Message Index

• The Moebius AWB Coronet kit showed up on my doorstep this afternoon, courtesy of Spotlight Hobbies. Great job on the fast service Matt and Dawn!!! Now, to decide how I'm gonna build it... Ramchargers, or Dick Landy?
• The reason I was asking about the trim on the side of a '63 C10 was because I'd like to build something like this. Yes, I image search too much. For me, this is one of those 'floats my boat' *LINK* *PIC*
  • Mike L, I'm with you on the side trim. W/o it, any body color would be, well, bland, I think. Now, what color inside the side spear would work with the body color? Interior color? Engine color? Something way outside for effect? *NM*
• Wishing I had seen this earlier. Do they hold that show every year? *NM*
• 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 *NM*
• MODELING PERSONALITIES: Just saw Steve Krontz referred to a post on Facebook. Anyone, besides me, who hasn't seen his name in years? *NM*
  • Me *NM*
  • Are you referring to the Steve Krontz who was in BSAC for a few years? That guy got out of modeling and into building 1:1 street rods. I think we saw him at Goodguys a couple of years ago. *NM*
• Auto Modeler Magazine will be covering Crusin' for a Cure 9/28/24. Hope to see you there!
  • 3000 miles for me but my So Cal buddy is going! *NM*
• Big Thanks to Matt and Dawn! My two Model Cars Magazines with ny first articles came today... *LINK* *PIC*
• As one of the judges at that contest, we called it the "not the 'pibber' bost"!
• Was '63 the only year GM put this trim on the side of the C10 like the truck in these pics? *PICS*
  • It was on 1960 thru 1966 Chevys. My search does not show it on the GMCs. My dad had a 65 lwb with the same side trim. *NM*
    • '60 and '61 had a different style trim as depicted in the AMT '60 kit, and SMP '60 and '61 annual kits. AMT '63 annual has the trim pictured *NM*
      • That's odd. This is a '63. I didn't remove any trim. It was just plain like this. *PICS*
        • Must have been the '62 then. One of them definitely has the trim *NM*
          • 62 kit has trim ,63 kit does not ,62 & 63 promos have trim *NM*
        • Couldn't some of the cheaper trucks come without trim? *NM*
          • No trim is more work friendly, nothing to snag and hang off the side *NM*
            • Google image shows plenty of bare base models,maybe a fender bade but that's it *NM*
  • I have been corrected. Here's a shot of the 1960 - 61 trim
  • The reason I was asking was because the Revell '64 & '66 kits don't have the trim and I like the way that trim looks rather than without. *NM*
• Here's my very recently finished '59 Cadillac Ambulance.
  • I like that!!!
  • That's very cool! I had not remembered the pre-Ecto version from the movie (oddly enough), so I had to look it up. A little info at the link... Thanks for posting! *NM* *LINK*
    • THAT is exactly what modeling should be...FUN! in this case you pegged the fun meter! *NM*
  • The weathering is just right *NM*
  • According to the internet, THAT Caddy was actual rented from a private owner, for the movie shoot. They had already built the Ecto-1, so they rented the "before" car for the one scene. The "original" color of THE Ecto-1 was a metallic brown. *LINK* *PIC*
  • Poor thing! *NM*
• Good evening guys, I've gotten a couple models finished after a crazy busy summer. Here is a '64 Impala I finished last week.
  • Looks great! *NM*
  • Nice build! The LS looks like it was meant to be there! *NM*
  • I agree!! *NM*
  • The wheel/tire combination and the slight rake gives it just the right attitude. The headlight treatment improves the front end as well. Nicely done. *NM*
  • First thing I noticed! it's pretty easy to drill out those bug-eyed headlamps, and it makes a huge difference.
  • Nice build, nice color, who's is it? Thanks. *NM*
• In addition to the pair of small town car shows that I went to this past Saturday, Atkinson also had a small antique tractor and equipment show , as part of their Heritage Days celebration.... *PICS* *LINK*
  • A Cub Cadet with dualies--I've seen it all now! *NM*
  • I've always liked the Minneapolis-Moline since I was born in Minneapolis, and that's a nice one. Thanks Marty! *NM*
• Great buildsTim! *NM*
• Cobble Beach Concours, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada *LINK*
  • Thanks for sharing the PICS! *NM*
  • Howard, I would never get the chance to see stuff like this were it not for your PIX. Thanks so very much. *NM*
    • You are welcome :) *NM*
  • Thanks for posting the pics! *NM*
• I'm thinking a lot of the "early" stuff will never get built. The separate doors and other parts look interesting, but when it comes time to figuring out how it all goes together, interest will drop like a lead balloon *NM*
• Thanks...maybe, uh no. *LINK*
• The longer wheelbase of the Dodge, compared to the Plymouth, didn't always mean the Dodgehad a longer frame. Former Chrysler engineer Patrick Bedard revealed in one of his columns in Car and Driver back in the '80s or '90s, that Chrysler would often use multiple holes...
