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

[Joe Handley]

wish I had one of those

Yea, unfortuneaty, the closest one to me so far as home or the nursing home Mom is at right now is the one I worked at and I have no intention of going back into that store unless it changes hands, moves, or closes (and is replaced with a business I might be interested in visiting).

[High octane]

Yea, unfortuneaty, the closest one to me so far as home or the nursing home Mom is at right now is the one I worked at and I have no intention of going back into that store unless it changes hands, moves, or closes (and is replaced with a business I might be interested in visiting).

How 'bout the Hobby Town USA in Lake in the Hills?

[Joe Handley]

How 'bout the Hobby Town USA in Lake in the Hills?

That's about an hour north of West Chicago, and the place Mom is in is just south of 75th in Naperville. Usually I've been going to Lombard Hobbies (mostly train stuff with a small plastic selection) or the Schaumburg HTU and then Brians's in Dekalb while Mom was at the small, private hospital in Sycamore the last few weeks. There aren't any hobhy shops that I know of in Naperville, R/C Hobbies closed up in 2010 suddenly one spring weekendand the HobbyTown I had worked at there closed in 2008.  All that said, for what I have planned for that Chevelle, 40% off might be more than I should have really paid for it anyway.

[slusher]

Got this in the mail today.. Other than a case of coffee, it's the only shopping I did this weekend.

Jeremy, may I ask where you scored that?

[High octane]

That's about an hour north of West Chicago, and the place Mom is in is just south of 75th in Naperville. Usually I've been going to Lombard Hobbies (mostly train stuff with a small plastic selection) or the Schaumburg HTU and then Brians's in Dekalb while Mom was at the small, private hospital in Sycamore the last few weeks. There aren't any hobhy shops that I know of in Naperville, R/C Hobbies closed up in 2010 suddenly one spring weekendand the HobbyTown I had worked at there closed in 2008.  All that said, for what I have planned for that Chevelle, 40% off might be more than I should have really paid for it anyway.

While I've never been to Brian's as it's too far for me, I have seen him at many model car shows and he's a good guy.

[KWT]

Jeremy, may I ask where you scored that?

Sure thing, Carl... It was in Amazon's lightning deals on thursday.

You can check it out here..

[Joe Handley]

While I've never been to Brian's as it's too far for me, I have seen him at many model car shows and he's a good guy.

He actually works with a friend of mine at a Chevy dealer several miles north of his shop. The shop is usually worth the trip from West Chicago and gave me an excuse to visit the Hy-Vee there too (Mom being in Sycamore for a few weeks gave me a great excuse to go a couple times to Brian's and several to Hy-Vee though ), he actually has as much, if not more inventory than I currently do!

Edited November 26, 2017 by Joe Handley

[High octane]

4 hours ago, Joe Handley said:

He actually works with a friend of mine at a Chevy dealer several miles north of his shop. The shop is usually worth the trip from West Chicago and gave me an excuse to visit the Hy-Vee there too (Mom being in Sycamore for a few weeks gave me a great excuse to go a couple times to Brian's and several to Hy-Vee though ), he actually has as much, if not more inventory than I currently do!

Oh so Brian's Hobbies is not open during the day?

[Joe Handley]

4 hours ago, High octane said:

Oh so Brian's Hobbies is not open during the day?

5:30-8:30pm on weekdays and 11am-4pm on Saturday, since I only have weekends off now, I try to go on Saturdays when I do.

Edited November 27, 2017 by Joe Handley

[heyjohnxx]

I got my last Modelhaus order over the weekend. 1966 Skylark GS, 1964 Ford F-100, 1968 Coronet, and parts to restore my 1959 Olds, 1961 Buick Special wagon, and 1965 Olds. Now I need to come up with a nice stock nailhead for the Skylark.

[unclescott58]

In today's mail, from Model Moutain, two kits. One is the Monogram ProModeler '40 Ford Convertible (kit 5961). The other, Revell's 40 Ford Standard Coupe (kit2387). A quick look in both boxes has got me excited. They both look like very nice kits. 

[Snake45]

9 hours ago, heyjohnxx said:

. Now I need to come up with a nice stock nailhead for the Skylark.

Only one I can think of is in the AMT '66 Riviera. And even it might have 2x4 carbs, which wouldn't be correct. 

The dirt-track Skylark still has the remnants of the original kit engine, I think, but I doubt it can be built stock. 

The relatively common AMT '65 Riv has a stock nailhead (again, 2x4s) with a hole in the block if you're going the way of the original AMT chassis. 

[ChrisBcritter]

13 hours ago, heyjohnxx said:

Now I need to come up with a nice stock nailhead for the Skylark.

 

3 hours ago, Snake45 said:

The dirt-track Skylark still has the remnants of the original kit engine, I think, but I doubt it can be built stock.  

Close, anyway. Original kit:

Modified Stocker:

(Source for both here) Maybe get the exhaust manifolds from one of the Rivieras?

[Kemszi]

Blackfriday package

[cobraman]

Got another die cast Cobra , this one with a truck . Gas Monkey version . Also a mini paint buy numbers kit of a Cobra.

[retired chopper pilot]

Some pink paint for a Landie!!

Some new knifes etc.

WOKKA WOKKA WOKKA,got me a big bird PLUS a 24th gas turbine....

Next to the Dusenberg.

A sense of scale...
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Got this today,a back hoe or As we know it a JCB..

Still sealed after all these years.

[highway]

I love when the mailman brings me orphan kits! 

[martinfan5]

[ToyLvr]

The new resin kit of the 1961 Chevy Corvair "Rampside" Pickup truck!

 

[#1 model citizen]

That's cool. Who makes it?

[ToyLvr]

13 hours ago, #1 model citizen said:

That's cool. Who makes it?

Best Model Car Parts

I will endeavor to write a review and post it (and more photos) in the Resin category of the Forum.

UPDATE: I posted a kit review in the Truck forum, Resin category...

Edited November 29, 2017 by ToyLvr
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[disabled modeler]

16 hours ago, retired chopper pilot said:

Some pink paint for a Landie!!

Some new knifes etc.

WOKKA WOKKA WOKKA,got me a big bird PLUS a 24th gas turbine....

Next to the Dusenberg.

A sense of scale...
[/quote]
 

Got this today,a back hoe or As we know it a JCB..

Still sealed after all these years.

Nice find on the Backhoe Roger.   the chopper is not bad ether.

[disabled modeler]

6 hours ago, ToyLvr said:

The new resin kit of the 1961 Chevy Corvair "Rampside" Pickup truck!

 

That is cool Mike.

[vintagercr]

7 hours ago, ToyLvr said:

The new resin kit of the 1961 Chevy Corvair "Rampside" Pickup truck!

 

The quality looks good, I just ordered one.

[Tom Geiger]

17 hours ago, retired chopper pilot said:

 

 

Any plans to build the Airfix 1/32 scale bus?  That was a kit that kicked my tail when I was a kid.   Still not for the faint of heart!