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Post by 84vanagon on Oct 14, 2009 17:54:04 GMT -8
Cool, Ols!
Wishing y'all many more ahead!
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Post by olskoolrodder on Oct 19, 2009 4:20:10 GMT -8
Thanks guys! Already been enjoying it so far ;D
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Post by demonhunterfan on Feb 5, 2010 21:07:36 GMT -8
Well, I didn't get 'it' yet, but I ordered 'it', and 'it' is being held for me    :)Here 'it' is! '95 Reissue of the Monogram 32 Deuce Drag Strip Hot Rod from Oldmodelkits.com. Paid $36 for it plus $7 for shipping-- coulda got an original for $50 more. I's satisfied with this one For the longest time I've wanted to get at least one of the kits I always dreamed of getting way back when I was a little kid. Really don't know where I would see these, or why I never did get one. May be because they didn't have any chrome in 'em? Just that gray/silver plastic meant to replicate chrome. There was just something about the box art, the forced perspective, and those full moon discs! Well anyhow, since I gotta be sitting at this here computer much longer now, with my sciatica problem, I finally decided to go looking for one of 'those' kits.  For some reason I just could not remember  who made them tho! I was thinking Lindberg, so I searched all the Lindys I could and nuthin. So then I figured, maybe Aurora, or Hawk-- maybe even Pyro? Still no luck  I was just about to give up, when I was cruisin' thru Oldmodelkits and Monogram popped into my head . Did me some click clicks, and there they were! So, even if'n I didn't get 'it' this morning, I did get a bit of my childhood back fer a time  I plan on building it as if I was that little kid again, but a lot cleaner I would think ;D Just ' stock' outa the box, and then put it in a display case. I can't wait Later and God bless. |
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Post by 84vanagon on Feb 6, 2010 18:45:30 GMT -8
It is a very cool, albeit simple kit. I found one of the 67 (?) issues in the early 70's (now long gone). I was delighted when R/M reissued it in their SSP program. I managed to snap up a couple of them before they vanished. I too plan on building one totally out of the box, and one with a few details added. It sure is a nostalgia trip!  |
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Post by 84vanagon on Feb 10, 2010 20:03:58 GMT -8
Last Sunday's antique store finds; AMT 59 T-bird model and 58 Fairlane friction.     The T-bird will be taken apart and painted (some day). I'm stoked on the 'lane. Being a friction it has some warpage issues. I am going to try to straighten the roof pillars up enough to fit some 57 glass in it. I don't like the skirts but they are solidly GLUED on. I'm hoping some bright white paint will help them blend in better. Spray bomb chrome will work on the bumpers until I get my $$$ saved up for my Modelhaus chrome order. The addition of a few N.O.S. parts box goodies and some touch ups here and there will bring it (sorta) back to it's original Kustomizers state. |
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Post by demonhunterfan on Feb 11, 2010 5:23:46 GMT -8
You don't like 'the skirts' Don!? Wha's wrong wit' you?! ;D ;D Nice find! Yeah, that Fairlane is really cool. Some of the old friction types were light years ahead of their time in the koolness factor. Those skirts on it sure would look good-- really good--- on something else. Maybe if'n the leading edge of them lined up with the angle of the trailing edge of the door, but still........  Almost looks like the front area of them skirts should be chrome or aluminum. Like you say, just getting them the same color will really help. Is this just one antique store you keep finding these things in? IIRC, you've found quite a few Fords there.... Later Bro, and may God bless
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Post by 84vanagon on Feb 11, 2010 18:36:40 GMT -8
Thanks John! No I'm more of a "factory" and "Cruiser Skirt" (remember the ones that went from the leading edge of the wheel opening to the back bumper?) man. I have some vintage lakes pipes that I can reverse the tips on and they will snuggle up to the lowest two "steps" in the skirts. Hmm... silver on the skirts... might be kinda gaudy... but wasn't that what most of the late 50's Kustoms were!? GREAT IDEA JOHN.... I love it! I basically bleed Ford blue, so just about any ol' Ford model is fair game with me. However my score of the century has to be the almost mint (missing decals and instructions [we don't need no stinkin' instructions]) 62 Buick Special wagon kit for a whopping $11.00! ;D Dallas has quite a few antique stores and there are three or four that I get lucky at. Thanks for the look and I'll post pics as I go along with the "restoration" Bless ya! Don. |
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Post by davewahl on Jun 22, 2010 3:08:25 GMT -8
That Corvette and Buick wagon are great little finds. I like your thoughts on what to do with the Vette. Dress it up just a little for that "Street Machine "look.That will look cool.
Dave
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Post by olskoolrodder on Aug 18, 2010 11:37:11 GMT -8
Nothing model related...but I gotted me a heap o' blessings just to be here and well,Amen? ;D Nice scores guys,should make fer killer projects |
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Post by JohnA on Apr 29, 2014 17:07:03 GMT -8
Just came in the mail....woohoo!!  |
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Post by dimaxion on Oct 25, 2014 10:32:49 GMT -8
Always loved them Avantis Don. They look like a custom already-- in stock form. Love that '59 Vette promo too. Pretty sure I got the promos of the Mustang when it first came out, and then the Maverick also. Just now thinking about it, must've been my Dad got them off'n our neighbor who had a gas station just down the road from our place and he sold Fords there. Always loved the promos-- don't know what it is about 'em-- maybe like the diecasts nowadays. I keep seein' that crazy VW van at my LHS, and keep thinkin' how cool it is-- except for them tires. Guess I'll just have to get it and do something about that ;D Later and God bless [/quote The Aurora Avanti is so true to the Original 1962 titled 1963 MY Avanti . Lacking the Grill , as Mr or Mis'uer Lowey insisted , was the identifier of the early run cars . Warranty Claims caused a quick fix Grille being merged into production and retrofitted on Customer's Cars . Thia action today is know as Re-Called . Bottom breathers still suck in hazardous environmental materials to poke holes in Radiators . I have this one in my Collection . I appreciate the opening Doors & Trunk that fit . I am grateful for the luggage . The Monogram Mfg Corp lost some of the purchased Aurora Plastic Injection Dies on a Shipwreck in the Great Lakes . Thanx .. |
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Post by dimaxion on Oct 26, 2014 9:56:59 GMT -8
I've had this one for a few months now, so I hope you don't mind me showing it here. Aurora Studebaker Avanti.  Most, if not all, of Aurora's 1/25 "sports car" kits have been re-popped by them, or later Monogram, except for this one. I am going out on a limb here, but I suspect Studebaker's move to Canada, the dropping of all car lines except for the Lark and AMT's release of their Avanti contributed to this being a one issue only. It's somewhat "clunky" compared to AMT's, but has a myriad of details that today's new tools don't have. Thanks for looking! Don. |
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Post by davewahl on Nov 15, 2014 10:52:37 GMT -8
I love the friction '58 Ford and the '59 T-Bird. I would love to come up with classics like that around here. New York never seems to get anything interesting as far as old kits are concerned. Love your finds.
Dave
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:)Here 'it' is! '95 Reissue of the Monogram 32 Deuce Drag Strip Hot Rod from Oldmodelkits.com. Paid $36 for it plus $7 for shipping-- coulda got an original for $50 more. I's satisfied with this one 
Almost looks like the front area of them skirts should be chrome or aluminum. Like you say, just getting them the same color will really help. 