• Thanks for your comments, folks. Wish this stuff came in 1/25th. I'm envious of COF Charlie's ability. *NM*
• Glad to see others find this drill starter useful--just wish I'd found it years ago. Would have saved a lot of scratched parts & pricked fingertips. *NM*
• Ever notice that there aren't many young'uns hanging around car shows? Wonder why? Maybe the only things that work are their thumbs! *NM*
  • I was at a local car show this past weekend, it was run in conjunction with a “family days” event, so, lots of kids there but few came to look at the cars, one group of three boys, maybe 12-14 , came toward me and my car, im thinking oh maybe they want look at it…one
  • Younger car folks tend to gather at their own events. *PIC*
    • I'm not that young, but I have very limited patience for parking a car and sitting in a lawn chair
      • LOL. Happens with many hobbies. *NM*
      • Car shows do not have the draw FOR ME they once did......CHANGE to only constant! *NM*
        • After I had my stoke in 1998 I've had no interest..Even sold my classic 64 Fury rag..Just lost interest..Now don't have mojo for models either but still check all my modelling sites frequently.. *NM*
        • Back in the middle of the last century, the car hobby centered around the brass era. Few would have expected we'd be considering the cars in the parking lots at those events to be worthy of collecting today. The hobby must keep evolving. *NM*
      • I don't go to that many outdoor shows anymore. Too many "used cars" to plow through to see anything decent *NM*
        • Another good point. Too much new stuff. *NM*
          • The younger folk like the newer stuff. *NM*
            • Which is fine. *NM*
    • ^THIS^ The young guns around here don't do "shows" in the conventional sense. They have "meets", organized at the drop of a hat through social media, where they arrange to gather at one location and drive to another (much like the original concept of what rod runs once were)
      • DING! DING!! DING!!! You hit the nail on the head, Marty! *NM*
        • Around here if the cops even get a whif of something like this happening, they stop it before it can get organized. Too many times these things turn into street, or even town, "takeovers". Street racing, drifting, blocking roads have become problems. Almost everything now
      • Styles and taste change and Marty nailed it. I show up to car cruises in my 57 Chevy pickup that is trapped in the 70s vibe
      • You can add EV's to that list. I recall the whole "Ricer" think of 20+ years ago, driven by the American Muscle crowd. Nowadays there's a constant barrage of sneering memes on social media probably posted by the same American Muscle crowd.
  • Interests change. When I was a young'un I'm sure that there were comments about the lack of interest in coin collector shows, stamp shows, fixing up old radios...
    • Have to admit you're right. Remember when Radio Shack sold radio kits you could build? Even silver solder is a rarity now days. (You have to go looking for it) *NM*
    • I think that's a lot of it. We can point our fingers at ourselves all day, i.e. it's 'our' fault that young people aren't into our cars... but in reality, times have changed, cars have changed, and not as many people are into them as a hobby nowadays.
      • Very well stated and true..My grand kids or my kids who are now between 45 and 50 had NO interest in my 64 Fury convertible..Kids now a days are into technic stuff or sports as my grand kids are..Now with my grand kids it hockey,hockey baseball and football..Times change... *NM*
        • Does this mean we are ancient history?? *NM*
          • In a way I guess it does..Times change and time marches on.. *NM*
    • I think there still are people working on electronics, either fixing up old devices or making new ones. *NM*
    • On YouTube there are young people repairing model trains, completely disassembling, cleaning, soldering etc. so I'm wary of making generalizations regarding generations. *NM*
      • Great point. The generational thing is nonsense. It seems that “boomers” are called out online more than any other generation, yet the demographic is made up of individuals, just like all other demographics. It’s silly but online, especially, it’s a thing. *NM*
  • The local cars and coffee draws a very large crowd of people of all ages
  • I see younger folk, and women as well at shows in my area, immigrants as well. It seems to me hobbyists have been complaining about the graying of the hobby for a decade or more. *NM*
• As I recall, they also made a roadster version of that truck. *NM*
• With that hint I was able to find that kit, which was 1-72 and 1-48. It also let me find the mystery boat, South Vietnam navy RAG patrol boat kit picture. Still not certain of just how it was operated, though. *NM*
• Thanks for the info. Sounds like your dad's boat moved right along with that pair! *NM*
  • Oh yeah, it was very cool! Never took too long to get to wherever the fish were biting out in L.I. Sound someplace. *NM*