yellow car was an A/T) My project cars are the Guardsman Blue and Ivy Green editions. To build these, I got 2 each of the Revell '65 Mustang Convertibles and the '66 Shelby GT350s, a Small Block Ford C6 transmission, A/T shifter from the AMT '67 Comet Cyclone, Jay's Resin wheels, Cragar GTs for the blue car, Shelby 10-Spokes for the green car, decals from Keith Marks.

[Falcon Ranchero]

14 hours ago, Tim W. SoCal said:

It took a few days for everything to arrive...

Bob Shane of the Folk Group "The Kingston Trio" told Carroll Shelby that if Shelby ever produced a GT350 Convertible, he'd be in line to buy one. Caroll built 4, 6S2377 was Candyapple Red, whicch Bob purchased. The remaining 3 were Guardsman Blue, Ivy Green and Springtime Yellow. When I recently learned of this, I was inspired to kit-bash and build my own 1:24 scale replicas. Technical details of each car are next to impossible to find on the web, but I DID learn that the Ivy Green car was an automatic and the Guardsman Blue car was a 4-Speed. (I believe that there were 2 Four Speeds and 2 A/Ts,  the Red car was a 4-Speed and the Yellow car was an A/T) My project cars are the Guardsman Blue and Ivy Green editions. To build these, I got 2 each of the Revell '65 Mustang Convertibles and the '66 Shelby GT350s, a Small Block Ford C6 transmission, A/T shifter from the AMT '67 Comet Cyclone, Jay's Resin wheels, Cragar GTs for the blue car, Shelby 10-Spokes for the green car, decals from Keith Marks.

That Shelby kit is really a good one; I built the same one, though actually my dad started it and changed it to the black/gold Hertz rental, and then I got an actual Hertz kit and made the Shelby GT350 out of it.

[Tim W. SoCal]

30 minutes ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

my dad started it and changed it to the black/gold Hertz rental

  The GT350-H Hertz Rent-A-Racers were mainly black with gold stripes, but a limited number were also produced in Sapphire Blue, Ivy Green, Candy Apple Red and Wimbledon White, all with gold stripes. One of my bucket list projects is to replicate each color, plus a "Tim's Dream Car" GT350-H in Emberglo, and another in Corvette Inferno Orange, so I have several of the Monogram / Revell '66 Shelby GT350-H kits in my stash. We just learned that AMT-Round2 is going to release their '66 Mustang in a Shelby GT350 version in the not-too-distant future. I'm curious to see how it will compare to the Monogram / Revell model kit...

[stitchdup]

50 minutes ago, Tim W. SoCal said:

  The GT350-H Hertz Rent-A-Racers were mainly black with gold stripes, but a limited number were also produced in Sapphire Blue, Ivy Green, Candy Apple Red and Wimbledon White, all with gold stripes. One of my bucket list projects is to replicate each color, plus a "Tim's Dream Car" GT350-H in Emberglo, and another in Corvette Inferno Orange, so I have several of the Monogram / Revell '66 Shelby GT350-H kits in my stash. We just learned that AMT-Round2 is going to release their '66 Mustang in a Shelby GT350 version in the not-too-distant future. I'm curious to see how it will compare to the Monogram / Revell model kit...

if you have access to a printer i found these  parts the other day

https://cults3d.com/en/design-collections/CrazyCrank/ford-mustang-1965-fastback-1-24-scale

[thatz4u]

found at thrift store today, 1960 SMP El Camino, kid build, tons of decals, & lots of custom parts added on. Got the photo off the net

[fun9c1]

I feel like I won the lottery... Bought these on ebay a few days ago and they showed up today. All three were sold as incomplete for parts, $7 for all plus shipping. I just inventoried them and the Dick Tracy box is full of misc old Ford stuff from different kits, no body, and the '61 Ford has the chassis and some customizing stuff, no body, then I checked out the Green Hornet, and it's COMPLETE! Even had an extra pair of nice wheels with drag slicks as a bonus.

I have the Round 2 version of the 61 Ford Styline kit sealed and realized tonight that it is based on the one I just got.

[OldNYJim]

Bunch of Createx and Vallejo on clearance at Hobby Lobby:

[slusher]

3 hours ago, fun9c1 said:

I feel like I won the lottery... Bought these on ebay a few days ago and they showed up today. All three were sold as incomplete for parts, $7 for all plus shipping. I just inventoried them and the Dick Tracy box is full of misc old Ford stuff from different kits, no body, and the '61 Ford has the chassis and some customizing stuff, no body, then I checked out the Green Hornet, and it's COMPLETE! Even had an extra pair of nice wheels with drag slicks as a bonus.

