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

[ewetwo]

Got this in the mail yesterday. 

[Modlbldr]

Picked up another load yesterday from the same lady as before.

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She still has a handful of builtups that she wouldn't let me take because they were dirty and she was "going to clean them." I tried to convince her not to because she may break them and lose parts but she wouldn't hear it.

Later-

 

[Modlbldr]

Somehow I missed one photo.

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[oldnslow]

Barn finds in the model world ! Nice .

[Casey]

1 hour ago, Modlbldr said:

Picked up another load yesterday from the same lady as before.

I've seen a lot of good scores posted here, but this has to be one of the best,  especially since they are all vintage kits. Enjoy. 

[BKF]

2 hours ago, Modlbldr said:

Picked up another load yesterday from the same lady as before.

She still has a handful of builtups that she wouldn't let me take because they were dirty and she was "going to clean them." I tried to convince her not to because she may break them and lose parts but she wouldn't hear it.

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More great Kits! Nice!

[High octane]

2 hours ago, Modlbldr said:

Somehow I missed one photo.

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Great haul, congrats!

[Tom Geiger]

On 8/28/2018 at 11:20 PM, SfanGoch said:

The red car box Plymouth's window is cracked and broken, the hood, dashboard and right inner fender are missing and there is only one (1) stock Firestone tire.

I have 41 Plymouth parts cars... I see the glass shot, hood, dashboard, right inner fender and three stock tires...   Let me know anything else,  PM or email me your postal addy and I can send this all to you, no worries!

 

[Renegade]

3 hours ago, Modlbldr said:

Picked up another load yesterday from the same lady as before.

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She still has a handful of builtups that she wouldn't let me take because they were dirty and she was "going to clean them." I tried to convince her not to because she may break them and lose parts but she wouldn't hear it.

Later-

 

Better than winning the lottery to me.

[thatz4u]

Got the 66 Fairlane GT(A) , looks nice & the Chassis platform may work under the Moebius 65 Comet, looks really close

[Snake45]

I finally lucked into one of those Glue Bomb Mines that y'all make me cry with every now and then. 

Yesterday at my grandson's 1st birthday party, one of my son's friends who knows I'm into models and especially cars told me that he'd seen "a big box of old model car parts" at a flea market I didn't even know about "just two weeks ago." The only detail he could give me was he recognized "a '60s Corvette with some kind of weird hardtop on it." The place was less than two miles from where we were talking, so as soon as the party was over, I hot-footed it right over there. 

Took a little searching, but I found the "parts box" in question under a table of other random stuff. That it was the box he was talking about was confirmed by the presence of a complete-ish original AMT '67 Vette roadster with the now fairly rare "van" top attached (the "weird hardtop). There were a few other recognizable bodies in the box, as well, but it did seem to be a jumble. Checked the price: $42! The Vette-Van alone was worth nearly that by itself (I doubt you could score one on eBay, with shipping, for that), and I figured there were enough other goodies to make that a fair price at least. 

Just had a chance to make a quick trip through the box. Turns out it's not a box of parts, it's a box with no less than 14 models in it, most of them well over 90% complete!  Won't know for sure till I have time to do a complete inventory and sort out all the random small parts floating around, but doing a very quick collection and set-together, here's what I've got. (And the mystery of why the odd price of $42 solved: Seller obviously valued them at an average of $3 apiece. 

Top row, left to right: 

Monogram International M5 halftrack

Original AMT Ala Kart

Revell '27 T touring rod (Jag rear suspension, so I guess that's what it is)

AMT '58 Impala done as a gasser (rear wheels radiused)

Monogram '58 Thunderbird with double bubble custom top

Some kind of '53-ish Ford truck (Revell? Molded in white, opening doors)

AMT '49 Ford done as a gasser

Bottom row, left to right: 

Hawk 1/32 "land speed record" rubber band powered car, the one that seems to have a 1/48 MiG-15 canopy on it

Original Monogram '55 Chevy built as a custom, with the fender skirts and the funky T-Bird style roof (not glued on) and seems to be missing only one headlight lens and one front axle/spindle

Original AMT '65 Impala convertible, with the Wild Custom front end installed as well as the all-glass top (which looks in good shape), missing only one front bumperette and the tail lights (and they might turn up in the box)

Some kind of Mystery Racer--probably Lindberg or maybe Aurora--looks like a T body narrowed to single seat width (I've never seen this model before)

Original AMT '67 Vette with complete van/sedan delivery top

Original issue (? It's molded in black) AMT '32 Ford Victoria done as the dragster or wild rod

MPC '77 Corvette coupe, complete, only issue is it has the custom front end treatment instead of the stock front bumper/grille, but I can get around that easy enough. 

