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

[mustang1989]

On ‎9‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 10:19 AM, iamsuperdan said:

A local antique mall had their annual parking lot event yesterday.

 the Impala SS is factory sealed.

 

 

 

Been wanting to pick one of these up for a loooooooooong time. Great score.

[Dann Tier]

3 hours ago, Ich_Will said:

I've found shipping from Japan to be a total hit/miss. I have one seller I'll keep using who charges, but the shipping is fast and trackable. Usually the 'free' shipping is slow...mind numbingly slow. This Mercedes sat in Los Angeles Customs for 5 days! NYC Customs clears in hours. 

N.Y. customs really screwed the pooch on mine...…..they've had mine for nearly two weeks now, and they said that they don't recall my tracking number....

[mustang1989]

I received this kit here for free from a friend here on this forum and all I did was mention that I didn't know these were in kit form and that I worked on them when they were new in a Pontiac Dealership in Carrolton, Texas.  Thank you for your very generous gift BigTallDad!! You da man!!!

[jchrisf]

7 minutes ago, Dann Tier said:

N.Y. customs really screwed the pooch on mine...…..they've had mine for nearly two weeks now, and they said that they don't recall my tracking number....

They're probably putting it together for you LOL

[Dann Tier]

4 hours ago, jchrisf said:

They're probably putting it together for you LOL

….better be   lol

 

4 hours ago, jchrisf said:

 

 

Edited September 5, 2018 by Dann Tier

[Dann Tier]

This is on its way as a surprise for my lovely wife, Tina!....

[935k3]

1 hour ago, Dann Tier said:

This is on its way as a surprise for my lovely wife, Tina!....

I have that one too. I think it's still one of the nicest plastic kits ever made. The treaded tires are beautiful. There is allot of parts in that box

 

Edited September 6, 2018 by 935k3

[slusher]

4 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

This is on its way as a surprise for my lovely wife, Tina!....

It has to be great to have a model building wife friend! I really liked her 56 Ford pickup.....

[disabled modeler]

On 9/4/2018 at 8:07 AM, CabDriver said:

Got some cool 3d printed showrod tires from 3d Scale Parts:

They're a replica of the old Richard Carroll tires from the 60s - really excited to have a set of these!

Oh...!  Very very cool...!!!

[Spruslayer]

On the way 

 

[Dann Tier]

8 hours ago, slusher said:

It has to be great to have a model building wife friend! I really liked her 56 Ford pickup.....

Thanks, Carl, yes it is! She hasn't been able to build in a while.....she does ALOT of babysitting her daughters grandkids, but i'm thinking this kit will kick it off again!   -on her behalf; thank you about her 56 Ford pickup....its one of my favorites of hers.

[Dann Tier]

11 hours ago, 935k3 said:

I have that one too. I think it's still one of the nicest plastic kits ever made. The treaded tires are beautiful. There is allot of parts in that box

 

Its gonna look great along side my 1/12 Countach when its done too!!!

[ranma]

Bought these two at Ollies today for $9.99 each

[smhardesty]

Finally got one of these at a price I thought was reasonable. I've got a bug in the back of my head that makes me try and buy everything for $20 or less. Didn't get there on this one, but got close enough to make the deal.

 

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[Snake45]

3 minutes ago, smhardesty said:

Finally got one of these at a price I thought was reasonable. I've got a bug in the back of my head that makes me try and buy everything for $20 or less. Didn't get there on this one, but got close enough to make the deal.

 

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I've had one in the Snakepit for several years. Ran across it the other day, and I think it's going to get slotted into my To Do List very near the top. Will probably Snake-slap mine together with the minimum effort necessary to get an acceptable model to sit on the shelf. What are you going to do with yours? 

[gtx6970]

My daughter built a Ramchargers car out of one

I built the other one

 

[Casey]

2 hours ago, ranma said:

Bought these two at Ollies today for $9.99 each

Huh. Interesting that those two were at Ollie's already. The Corvette kit was released in 2016.  Slow sellers for sure. 

[Ron Hamilton]

59 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

I've had one in the Snakepit for several years. Ran across it the other day, and I think it's going to get slotted into my To Do List very near the top. Will probably Snake-slap mine together with the minimum effort necessary to get an acceptable model to sit on the shelf. What are you going to do with yours? 

I have some hardtops and convertibles in the stash waiting. One of these days.

[smhardesty]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

I've had one in the Snakepit for several years. Ran across it the other day, and I think it's going to get slotted into my To Do List very near the top. Will probably Snake-slap mine together with the minimum effort necessary to get an acceptable model to sit on the shelf. What are you going to do with yours? 

It's going to get some detailing, especially the interior. I'm considering picking up one of the Pro Street floor pans on eBay. I'm not big on Pro Street or big tire cars, but I've seen 3 or 4 of these cars done that way and they look pretty sharp.

[OldNYJim]

On 9/5/2018 at 4:12 AM, Phirewriter said:

Oh I hope so! Thanks for the heads up. I've considered handing a set over to a resin caster but he's not overly interested in casting them and fear they'd sit and eventually be lost.

I'd buy them by the bucketload

[89AKurt]

I've lusted over that Porsche Turbo RSR, but ever since I got sick drinking that poison, I lost interest.  

I got the GTO kit a long time ago, good thing from looking at asking prices nowadays.  I got the Replicas detail parts some time ago too.  Today I received the HRM engine kit, so good lesson to be patient.
I got the Porsche kit this year.  Then I saw the Renaissance detail parts.  I had ordered the HRM engine kit, Red Frog couldn't get it, really annoying to show it on their website, then claim they have been waiting; got a lead via a post here this week so boom!
And the Testa Rossa is new, just because I don't have one (have 4 brands of GTOs LOL).

Is there a cure for this hoarding obsession? 

[SfanGoch]

Fred Sterns sent (by USPS. No more UPS for him  ) me this Johan '62 Fury Hardtop as a replacement for the '60 Desoto UPS trashed.  An A-No.1 standup guy , he is.  Only took two days from Buffalo-Brooklyn. Hey UPS,  

[Snake45]

9 hours ago, smhardesty said:

It's going to get some detailing, especially the interior. I'm considering picking up one of the Pro Street floor pans on eBay. I'm not big on Pro Street or big tire cars, but I've seen 3 or 4 of these cars done that way and they look pretty sharp.

Interesting! I think I have a spare Mopar Pro Street chassis from an AMT '69 GTX--you're making me want to build it as a second chassis for mine. A modern "Switcher," if you will. 

[slusher]

8 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

Fred Sterns sent (by USPS. No more UPS for him  ) me this Johan '62 Fury Hardtop as a replacement for the '60 Desoto UPS trashed.  An A-No.1 standup guy , he is.  Only took two days from Buffalo-Brooklyn. Hey UPS,  

Nice, glad it worked out for you Joe!

[Gramps46]

10 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

I've lusted over that Porsche Turbo RSR, but ever since I got sick drinking that poison, I lost interest.  

I got the GTO kit a long time ago, good thing from looking at asking prices nowadays.  I got the Replicas detail parts some time ago too.  Today I received the HRM engine kit, so good lesson to be patient.
I got the Porsche kit this year.  Then I saw the Renaissance detail parts.  I had ordered the HRM engine kit, Red Frog couldn't get it, really annoying to show it on their website, then claim they have been waiting; got a lead via a post here this week so boom!
And the Testa Rossa is new, just because I don't have one (have 4 brands of GTOs LOL).

Is there a cure for this hoarding obsession? 

 

Wow that is quite a haul, good for you.