more cars that I had owned in real life. Now I have about 30 of the 116 real ones in 1:18

scale. I have a 3' wide X 6' tall glass cabinet with a few of my fathers cars too.

Now I purchased a real 57 Thunderbird and have been looking for the 1:18 Diecast in White.

I've seen lots of them, but the all have Continental Kits, which my real car does not have. 1957

was the first year Ford put the spare tire in the trunk. So, I want one in white without the exterior spare. I have painted some, but prefer not to paint one

Questions: Does the continental Kit come off? Is there a better place to look than ebay?

What are finer brands? Acceptable brands? Brands to stay away from?

Thanks for your advice.

I’ll post some reference photos, but I won’t be working on this for a while.

Can anyone tell me what year this Ford Mustang Boss 302 is?

The Description doesn't list the year.

Ertl made some old panel trucks that would work - but I don't know if they make "plain" ones? We've all seen them from Wix Filters or NAPA etc. I want 100 plain ones or would special order with our logo.

Have any of you worked with these and have some thoughts to share?

Thanks in advance!!!

Don

I assume many of the members here were (like me) model builders back in the 50's, 60's or 70's. 

I built countless models in almost every genre available, cars, airplanes, ships, etc. But mostly car models and my favorites at the time, the Aurora monster models. I still have the full set in display cases in my garage but I'm ashamed to say they are dusty beyond belief right now as the attached photo will show. I think cleaning these will be my "make work project" until the UPS truck shows up with more car parts.

Anyway, my point is that I found a pretty interesting video on YouTube a few days ago that gives some good history on the Aurora, Monogram and Revell plastics companies that built all these great models back in the day. So, if you have a little time on your hands... and I know you do right now, it's really worth a watch. Especially if you were one of those kids that always seemed to have some Testors model paint on your desk, table, T-shirt or fingers. Enjoy:

this one in the color that was for only the Kaiser family

no damage w/packing material

$425 shipped from 48363

It makes sense to do so and allows me the opportunity to correct my previous misstating the scale.

If I haven't said so before, I am very impressed with this forum, I appreciate the comradery, the humor,

and the breadth of "your" hobby and hope to reflect that in mine.     ("Zero to 120 in seconds!!! -that really is a pretty good joke!)

Here’s a list of the cars, contact me with questions about the condition and pricing about specific cars.

Cadillac Fleetwoods :1959 baby blue $90, 1961 tan $175, *1962 Red $150

Buicks 1958 Roadmaster Cpe yellow/white $165, 1959 Invicta convert silver green $125

Corvette 1958 white/silver. $135

Lincoln 1956 Mk11 pale green w interior* $200,1958 Continental 4 dr turquoise $100,58 Continental Yellow with box $135, 59 Continental metallic pink $130,

Pontiac 1958 Bonneville green convertible $100 , 58 Bonneville Convert $150,59 Bonneville blue/wht Bonneville Cpe $160

Mercury 1959 Copper Convertible $150, 1961 Mercury yellow convertible $125, 1965 Mercury tan Cpe $150

*Ford 1956 yellow/white wagon $200,1961 Ford Galaxies baby blue Cpe $80,

Thunderbird 1956 red $125, *1961 Thunderbird white Cpe $130,

Imperial convertibles 1960 red $150 ,1962 Imperial silver green convertible $130, 1958 Imperial convertible turquoise fixer $70

Rambler wagon 1960 2 tone green needs help $80

*1961 Oldsmobile super88 white/ blue $95

1950? Studebaker wind up yellow $125

Misc: 34 Packard blk Victoria $60. 35 Mercedes 540k red roadster $80

A toy to play with.

Found this cast resin body online

The Ford Model A won’t be abandoned, just back burner status.

Still have some from my early years, plus more I’ve collected.

My only interest is the early stuff, pre-1970 or so.

Anyone else on the forum collect these?

The prices for model kits throughout the swap meet were reasonable, thank goodness. 

Most of the car models were priced at $29.95. That means you could get one for only $18.  Quite the deal.

I may go back for the 1989 Camaro or the 1967 Shelby Mustang.

If so, they probably would be copies of pre-1910 cars.

Maybe one of the early balsa wood model car kits?

I decided to use my usual foam board base, cheapo craft paint, glue and some other stuff I had lying around to make a holiday street scene and include some 1/64 vehicles in the layout.  So after a week or so of effort, here’s where I am now.  It’s not done yet but I’m in the home stretch.  The small Christmas trees will be in the fenced in area soon and I have some miniature people to put on the sidewalk.  The little trees I made from pipe cleaners wrapped around a pencil point and then painted green. The vehicles are mostly Greenlight and Johnny Lightning 1/64 plus two matchbox cars.  The nice thing is this is very budget friendly compared to hobby shop stuff.  This stuff keeps me busy and out of trouble 😀.

• Revell and Monogram seem to be the best. Detail and finished product.
• AMT is next.
• Lindberg follows behind. Details aren't so great and sometimes the car body comes in several pieces. I couldn't seem to get that together properly.

Some observations on other manufacturers:

•  I always wanted to buy a Hubley metal kit, but they were just a bit expensive. Some people say they are hard to put together. Some finished models I have seen were just beautiful, though.
• I love the Pyro 1:32 brass car kits. Small but reasonably detailed. Perfect for placing on your desk without taking too much space.
• Pocher 1:8 scale kits have always been too expensive for me. Beautiful but limited choices available. Haven't seen a decently-priced kit for sale in the aftermarket.
• I have two Tamiya Ferrari kits and am impressed with their quality. Would buy a few more but the prices are getting expensive.

I'm assuming we can buy and sell on this forum. Does anyone have Pyro kits for sale?

Thanks. This forum is a pleasant alternative to the real restoration stuff.

So I’m going to try some scratch built N scale structures and set the layout size to 15” wide and 10” deep to keep it manageable.  I cheated and bought a prebuilt N scale coal loader to help me determine size of vehicles and buildings.  I have made a small scratch built shed like the HO one in the picture, the paint is drying as I write this.   Just doing that tells me this project is going to take a while…