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Went to the Modelpalooza show in Orlando today. Picked up a few things. The AMT Mercedes was a pleasant surprise as was the MPC '56 Corvette, both picked up at a great price. Bought a few bagged kits but they're not pictured. I'll post some photos of the show in the events section.

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4 hours ago, RSchnell said:

Went to the Modelpalooza show in Orlando today. Picked up a few things. The AMT Mercedes was a pleasant surprise as was the MPC '56 Corvette, both picked up at a great price. Bought a few bagged kits but they're not pictured. I'll post some photos of the show in the events section.

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You got some nice stuff there, Rich. I had the model A pickup when I was a kid. I remember taking it to my aunt and uncle’s farm and filling it with the chicken feed. The chickens were very concerned! Lol! Wish I still had it.

Btw what is the scale of the Cris Craft?

 

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Part-built Corvette was cheap, purchased primarily as a modern-ish V8 donor. What's been done is fairly tiday, so after I've pulled the engine might finish it off as a kerbside display piece.

The book and catalgoue were found at a 1:1 car meet yesterday. That era is peak Monogram for me, it contains what I remember being in the model shops when I started getting interested in kits. As a bonus it looks to have been sold new at a local model shop that is still going and where I get stuff from every so often.

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I was able to attend my first show in 3 years today. Had a great time all the way around. Paid for a table, sold more than I bought, and even brought home more money than I started with. 😃 

I brought home this 1/12 Camaro, misc 1/8 stuff, a 1/43 white metal kit (talk about extremes), resin Chrysler 300 wagon body. A couple bagged 39 ford sedans, 40 convertible, and CJ7.

There was also a silent auction. One of the founding members of the model club that puts on the show, died earlier in the year. To help raise money for the widow, they grouped together lots comprised of four models each, all built by the gentleman who passed away. I won two lots. The first eight pics are of the ones I brought home. It was announced at the end of the show that over $1700 was raised through the silent auction. 

To cap off an already excellent day, one of my entries brought home the blue ribbon in the Box Stock category. 

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I got this assortment of 50 .125" shank end mills. They work great for the aluminum I have on hand! There are four or five different sizes and shapes in the assortment. I couldn't pass it up, for $20, shipped. It got here in two days, too! I know it might be boring for many, but, it's exciting to find such a great deal!

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7 hours ago, Sam I Am said:

I was able to attend my first show in 3 years today. Had a great time all the way around. Paid for a table, sold more than I bought, and even brought home more money than I started with. 😃 

I brought home this 1/12 Camaro, misc 1/8 stuff, a 1/43 white metal kit (talk about extremes), resin Chrysler 300 wagon body. A couple bagged 39 ford sedans, 40 convertible, and CJ7.

There was also a silent auction. One of the founding members of the model club that puts on the show, died earlier in the year. To help raise money for the widow, they grouped together lots comprised of four models each, all built by the gentleman who passed away. I won two lots. The first eight pics are of the ones I brought home. It was announced at the end of the show that over $1700 was raised through the silent auction. 

To cap off an already excellent day, one of my entries brought home the blue ribbon in the Box Stock category. 

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What a great haul.

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11 hours ago, #1 model citizen said:

You got some nice stuff there, Rich. I had the model A pickup when I was a kid. I remember taking it to my aunt and uncle’s farm and filling it with the chicken feed. The chickens were very concerned! Lol! Wish I still had it.

Btw what is the scale of the Cris Craft?

 

The Chris Craft is 1/56 scale, I'm assuming a box scale as Revell was known to do back then! Like you I had the Hubley Model A's when I was a kid. I try to snag every one I find at a reasonable price. 

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17 hours ago, Sam I Am said:

I was able to attend my first show in 3 years today. Had a great time all the way around. Paid for a table, sold more than I bought, and even brought home more money than I started with. 😃 

I brought home this 1/12 Camaro, misc 1/8 stuff, a 1/43 white metal kit (talk about extremes), resin Chrysler 300 wagon body. A couple bagged 39 ford sedans, 40 convertible, and CJ7.

There was also a silent auction. One of the founding members of the model club that puts on the show, died earlier in the year. To help raise money for the widow, they grouped together lots comprised of four models each, all built by the gentleman who passed away. I won two lots. The first eight pics are of the ones I brought home. It was announced at the end of the show that over $1700 was raised through the silent auction. 

To cap off an already excellent day, one of my entries brought home the blue ribbon in the Box Stock category. 

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Congratulations on your wins! Nice cars you bought I dig the suburban surf rod May God be wit his family!

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3 hours ago, Exotics_Builder said:

Yesterday I went to the Pacific Northwest Model Car Fest.  Did not see anything in the swap meet that I did not already have or not in the interest zone.  Did enter 5 models and came away with these

 

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Congratulations friend on your wins!