Needless to say I am about pants-wetting happy!  I think only the '49 Ford and the '58 Chev have been painted; the rest are I think in naked plastic. Some of these I'll be doing full rebuilds on, others I might just clean and fix up as well as possible, but others will be put up for swap, as I think there are at least two or three that some of you might REALLY like to have, way more than me. 

Will be posting individual pics in the Glue Bomb thread as I get the pics processed for posting. Stay tuned!  HAPPY DANCE! 

 

 

[SfanGoch]

2 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

I have 41 Plymouth parts cars... I see the glass shot, hood, dashboard, right inner fender and three stock tires...   Let me know anything else,  PM or email me your postal addy and I can send this all to you, no worries!

 

Thanks very much, Tom. I appreciate the offer. I was planning on using one of the two '41 Plymouth kits as a donor for the NYPD '50 Plymouth Business Coupe I'm making

out of the R&R Resin '50 Plymouth Sedan.

 

I won't be needing those parts to do this. I should have spare skinny Firestones laying around for a complete set. I guess you can figure out which one of the kits drew the short straw.  

[Tom Geiger]

Cool Joe!  I buy those 41 Plymouths mainly for the flatly sixes. I also have that R&R sedan as well as a 41 four door sedan to build someday... taxi anyone?

[Lordmodelbuilder]

2 hours ago, Snake45 said:

I finally lucked into one of those Glue Bomb Mines that y'all make me cry with every now and then. 

Yesterday at my grandson's 1st birthday party, one of my son's friends who knows I'm into models and especially cars told me that he'd seen "a big box of old model car parts" at a flea market I didn't even know about "just two weeks ago." The only detail he could give me was he recognized "a '60s Corvette with some kind of weird hardtop on it." The place was less than two miles from where we were talking, so as soon as the party was over, I hot-footed it right over there. 

Took a little searching, but I found the "parts box" in question under a table of other random stuff. That it was the box he was talking about was confirmed by the presence of a complete-ish original AMT '67 Vette roadster with the now fairly rare "van" top attached (the "weird hardtop). There were a few other recognizable bodies in the box, as well, but it did seem to be a jumble. Checked the price: $42! The Vette-Van alone was worth nearly that by itself (I doubt you could score one on eBay, with shipping, for that), and I figured there were enough other goodies to make that a fair price at least. 

Just had a chance to make a quick trip through the box. Turns out it's not a box of parts, it's a box with no less than 14 models in it, most of them well over 90% complete!  Won't know for sure till I have time to do a complete inventory and sort out all the random small parts floating around, but doing a very quick collection and set-together, here's what I've got. (And the mystery of why the odd price of $42 solved: Seller obviously valued them at an average of $3 apiece. 

Top row, left to right: 

Monogram International M5 halftrack

Original AMT Ala Kart

Revell '27 T touring rod (Jag rear suspension, so I guess that's what it is)

AMT '58 Impala done as a gasser (rear wheels radiused)

Monogram '58 Thunderbird with double bubble custom top

Some kind of '53-ish Ford truck (Revell? Molded in white, opening doors)

AMT '49 Ford done as a gasser

Bottom row, left to right: 

Hawk 1/32 "land speed record" rubber band powered car, the one that seems to have a 1/48 MiG-15 canopy on it

Original Monogram '55 Chevy built as a custom, with the fender skirts and the funky T-Bird style roof (not glued on) and seems to be missing only one headlight lens and one front axle/spindle

Original AMT '65 Impala convertible, with the Wild Custom front end installed as well as the all-glass top (which looks in good shape), missing only one front bumperette and the tail lights (and they might turn up in the box)

Some kind of Mystery Racer--probably Lindberg or maybe Aurora--looks like a T body narrowed to single seat width (I've never seen this model before)

Original AMT '67 Vette with complete van/sedan delivery top

Original issue (? It's molded in black) AMT '32 Ford Victoria done as the dragster or wild rod

MPC '77 Corvette coupe, complete, only issue is it has the custom front end treatment instead of the stock front bumper/grille, but I can get around that easy enough. 

