When I'm not playin with the wagons...

Thanks FT. Its been a great hobby, meet a lot of good people, and it has kept me out of trouble. Besides, I get to have a car I may never even own, even if I can't drive it.

 

The car I may never own.....thats the way I built them also

It's kinda like when my honey and I are driven, I spot a car and say..."just think, some day we'll never have one

 

I still have a big box of model cars and parts from the 50-60s and a few into the 70. AMT mostly!
Most of it was before the custom kits they later came with. I customized with an electric soldering gun, the parts trees and LOTS of filing and sanding.

 

Depending on the kits, some of that stuff has gotten big money. In the last 15-20 years, most have been reissued, so I have a good stock pile of them. I have also been able to get a few original kits from the 60s and 70s from the model car club I belong to.

I'm still looking for a 1970 Buick Wildcat and 1970 Pontiac Bonneville. Someone has reissued them, but its been a hot seller. Always "sold out" and forget Ebay....what a rip!

 

Really nice models, FW. I dare say, if you put them in the right setting and took their pic, they could look like the real thing. I've got a lot of Franklin and Danbury Mint models, but I also have about 15 I built when I was around 13. I have a '66 LIcnoln Continental I built and for some God forsaken reason, decided to paint it yellow with a black roof and purple interior. Most likely, those were the paints I had left over and therefore, could put the model in color without having spend the money for new paint. I guess I didn't pay much attention to what colors the factory offered back then.

 

Thank you SB. My first model car was a Jo-Han (no longer around) 1979 Cadillac Coupe Deville. I painted it with the same red my dad used on his Toro lawn mower. Little did I know it was lacquer paint, it "crazed" the plastic, and pretty much melted it.

I would like to find another kit, build it like I had wanted to when I was 6. Red with a white half top and white leather interior.

 

Cordaroy (sp) material makes great looking "tuck and roll" interior.

 

a few things are clearer to me now.............



FW...BF....thats some cool stuff there!!
I havent built one in 25 years..
.I have 5 -2x2x2 boxes in the attic...full of leftover parts !!
I keep saying that i'm gonna drag them out and sell it all....dam ..i'm lazy

 

Thanks Rev!

I am planning another winter project. If you guys remember the TV show "The Rockford Files", I'm trying to figure out a nice way to do a diorama of 29 Cove Road. I have a '76 Pontiac Formula (can change that to his Esprit), a '77 or '78 GMC pick up, and a I will have to hand make his trailer.

This and my Mustang notch project is gona take some real time.....but since work as cut everyones hours, I have a LOT of time to work on these.