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Found these for $6.11 each in the Hobby Lobby clearance section...

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Nice, I'm gonna have to try and find some. More paint never hurts.

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Mail Call!!! Just arrived. New Tamiya AMG GT3...awesome...and some supplies. Sanding sponges and some tape. Three days off.....hmmmm whatever shall I do with my time?????

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Mail Call!!! Just arrived. New Tamiya AMG GT3...awesome...and some supplies. Sanding sponges and some tape. Three days off.....hmmmm whatever shall I do with my time?????

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nice score !

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Got a few things in the mail today...the MPC Datsun pickup reissue,  Harts Parts resin '71 Challenger R/T conversion parts (for the AMT '70), a Motor City Resin '72 Gran Torino Sport 2dr notchback, and a resin '69 Dodge Coronet R/T body and bumpers, plan to use it with the internals from a MPC '70 Coronet.  

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Got a '72 Torino promo from Spotlight hobbies. Just need the front grill and part if the interior for the 72 ranchero resin body I ordered from Motorcityresins. Gonna build it as I build my giant glue bomb, Dory

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MPC 75 Datsun pickup re-issue, courtesy of the 40% off Hobby Lobby coupon, in Anderson, SC.  HL was dumping the Barris Surf Woody for $10.79. That was the only model car I saw on clearance in this store.  Still don't have the Revell 66 Suburban, though a space is ready for it in the aisle, with an ID sticker.  They had the "Gasman" 49 Ford and a few other newer kits.

In other news...

Michael's was having a 50% off sale with coupon, but saw nothing tempting. Last year they had some of those "spooky village" diorama things, with skeletons that looked close to 1/24 scale.  None of those this year that I saw.

Ollie's only had a few Lindberg ships and armor kits.  Didn't even see a single 64 Dodge or Crown Vic Police, and this store always has those. 

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Just picked these up on evilbay. Got them for a really good price. I'm planning on building several of these, but none as the actual Color Me Gone or Maverick cars.

 

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I also bought some of those Jacquard Metallic paints on sale at HL.  I've only experimented with the Yellow so far.  They're pre-thinned for the airbrush and worked well thru an Aztek.  They are acrylic, and cleaned up oK with Tamiya X-20 thinner or 91% isopropyl alcohol.

One thing I noticed:  the Yellow was sensitive to the primer under it. Which I guess is common for any yellow paint. Sprayed over white primer or bare white plastic, the color came out as a nice bright metallic yellow.  The metal "flakes" even looked in scale, not the lumps you see in some metallic paints.  But sprayed over grey primer, the color shifted to more of a darker gold, not bright yellow.  So far, they're fun to play around with and I think they'll be useful.

Thanks for the info, I'll keep this in mind!

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Nice, I'm gonna have to try and find some. More paint never hurts.

Be sure to check the Clearance sections, which are almost always in the back of the store to the far left or right. Also, several stores have had heavily discounted kits in shopping carts right up front when you walk in.

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Be sure to check the Clearance sections, which are almost always in the back of the store to the far left or right. Also, several stores have had heavily discounted kits in shopping carts right up front when you walk in.

Thanks Dan. Nice timing. I'm actually just getting ready to head over to the States here shortly. Going to go out with my sister for lunch then hit up a couple Hobby Lobby's in the Niagara Falls area.

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Picked this up on eBay. Another "Best Offer" deal. It'll be delivered to the front door for 12 bucks. Couldn't resist it. I'm developing a small army of early 60s Dodges & Plymouths.

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My haul for today.

Moebius Lonestar, scored off Ebay for $65 CDN  including shipping. Shelby Mustang diecast as a donor from HL. A Logano Fusion on clearance from HL for $9.30, a FF Civic for $8.35 clearance from HL. Some more Vallejo paints from HL...found some that still had a $2.99 price tag. A R/C Bentley Continental GT3 car....this will get spruced up into a better looking curbside racer. A double back of diecast from Costco for the price of one normally...I'm thinking a 488 GTE car out of the one. And lastly my Scale Finishes order from August.

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My haul for today.

Moebius Lonestar, scored off Ebay for $65 CDN  including shipping. Shelby Mustang diecast as a donor from HL. A Logano Fusion on clearance from HL for $9.30, a FF Civic for $8.35 clearance from HL. Some more Vallejo paints from HL...found some that still had a $2.99 price tag. A R/C Bentley Continental GT3 car....this will get spruced up into a better looking curbside racer. A double back of diecast from Costco for the price of one normally...I'm thinking a 488 GTE car out of the one. And lastly my Scale Finishes order from August.

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Nice haul! Have you ever built the Hoda was wondering how good it went together....

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Nice haul! Have you ever built the Hoda was wondering how good it went together....

sorry no, only grabbed it cause it was $8. I may do it over the winter as a quick OOB weekend build.

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The mailman dropped these off yesterday from my latest wins off a live auction group on Facebook, and the Trans Am Type K was in a parts box lot and makes the second find of one of my "Holy Grail" kits in as many weeks. Now I have this one to build and a sealed kit to keep on the shelf. 

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There were a lot of those cheap "swill" beers years ago.

My beer of choice when I was 19 was "Pfeiffer's" or "Wisconsin Premium".

About $3.00 a case for long necks. :P

 

Steve

Never even heard of Wisconsin Premium, and I live in Wisconsin.

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Never even heard of Wisconsin Premium, and I live in Wisconsin.

I believe that it was made by Heileman.

Can't seem to find a photo of the bottles, but we used to buy the long necks by the case.

 

Steve

 

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Mailman dropped these off a couple days ago and yesterday a delivery from Fireball Modelworks:IMG_0027.thumb.JPG.2eb65e642ac7343bd5c9cIMG_0026.thumb.JPG.27851f8aafc4b47de7620IMG_0025.thumb.JPG.fa1902f2431773251b211

Nice don't you just like it when the mailman arrives at your door ?

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