Needless to say I am about pants-wetting happy!  I think only the '49 Ford and the '58 Chev have been painted; the rest are I think in naked plastic. Some of these I'll be doing full rebuilds on, others I might just clean and fix up as well as possible, but others will be put up for swap, as I think there are at least two or three that some of you might REALLY like to have, way more than me. 

Will be posting individual pics in the Glue Bomb thread as I get the pics processed for posting. Stay tuned!  HAPPY DANCE! 

 

What a great score Snake! That white truck looks to be the original Revell issue 1956 Ford F100. Don't believe it has been reissued is white since.

I would like to see that Vette Van model up close. Never seen one and it looks cool.

I am interested in the half track if & when you decide to swap any of these.

Edited September 2, 2018 by Lordmodelbuilder

[Lordmodelbuilder]

Got these Testors paints & glue from a friend the other day. They were cleaning out an old shed.

[ewetwo]

Tom and Snake. Awesome finds. Congratulations!

[ChrisBcritter]

Picked up the interior from the Foose FD-100 for the eventual mashup with the AMT '53 Ford pickup.

Also got some original AMT '60 Pontiac wheelcovers in a trade here (thanks Wick!); I'll be molding and casting them up soon.

Edited September 2, 2018 by ChrisBcritter

[Snake45]

3 hours ago, Lordmodelbuilder said:

What a great score Snake! That white truck looks to be the original Revell issue 1956 Ford F100. Don't believe it has been reissued is white since.

I would like to see that Vette Van model up close. Never seen one and it looks cool.

I am interested in the half track if & when you decide to swap any of these.

Here's pics of another '67 Vette Van in the Snakepit I started work on a couple years ago--as I got it off eBay, and then after disassembly and stripping the black paint off the top. I decided that the body was so clean on this one that I'd restore it as a stock roadster, and use the van top on a body in not as good condition. 

I don't see any problem letting the halftrack go, as I already built up a "nice" copy of this kit a couple years ago. I don't think it's particularly rare; I could swear I saw them at Hobby Lobby not that long ago but I could be mistaken. Anyway, about all I would do with it is clean it up, put it back together as well as possible, and display it as-is next to my built one. The right suspension roller part is off of it, but it was in the box and it's definitely present. The right vinyl track is broken; I'm not sure if it's just broken in one place or if there's a section missing. Will make a detailed inventory of it tomorrow and let you know. You can tell me if you think it's worth postage and a nominal swap of some kind (I won't hold out for anything "special" for this one).  Email me direct at SnakeACP45 at AOL dot com.

Here's the Monogram halftrack I built a while back, just for grins. 

 

[ChrisBcritter]

9 hours ago, Snake45 said:

I decided that the body was so clean on this one that I'd restore it as a stock roadster, and use the van top on a body in not as good condition. 

You are going to keep the ("all the Jag could see were my...") six taillights, right? 

[om617]

Wanted to try somthing diffrent,and it was only $26 including shipping.

[om617]

Made a offer on this last night,got accepted. Looks way worse than i suspect it is,all the hard to find parts are there.

Said to throw away the box,it was really bad,and it be cheaper to ship using those resin body boxes. Excited to how

it will look after getting that goo paint off

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, ChrisBcritter said:

You are going to keep the ("all the Jag could see were my...") six taillights, right? 

Not on the stock one, but maybe on the van. I think I have a couple extra sets of those if you need some. 

[Daddyfink]

Had to run up to Los Angeles yesterday, San Dimas to be exact, and stopped at Pegasus Hobbies to see what was on the shelves and i scored two new Comets and a Tamiya Mercedez SLR McLaren that was marked down 50%!

Pretty nice little score! 

[mk11]

On ‎9‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 12:58 PM, thatz4u said:

Got the 66 Fairlane GT(A) , looks nice & the Chassis platform may work under the Moebius 65 Comet, looks really close...

There's a good reason for that similarity... the '65 Comet chassis and engine compartment were borrowed from the '66 Fairlane /Comet kit with some details backdated to look more accurate.

 

mike

[crazyjim]

San Dimas - hope you had a most excellent trip.