I have the Round 2 version of the 61 Ford Styline kit sealed and realized tonight that it is based on the one I just got.

That was a good deal, sometimes we can get lucky on eBay…

[Earl Marischal]

10 hours ago, fun9c1 said:

I feel like I won the lottery... Bought these on ebay a few days ago and they showed up today. All three were sold as incomplete for parts, $7 for all plus shipping. I just inventoried them and the Dick Tracy box is full of misc old Ford stuff from different kits, no body, and the '61 Ford has the chassis and some customizing stuff, no body, then I checked out the Green Hornet, and it's COMPLETE! Even had an extra pair of nice wheels with drag slicks as a bonus.

I have the Round 2 version of the 61 Ford Styline kit sealed and realized tonight that it is based on the one I just got.

Envy you that Green Hornet!

steve

[Mr mopar]

Mail call today form across both ponds and yes those are Keith marks decals '68 Dart and '70 Cougar  enjoy !

[Roncla]

FedEx just dropped off a MFH 412T

 

[Bullybeef]

Well it was last week but I forgot show n tell haha. A long awaited addition to my current 32 lineup. A resin cast proper 32 Phaeton body, mastered by @Mr. Metallic comes with interior, seats, windshield frames and an up top. It’s based on the revell 32 body not the old AMT, so it’s a direct fit on any of the current 32 chassis lines up nicely with their fenders as well. 

[peter31a]

34 minutes ago, Bullybeef said:

Well it was last week but I forgot show n tell haha. A long awaited addition to my current 32 lineup. A resin cast proper 32 Phaeton body, mastered by @Mr. Metallic comes with interior, seats, windshield frames and an up top. It’s based on the revell 32 body not the old AMT, so it’s a direct fit on any of the current 32 chassis lines up nicely with their fenders as well. 

Very cool! Is that a resin 32 wagon body in the background as well?

[Bullybeef]

1 hour ago, peter31a said:

Very cool! Is that a resin 32 wagon body in the background as well?

Yes it is

[crazyjim]

MCM #226 came in the mail yesterday.

[RSchnell]

Cross post to the diecast section, but I'm pleased as punch this Danbury Mint '55 Ford arrived today that I got for a good price. It will go well with the rest of my 55-56 Ford stuff. 

 

[Doug 1061]

The mailman dropped 2 of these on my porch tonight, and I managed to beat the pirates to it....  Glad they came out with left hand drive version of this. This is my favorite Japanese car from the 70s.

 

[slusher]

7 minutes ago, Doug 1061 said:

The mailman dropped 2 of these on my porch tonight, and I managed to beat the pirates to it....  Glad they came out with left hand drive version of this. This is my favorite Japanese car from the 70s.

 

Those where great looking cars when they came out once apon a time..

[SfanGoch]

AMT 1961 Chrysler Imperial Convertible

 

Still have to find two tail lights and another front bumper/grille.

 

Also, picked up another Protar Ferrari 250 GTO.

 

[Old Buckaroo]

Bought this old unwanted jewel off ebay for $11.00, The car is built and painted "pepto bismal pink".  After stripping it will meet Mr Razor Saw to become to be rebuilt into Nascar convertible.   The box was in really good condition also.

 

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[slusher]

8 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

AMT 1961 Chrysler Imperial Convertible

 

Still have to find two tail lights and another front bumper/grille.

 

Also, picked up another Protar Ferrari 250 GTO.

 

Nice scores Joe!

6 hours ago, Old Buckaroo said:

Bought this old unwanted jewel off ebay for $11.00, The car is built and painted "pepto bismal pink".  After stripping it will meet Mr Razor Saw to become to be rebuilt into Nascar convertible.   The box was in really good condition also.

 

The above pic was reduced to 1024 x 768 for the new upload limit guidelines.

Man, that’s a great price!

[Zen]

On 3/29/2025 at 1:19 AM, Doug 1061 said:

The mailman dropped 2 of these on my porch tonight, and I managed to beat the pirates to it....  Glad they came out with left hand drive version of this. This is my favorite Japanese car from the 70s.

 

Where are these available for decent price?