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

[disabled modeler]

That is CRAZY, and sad!!  -I intened to build all my kits -rare or not, but I still only save a very few boxes after one is finished, like for instance, I have an unopened original Aurora Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that when built, I will display the box.

Dann.... I am the same way plus the old boxes are great for storage and being able to keep track of whats what.  To make things even sicker after our tornado I had to toss out some old boxes/instructions/decals to some old kits,etc. I have due to there getting soaked and damaged beyond any use...now there in baggies....  Plus the old boxes remind me of better days and make me smile just looking at them.

[landman]

 Plus the old boxes remind me of better days and make me smile just looking at them.

I get that feeling too when I recognize one here on the forum.

[disabled modeler]

I get that feeling too when I recognize one here on the forum.

Pat...its a great feeling isn't it.  Some I had to toss were for some of my dads oldies...that hurt. 

[Dann Tier]

Dann.... I am the same way plus the old boxes are great for storage and being able to keep track of whats what.  To make things even sicker after our tornado I had to toss out some old boxes/instructions/decals to some old kits,etc. I have due to there getting soaked and damaged beyond any use...now there in baggies....  Plus the old boxes remind me of better days and make me smile just looking at them.

Same here -miss the good ol days as well.

[Roadrunner]

I get that feeling too when I recognize one here on the forum.

Absolutely. The old boxes, at least temporarily, take me back to a much better and more carefree time in my life.

[cobraman]

These came in the mail today. This Cobra I will build. Going to try a version of a Pikes Peak racer. I saw one on an episode of Fast and Loud when Arron was racing his Falcon up the hill. The other is just another model kit of something different.

 

[ChrisBcritter]

Got a real nice set of bumpers for the '59 Edsel - thanks Larry Ray!

Also fixed the damaged quarter panel and screw pillar, and sent a polite email to the seller.

And my DVD is still in San Juan. Maybe they're having the Flying Nun bring it by airmail.

[lordairgtar]

I got a 53 Chevy kit and a sedan delivery body and 1954 grille. Also got 1965 Monaco kit unmolested condition. I got the Round2 Honda Trail 70 kit and the Joey Logano Fusion NASCAR snapper and a proper exhaust pipe for it. The kit has pipes coming out both sides which they haven't done in ages. I neeed the chrome inset for the tail light and two of the stock wheel covers for the Monaco

 

Edited February 7, 2016 by lordairgtar

[martinfan5]

 The kit has pipes coming out both sides which they haven't done in ages. I neeed the chrome inset for the tail light and two of the stock wheel covers for the Monaco

 

Not to mention the chassis is pre COT chassis,  so technically, its accurate for the chassis and time period, the chassis is from Revell's Pro Finish NASCAR kits.

[Junkman]

The other is just another model kit of something different.

 

 

One of those was dug in my granny's garden near Munich. I played in it when I was a kid.

[unclescott58]

 

One of those was dug in my granny's garden near Munich. I played in it when I was a kid.

What exactly is it? My impression from the box art is that it is some kind one man armored box? If it is, I'm seeing more disadvantages than advantages to this. It maybe mobile. But how mobile in heavy fighting? And how does one get in and out of it quickly? Plus, I bet it gets hot in there when sealed up. The Germans are great engineers. But this one doesn't look to be one of their better ideas.

[unclescott58]

Okay I did a web search on the Panzernest. An interesting idea. But, I still question its overall usefulness. Really only mobile the one time. Kind of like trench warfare on a new level.

[Junkman]

I question the overall usefulness of warfare in general. Obviously I'm the only one.

[cobraman]

I can't vouch for it's usefulness but I found it interesting.

[Roadrunner]

I question the overall usefulness of warfare in general. Obviously I'm the only one.

Perhaps not useful, but certainly necessary sometimes.

[oldnslow]

Here's an interesting pic, the panzernest is transported up side down and rolled into a pit for installation.

Edited February 7, 2016 by oldnslow

[cobraman]

When looking for photos I never noticed that.

[StevenGuthmiller]

I question the overall usefulness of warfare in general. Obviously I'm the only one.

Sometimes it can be very useful in preventing very bad people from taking over the world.

Being from England, I'm sure you remember a quite nasty group of individuals called the Nazis that needed a little intervention.

 

Steve

[Dann Tier]

Sometimes it can be very useful in preventing very bad people from taking over the world.

Being from England, I'm sure you remember a quite nasty group of individuals called the Nazis that needed a little intervention.

 

Steve

agree!!   100%

[Jon Cole]

New desk lamp arrived today. Now I can work- and see... what I am working on. 

[ChrisBcritter]

Sometimes it can be very useful in preventing very bad people from taking over the world.

Being from England, I'm sure you remember a quite nasty group of individuals called the Nazis that needed a little intervention.

 

Steve

Oh yeah... the guys who made the Panzernest.

[slusher]

 

 

Ray, that's cool and interesting. Put it behind a jeep.

 

Edited February 8, 2016 by slusher

[cobraman]

Thanks Carl. Not sure what they used to get them on site or how the holes were dug. By hand ?  Still trying to research. I was not even aware it was upside down ( makes sense now ) or that it was stuck in a hole.

[Roadrunner]

Nice lamp, Jon. I'm considering one of those for myself right now, and will eventually get one.

[Mike999]

Grail arrived today!  An AMT '60 El Camino with a perfectly clean bed. Nothing ever glued into it, which is rare.  It also has the front bumper lower pan, often missing from these kits.  It is missing one rear chrome taillight, but I have some of those.  The paint is thick and goopy but all the emblems are there and untouched.  And the emergency light glued on the roof left a mark but it looks fixable.

Also arriving today: the Hasegawa '68 Mazda Cosmo Sport in the markings of the Hiroshima Prefectural Police. The HPP used these little Wankel-powered screamers as highway interceptors.

I got this one because I'm currently working on the racing version of the Cosmo that ran the 84-hour Marathon de Route at the Nurburgring in 1968. That's right, EIGHTY-FOUR hours!  "Achtung, Pierre, I see your wimpy little French race and raise you 60 hours!"  Two Cosmos ran. One finished fourth, behind a couple of Porsches and an Alfa, IIRC.  The other broke its left rear axle after 82 hours.  This was the very first race for the Wankel engine and the Cosmo, so that was quite an achievement.

The Cosmo kits are well-engineered and just fall together.  They have the usual molding seams running fore-to-aft, but that's easily seen and fixed.  They are curbside. Unless you find one of the very rare and expensive versions with the white-metal engine.  Then you'll have to cut the hood open.

The you-know-where seller offered this one for a starting bid of $10.99, a great deal.  Someone tried to snipe me at the last second and raised it to $11.99. Still a great deal.