vintagedragcrazy Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 i got a july 1970 hot rod magazine with a great article on grumpys toy and 3 sheets of grumpys decals from old buckaroo and 4 cars from progplastics yesterday thanks jim great deal. two of many great traders on this board. vince
cobraman Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I got the Beatnik Bandit kit and JF resin custom hot rod Lincoln body. Plan is to use the resin body on the Bandit chassis.
disabled modeler Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I have that Chevette! Glad I did not pass on it when I found it!! And the extra goodies in the kits back then where a real treat to find. Wish the model companies still did that. Times 2...! It would be an extra incentive to get me to buy one or two of the same kit depending on which one it is.
Nick Winter Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 lol I was just "helping" you. and yes, I think three of them were my fault. LOL what are friends for!
Erik Smith Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Lil something different for me. It is a kit tho.. Just got that about two months ago - I didn't realize how hard it is to find RC kits! When I was younger, they were all kits - now, nobody wants to spend the time putting things together, I guess. It's a great RC crawler and looks cool to boot.
RodneyBad Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) Just got that about two months ago - I didn't realize how hard it is to find RC kits! When I was younger, they were all kits - now, nobody wants to spend the time putting things together, I guess. It's a great RC crawler and looks cool to boot. I Just swapped it out for a Dingo (hard to find). I need the shortest wheelbase for a Suzuki SideKick body I've been holding on to. Not my body but ya get the idea.. Lucky for me, I have a few R/C hobby shops in my Area but they have been sold out of Everything I was looking for. You'd think it was christmas with the bare spots on their shelves. .. Edited May 1, 2014 by RodneyBad
Exotics_Builder Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Got my Meng Ford F350 kit. Didn't think another photo was needed.
niteowl7710 Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 My SAL Donkey race between Hobby Search and HLJ - both shipped the same day - wound up a dead heat today. 1999 provides a '08 Toyota Crown Athlete DSC01577 (1280x846) by niteowl7710, on Flickr HLJ box contains DSC01578 (1280x866) by niteowl7710, on Flickr
Guest Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 My '62 number two came in the mail. Since I got it cheap and it has that goofy cab fairing, I'm gonna hack on it. I'm thinking short bed, filled tail gate, small rear window with a little off the lid and dropped on the ground.
jrherald420 Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 That F1 GTR is at the top of my want list right now.
Tom Geiger Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 My big NNL East haul! Yea, the Chevette, that's it! The show was busy this year and I didn't get much of a break, so I never looked at the vendors other than for show purposes. I spied this Chevette sitting high on top of a vendor display as I breezed by... it's the one I've been looking for, with the correct grill. Yea, I paid $35 for a grill.
disabled modeler Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 My big NNL East haul! Yea, the Chevette, that's it! The show was busy this year and I didn't get much of a break, so I never looked at the vendors other than for show purposes. I spied this Chevette sitting high on top of a vendor display as I breezed by... it's the one I've been looking for, with the correct grill. Yea, I paid $35 for a grill. Yep Tom that is the one I had as a kid...those diorama items are cool...wish the companies would put the accessories back in the kits like these.
tbill Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 great, now I want one of these! lol. my older sister used to drive a 1980 chevette.
slusher Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 My big NNL East haul! Yea, the Chevette, that's it! The show was busy this year and I didn't get much of a break, so I never looked at the vendors other than for show purposes. I spied this Chevette sitting high on top of a vendor display as I breezed by... it's the one I've been looking for, with the correct grill. Yea, I paid $35 for a grill. Tom I have bought a whole kit for a part. I have wanted one also but ebay is way more then what you paid.
martinfan5 Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 I would or could see myself building that kit if I were ever able to get one
jrherald420 Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Got this gem last week, lol too cool! 20140428_210320 by jrherald420, on Flickr Just got mine last week. My decals are almost mint!! And it still has all the extras too. Edited May 2, 2014 by jrherald420
Robberbaron Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Wanted to support my LHS so I stopped in there today on my lunch. Wanted to support Moebius, so I finally got a 52 Hudson kit.
checkmate Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Been buying a few kits lately but two of the ones I've been chasing for awhile and finally got were these two. Brought two of these ones factory sealed. And finally got this one I've been chasing for ages, it was factory sealed to but factory seals don't last long in my house.
Tom Geiger Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Been buying a few kits lately but two of the ones I've been chasing for awhile and finally got were these two. Brought two of these ones factory sealed. And finally got this one I've been chasing for ages, it was factory sealed to but factory seals don't last long in my house. Hi Rob, I've always been interested in these old MPC Dodge Van kits. It's interesting that they faithfully issued an annual each and every year. And then they issued some customs what appears mid-year. That was the custom van era so I believe they did well with these kits. It's interesting how well they recorded the annual changes too. One time I wanted to build a trailer that would have needed two Dodge van bodies to build. I pulled out my junk box and found that each and every body I had was different. Subtile details like roof ribbing were acurately changed each and every year! So I never built that trailer! Bad story - many years ago a guy in one of my clubs brought in a big box of built custom Dodge vans that he bought at a garage sale. They all showed great imagination and the work was fairly well done, no doubt built by an older teen or adult back in that era. Well, this goob sat at the meeting and was pounding these apart for parts. Seems that he was interested in building limos and wanted the TVs and some other luxury parts that were in these vans. He was literally breaking apart the bodies so nothing was left at all. I was upset that all this history was being lost. Back then I just sat and watched, today I would have restrained the guy! And as all these stories end, he never built a single model. He didn't have any skill level to even try to achieve what he wanted. He eventually wandered away from the club. I am attaching a link to my Fotki album of the Dodge van boxes.. Note that I did steal your "Truckin' USA" photo as it was better than the one I had. Do you know the year of issue? http://public.fotki.com/ModelCitizen/model_cars/dodge_van_kits/ If anyone can add a box, or give a year to the boxes I show without years, I'd appreciate it!
Tom Geiger Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Already on hold, picking it up after work New shower head?
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