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

[Falcon Ranchero]

For Christmas got a 65 Riv 1/26 die cast and today picked up the ship to store order book of car culture from 50s to 70s, very influential photos holy smokes I suggest if you have a car book collection add this one.

[dave branson]

Stuff I got at the local Hobby Shop 12 days of Christmas sale, plus a GMC Pickup I got of ebay

[Can-Con]

Picked this up with a gift certificate at my local shop today.

Pretty plain looking kit but what it doesn't say on the box is there's a nice set of Watanabe wheels[think Minilights] and provisions for lowering it right in the box.

Just add some school bus yellow paint and instant attitude. 😉

[THarrison351]

I'm late posting, but these are model gifts I received for Christmas. My two year old granddaughter picked the Mustang. She calls my models, papa cars.

[Old Buckaroo]

My first Promo ever, I had been looking for a Monza kit to build into Grumpy's "Toy XII"and none were very reasonable. Found a 1975 Monza Promo for the project. It was dirty and needed a good cleaning. The glass  surprisingly had less scratches than some kits out of the box (pre bag days)

 

[xbazzarex]

ive got a local bike shop that sells some model kits very cheap, picked these two up for 13$ each. the T/A is definitely being kept for a build, the impala may end up getting traded if i dont build it in the next year or two. 

[Spottedlaurel]

6 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Picked this up with a gift certificate at my local shop today.

Pretty plain looking kit but what it doesn't say on the box is there's a nice set of Watanabe wheels[think Minilights] and provisions for lowering it right in the box.

Just add some school bus yellow paint and instant attitude. 😉

That's a really nice kit, I enjoyed putting one together a few years ago. As I recall getting the assembled chassis and interior into the bodyshell was a bit tight but it looks great once complete.

[PatW]

As a pensioner kits are expensive enough as it is. I've never understood why folks buy two or more of the same kits.

[Rob Hall]

4 hours ago, PatW said:

As a pensioner kits are expensive enough as it is. I've never understood why folks buy two or more of the same kits.

To build multiple versions or to use some for parts donors for other builds.  Pretty normal. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

20 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

...book of car culture from 50s to 70s, very influential photos holy smokes I suggest if you have a car book collection add this one.

Thanks for the heads-up on that one.  

[slusher]

18 hours ago, dave branson said:

Stuff I got at the local Hobby Shop 12 days of Christmas sale, plus a GMC Pickup I got of ebay

Nice Christmas haul,, I like the GMC pickup!

[kelson]

Got these on boxing day,the local hobbyshop had a 20% off sale.🤠

[Mr mopar]

1 minute ago, kelson said:

Got these on boxing day,the local hobbyshop had a 20% off sale.🤠

Nice score !

[NOBLNG]

Picked this up today for $10 at the local flea market. It’s complete except for the wheels and tires.

I don’t need the wheels and tires anyways, since I bought it specifically for doing a build inspired by this picture.

[NOBLNG]

I also found this, but didn’t buy it. I don’t know if it’s complete or not…I imagine it would be for that price.😬

[Bill Eh?]

I stumbled on the Revell Land Rover Series III on Amazon for$39.99. No tax, free delivery and should have it in my hands tomorrow.

[Keef]

Here’s a few gifts my wife….errmmm… I mean Santa got me for Christmas.

[AMT68]

While I normally build GM and some Ford models I also have a fondness for the '68-'70 Mopar B-bodies. I too picked up the '70 Charger for the first time this past week. After examining the kit I realized I'll probably need to get another one. 

[Keef]

9 hours ago, AMT68 said:

While I normally build GM and some Ford models I also have a fondness for the '68-'70 Mopar B-bodies. I too picked up the '70 Charger for the first time this past week. After examining the kit I realized I'll probably need to get another one. 

It’s in my opinion probably one of the best kits Revell has ever made. I’ll probably get a couple more of them and a couple of the 68 & 69 as well

[YellowHound]

Just in, direct from the Ukraine.

[slusher]

20 hours ago, Keef said:

Here’s a few gifts my wife….errmmm… I mean Santa got me for Christmas.

That’s a good wife' buddy!

[oldcarfan]

Just in from Japan. I ordered some stuff from Hobby Search and am really happy. I've been wanting the Mitsubishi for a long time to build one like was used in Cannonball Run 2. Ironically, I have an Abarth already that I forgot about. I think I got it around 2000. Obviously I found it again after I'd already paid for the new one. A few years ago I put the old one together quickly but with some new tires. The ones in the box had cracked I guess from age.

Not sure what size the Asuka wheels are, but they look like 15 inch or so.

Edited December 31, 2024 by oldcarfan

[Bill Eh?]

I was pleasantly surprised that my Revell Land Rover Series III, from Amazon, was actually shipped in a box this time and not just a plastic envelope. Thanks to Zoom Zoom (Bob Downie) I learned that the opacity of Tamiya Base White (85101) was better than that of Tamiya Fine White Surface Primer (87044). I purchased some from a local Gundam focused store, Argama Hobby. These are my final two purchases for this year! LOL

 

[Dpate]

1 hour ago, Bill Eh? said:

I was pleasantly surprised that my Revell Land Rover Series III, from Amazon, was actually shipped in a box this time and not just a plastic envelope. Thanks to Zoom Zoom (Bob Downie) I learned that the opacity of Tamiya Base White (85101) was better than that of Tamiya Fine White Surface Primer (87044). I purchased some from a local Gundam focused store, Argama Hobby. These are my final two purchases for this year! LOL

 

Nice! I got 3 of these. I got 3 because my first one was at hobby lobby @40% off, and than later down the road I found 2 more on clearance there for $8 or $9 each.  

[Bill Eh?]

2 minutes ago, Dpate said:

Nice! I got 3 of these. I got 3 because my first one was at hobby lobby @40% off, and than later down the road I found 2 more on clearance there for $8 or $9 each.  

Coincidence in that my first one was also from Hobby Lobby when I was down for an NNL East event. $8 and $9 is a steal! LOL