thatz4u Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, BKF said: Picked up the Revell '67 Plymouth GTX at HL. The Greased lightning 1948 Ford convertible also showed up. I'll get that next go around. my area also...
Tom Geiger Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 On 10/19/2018 at 7:47 PM, Ace-Garageguy said: And every time I happen across one of these kits cheap, I snap it up; parts for a long line of old drag cars I've been working on intermittently. I first got the reissue of this kit and the Double Dragster kit the same evening at a club meeting. I got home, opened them up and nearly freaked! You could build like a thousand variations between those two kits! No wonder that was the heyday of modeling!
Tom Geiger Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 Yippee! I got my brass rod! I'm in NJ at my daughter's new house this weekend. Stopped into "The Hobby Shop" in Aberdeen, NJ and they indeed had a K&S rack! So I bought all the sizes of brass rod I could ever want! I believe it's the #8160 I'll be using to make the Ford Model A radiator / hood supports.
Snake45 Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Tom Geiger said: I first got the reissue of this kit and the Double Dragster kit the same evening at a club meeting. I got home, opened them up and nearly freaked! You could build like a thousand variations between those two kits! No wonder that was the heyday of modeling! Yeah, both those kits are absolute vintage Parts Mines.
64SS350 Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Visited a friend's shop Wednesday and brought home over 30 kits, misc. bodies, diorama items, and these... Edited October 21, 2018 by 64SS350
Snake45 Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, 64SS350 said: Visited a friend's shop Wednesday and brought home over 30 kits, misc. bodies, diorama items, and these... Oh my, all three of those builts look rescue-worthy and rescue-ready. I could have them cleaned up and back on the shelf in just a couple weeks, at most. Great wheel and tire sets, too. Congratulations on some GREAT scores! If you couldn't hit the lottery this weekend, this would be almost the next best thing!
Mike999 Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 15 hours ago, BKF said: Picked up the Revell '67 Plymouth GTX at HL. The Greased lightning 1948 Ford convertible also showed up. I'll get that next go around. Same here in Upstate SC. Both of those kits just showed up. I have a new HL very close to me and check it just about every week. This store also finally got the Revell '85 Olds 442/FE-3X. A HL about 25 miles away has had that kit for a long time but not my local store. The store only had 1 of those left on the shelf, so they must be selling well.
64SS350 Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Snake45 said: Oh my, all three of those builts look rescue-worthy and rescue-ready. I could have them cleaned up and back on the shelf in just a couple weeks, at most. Great wheel and tire sets, too. Congratulations on some GREAT scores! If you couldn't hit the lottery this weekend, this would be almost the next best thing! I contacted him to look for the chassis to the Barracuda. Loved touring his resin shop. The wheel sets came from another guy near him. Makes some nice sets, many varieties.
Scott Colmer Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 Karl, that is an excellent score! What is the resin van body?
Scott Colmer Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 I just won this off e-bay. I have been bidding on them and losing for a couple years. This one popped up and was stuck at 36.00 for a couple days, so I dove in. It shot up in the last 5 minutes. But is is a great stock build so I went for it. One of the few left on the bucket list. It will go straight in the display case.
disabled modeler Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 22 hours ago, 64SS350 said: Visited a friend's shop Wednesday and brought home over 30 kits, misc. bodies, diorama items, and these... is that a resin 84 GMC long bed..???
Rusty92 Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 Today I got this very nice Monogram Datsun pickup. I spotted it at a local club meeting and had to have it. The Miller decals caught my eye first. The box is nice, but inside everything is great. No yellowed decals, they look new. And the plastic is a crisp white still.
MPi-KM Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Rusty92 said: Today I got this very nice Monogram Datsun pickup. I spotted it at a local club meeting and had to have it. The Miller decals caught my eye first. The box is nice, but inside everything is great. No yellowed decals, they look new. And the plastic is a crisp white still. I've always wanted one of those, seem to go for too much on eBay.
Casey Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 8 minutes ago, MPi-KM said: I've always wanted one of those, seem to go for too much on eBay. If you can find the decals, this is the same kit, and they are dirt cheap now, too:
Rob Hall Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 Got some tires and wheels from Fireball Modelworks in the mail and the new reissue of the Monogram Frank Iaconio Camaro Pro Stock car.
Rusty92 Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 43 minutes ago, Casey said: If you can find the decals, this is the same kit, and they are dirt cheap now, too: I figured they were the same, I still might buy one for some extra goodies. Had to get it for the box art though!
FredRPG Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 Got this Gremlin for a decent price to complete the trifecta of ugly/cool AMCs. Love the box art of this series, including the Capri and Mustang II. Thinking about building them as close to the box as I can..
cobraman Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 Ho hum just another Cobra . This one will be built as gasser style or perhaps a street freak . Haven’t done a street freak style one yet . ....???
Casey Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 13 hours ago, FredRPG said: Love the box art of this series, including the Capri and Mustang II. Have you seen/read this?: http://www.bonediggers.com/2-1/wlazlo/wlazlo.html
slusher Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Casey said: Have you seen/read this?: http://www.bonediggers.com/2-1/wlazlo/wlazlo.html Thanks Casey...
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 Bought an assembled Tamiya 356 Porsche, quite nicely built, actually exceptionally clean, just a few parts coming loose...for restoration. When it arrived, somebody had "repaired" the loose parts by squeezing half a tube of Testors kiddie gloo all over everything. Ruined the wheels, windshield frame and glass, several other parts, huge gloo lines between the rockers and floorpan, all over the muffler and bumper bracket ends, and glooy smears etched into the previously-acceptable paint. People who have no clue as to what they're doing really ought to notice they CAN'T do something BEFORE they ruin ALL OF IT.
Snake45 Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 43 minutes ago, landman said: A Merlin A Merlin and eight Ma Deuces? What kit is that from?
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