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I too made it to a show today; the Midwest Glue Crew show - and it was a great one!  Chose these for myself from the swap meet…

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This bag of ‘Mopar parts’ for $5 was actually a complete-but-for-tires Revell 29 pickup kit:

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Very lightly started, but not VERY started…

Picked this up, because I’d been watching for one - complete bagged AMT BTTF Delorean kit…I have an Aoshima (I think?) kit of the third-movie car, so it’ll be interesting to see how the two compare…

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Even came with a little green tube of grease for a working whatever must need grease…

And I always enjoy digging thru the bins of parts - grabbed a bunch of seats, tires, geegaws and a bunch of molded-in-green radiators that were worth paying 50 cents for probably:

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And I was lucky enough to take a couple of class wins, which came with kits as prizes too:

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They were also kind enough to gift me a $25 gift card for the local hobby store, G&G Hobbies…plus a couple of these gorgeous acrylic display cases / stands from the second event sponsor PF Plastics:

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And finally, a nice cutting mat to replace the little 11” on my bench currently:

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I’m a lucky guy!  Couldn’t fit all the swag in my trunk come home-time:

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Great show, and a great club - definitely recommended to anyone who finds themselves nearby for any future events they hold!

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20 hours ago, Sam I Am said:

I was able to attend my first show in 3 years today. Had a great time all the way around. Paid for a table, sold more than I bought, and even brought home more money than I started with. 😃 

I brought home this 1/12 Camaro, misc 1/8 stuff, a 1/43 white metal kit (talk about extremes), resin Chrysler 300 wagon body. A couple bagged 39 ford sedans, 40 convertible, and CJ7.

There was also a silent auction. One of the founding members of the model club that puts on the show, died earlier in the year. To help raise money for the widow, they grouped together lots comprised of four models each, all built by the gentleman who passed away. I won two lots. The first eight pics are of the ones I brought home. It was announced at the end of the show that over $1700 was raised through the silent auction. 

To cap off an already excellent day, one of my entries brought home the blue ribbon in the Box Stock category. 

 

My 1st show in 3 years too. It was good to see you there Sam.

I came away with a lot more models for the money. I bought 2 for $17 for the pair. $40 worth of raffle tickets netted me 12 more kits before I gave the rest of the tickets away to a couple of kids.

I felt bad, but I out bid you on one of the lots. The 66 Chevelle wagon was so sweet I could not pass it up. He was a really prolific builder.

In the show, I managed to get ribbons on 4 of the 10 entries I brought.

I am still kicking myself for forgetting to bring my phone for pics.

 

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5 minutes ago, CabDriver said:

I too made it to a show today; the Midwest Glue Crew show - and it was a great one!  Chose these for myself from the swap meet…

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This bag of ‘Mopar parts’ for $5 was actually a complete-but-for-tires Revell 29 pickup kit:

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Very lightly started, but not VERY started…

Picked this up, because I’d been watching for one - complete bagged AMT BTTF Delorean kit…I have an Aoshima (I think?) kit of the third-movie car, so it’ll be interesting to see how the two compare…

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Even came with a little green tube of grease for a working whatever must need grease…

And I always enjoy digging thru the bins of parts - grabbed a bunch of seats, tires, geegaws and a bunch of molded-in-green radiators that were worth paying 50 cents for probably:

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And I was lucky enough to take a couple of class wins, which came with kits as prizes too:

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They were also kind enough to gift me a $25 gift card for the local hobby store, G&G Hobbies…plus a couple of these gorgeous acrylic display cases / stands from the second event sponsor PF Plastics:

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And finally, a nice cutting mat to replace the little 11” on my bench currently:

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I’m a lucky guy!  Couldn’t fit all the swag in my trunk come home-time:

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Great show, and a great club - definitely recommended to anyone who finds themselves nearby for any future events they hold!

Lucky guy indeed! That’s a very cool display case and looks like you won some trophies too!?! Congratulations are in order! Could you possibly post pictures of the winners, please?

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6 minutes ago, Bills72sj said:

 

My 1st show in 3 years too. It was good to see you there Sam.

I came away with a lot more models for the money. I bought 2 for $17 for the pair. $40 worth of raffle tickets netted me 12 more kits before I gave the rest of the tickets away to a couple of kids.

I felt bad, but I out bid you on one of the lots. The 66 Chevelle wagon was so sweet I could not pass it up. He was a really prolific builder.

In the show, I managed to get ribbons on 4 of the 10 entries I brought.

I am still kicking myself for forgetting to bring my phone for pics.

 

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Congratulations on your awards!

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1 minute ago, #1 model citizen said:

Lucky guy indeed! That’s a very cool display case and looks like you won some trophies too!?! Congratulations are in order! Could you possibly post pictures of the winners, please?

Thank you!!  I didn’t catch every single winner (although I think @Six is associated with the club and could maybe post all of them) - but the ones I was lucky enough to get a trophy for are the last few pics on the last page of this album here:

https://public.fotki.com/NewYorkSpeedShop/scale-models/model-shows-contests/midwest-glue-crew-g/

I tried to get a pic of about every build displayed, but I wasn’t organized enough to note who exactly won which 🤪

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17 minutes ago, CabDriver said:

Thank you!!  I didn’t catch every single winner (although I think @Six is associated with the club and could maybe post all of them) - but the ones I was lucky enough to get a trophy for are the last few pics on the last page of this album here:

https://public.fotki.com/NewYorkSpeedShop/scale-models/model-shows-contests/midwest-glue-crew-g/

I tried to get a pic of about every build displayed, but I wasn’t organized enough to note who exactly won which 🤪

Thank you for sharing the link. There were a lot of very nice builds presented.

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