Model Cars ?

[CMorg]

I was messing around in the basement getting stuff ready for a garage sale. I ran across a few old model cars I built when I was a bit younger ( 18 years ago ) anyway , I could almost smell the glue , and the testors model paint. I got to thinking , Id like to build one of those again , just to reminess of a much simpler time. Turns out , apparently the kids dont build them anymore ? wally world doesnt have a single kit. Amazing. Did anyone else build kits , or still do , of has this pastime slipped away forever ?

[Bassboss]

I do it every so often. Not like a hobby, but I do it. I sold them all at our garage sale, 5 bucks each!

I just wish they made model bass boats!

[zooker]

they still sell them but ya have to look in a hobby store better be ready for some sticker shock..it sure aint $5 a kit any more.. last one i seen was $15 i think..

zooker

[bcklash]

Yea I built them for years, but I'm in my mid 50's now and my fingers don't work like they used to. I still got some nascar models built and unopened kits. I would like to try again but I'm afraid I would get pizzed when it didn't turn out like they used to.

[MrPhotographer06]

yeah i mess with them.


heres a guy i know through a forum.

http://www.dippy.org/forum2/index.php/topic,1376.0.html

he does crazy stuff with model cars.

http://www.dippy.org/forum2/index.php/topic,2342.0.html

like make a 5th avenue with pillow seats, lowered, and make all the stuff like his 5a, from a diecast

[66KingFisher]

Yep I built a zillion of them as a kid....my brother did too....Its still a big hobby with a large following but its not near as popular with the younger generation as it used to be.....back then we had model building, now they have Xbox360......can ya blame them?

Walmart stopped handling them a couple of years back....blamed lack of sales....I still pick up a copy of model car magazine occasionally just to keep up with the hobby....i'd like to build some myself, but Lord knows i've got too many hobbies as it is....lol.

Check out www.scaleautomag.com to find out more on car building.

Oh yeah....I got three Ratfink models unopened.

[CMorg]

Originally Posted by 66KingFisher

Yep I built a zillion of them as a kid....my brother did too....Its still a big hobby with a large following but its not near as popular with the younger generation as it used to be.....back then we had model building, now they have Xbox360......can ya blame them?

Walmart stopped handling them a couple of years back....blamed lack of sales....I still pick up a copy of model car magazine occasionally just to keep up with the hobby....i'd like to build some myself, but Lord knows i've got too many hobbies as it is....lol.

Check out www.scaleautomag.com to find out more on car building.

Oh yeah....I got three Ratfink models unopened.

Awsome , thanks for the link. Thanks to all for the input. I may try to build one this fall when yardwork/fishing slows down...

[1/4 stick]

Yea, I did a few of them. Screwed up a few too cause I'm one of those guys that tend to look at the instructions after something didn't fit together right, and I couldn't wait for the glue to dry.

http://www.revell.com/community/virtual-model.html

[bassintom]

Originally Posted by Bassboss

I do it every so often. Not like a hobby, but I do it. I sold them all at our garage sale, 5 bucks each!

I just wish they made model bass boats!

They do! or they did.A few years back my wife got me an El Camino towing a Ranger bass boat kit.I think it was a Revell kit.Theres a store near me sells models.I still have a 70 Monte Carlo low rider kit I never built yet.

[bamabassman]

used to build so many mom had a duck, lol. then my brother and i would take them out side and pour a loittle gas on the ones we didn't like anymore, light em and roll them down a hill till it hit another one that had a little gas on it. BOOM! a car crash. watch em melt. wish we didn't do it now,lol. some were classics.

[MrPhotographer06]

Originally Posted by bassintom

.I still have a70 Monte Carlo low rider kit I never built yet.

wanna sell it. thats my dream car, 70 Monte Carlo

[66KingFisher]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

used to build so many mom had a duck, lol. then my brother and i would take them out side and pour a loittle gas on the ones we didn't like anymore, light em and roll them down a hill till it hit another one that had a little gas on it. BOOM! a car crash. watch em melt. wish we didn't do it now,lol. some were classics.

Hahahahaha......we did the same thing...put firecrackers and M80's in them and roll down the driveway......hahahaha.....boys and their toys.

[Captmikestarrett]

I built planes alot. Some even flew some just crashed. Built a 3 foot Aircraft carrier once and filled it with powder and gas and firecrackers. Lit the deck and pushed it off into a small pond. What a show till the gas ignited the shore grass. Stomped the fire out with the help of my buddies.

That night I got busted from the burnt jeans I was wearing.

Refused to tell my Dad how it happened. Silence got me a week in the house. Never ratted...

Capt Mike

[Randy]

Bassboss , I found a metal model of a Ranger 363 at , believe it or not , Big Lots ( something like a dollar store in Fl ) I first got it for my daughter , but I liked it so much it is on my desk at work . I get quite a few people commenting on it . The outboard turns by hand , the rod locker doors open . Came with a dual axle trailer too . Its pretty cool , looks very close to the real thing . They are out there , just gotta keep lookin .
Randy

[dave]

Originally Posted by Captmikestarrett

I built planes alot. Some even flew some just crashed. Built a 3 foot Aircraft carrier once and filled it with powder and gas and firecrackers. Lit the deck and pushed it off into a small pond. What a show till the gas ignited the shore grass. Stomped the fire out with the help of my buddies.

That night I got busted from the burnt jeans I was wearing.

Refused to tell my Dad how it happened. Silence got me a week in the house. Never ratted...

Capt Mike

Knowing what you know, what do you think would have happened with Louie's dad?

[1/4 stick]

Originally Posted by 66KingFisher

Hahahahaha......we did the same thing...put firecrackers and M80's in them and roll down the driveway......hahahaha.....boys and their toys.

hahaha, I did that. Nice to know I'm not the only pyro on the board.

[Captmikestarrett]

Originally Posted by dave

Knowing what you know, what do you think would have happened with Louie's dad?

He would made me spilt wood for three weeks and do it with out pants.

Capt Mike

[MrPhotographer06]

Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

hahaha, I did that. Nice to know I'm not the only pyro on the board.

when we go camping, we take a bottle of lighter fluid for fun

and we dont use it to START the fire. haha

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by Randy

Bassboss , I found a metal model of a Ranger 363 at , believe it or not , Big Lots ( something like a dollar store in Fl ) I first got it for my daughter , but I liked it so much it is on my desk at work . I get quite a few people commenting on it . The outboard turns by hand , the rod locker doors open . Came with a dual axle trailer too . Its pretty cool , looks very close to the real thing . They are out there , just gotta keep lookin .
Randy

Sweet! I think we got a big lots arounde here some where!

I'll keep my eyes peeled! How much was it?

[Foyt20]

I have an M1A2 Abrams Sitting at my parents house waiting for me to pick it up and finish it. Been 3 or 4 years that it was sitting there though

[bcklash]

Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

hahaha, I did that. Nice to know I'm not the only pyro on the board.

make that 3 of us

[1/4 stick]

Originally Posted by bcklash

make that 3 of us

We better be quiet or they won't allow us at any of the get togethers.

I can see it now.....
WHHHOOOSHHH!!! "oooopps! Sorry bout that zook!" lmao

[Christopherkeene9]

Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

We better be quiet or they won't allow us at any of the get togethers.

I can see it now.....
WHHHOOOSHHH!!! "oooopps! Sorry bout that zook!" lmao

Count 4, just got back from camping in SC last week. And with camping there's camp fires

[1/4 stick]

hehehehe.....

http://www.allaboutstuff.com/Sports_...re_Fishing.asp

[66KingFisher]

When I was alot younger and alot stupider, I managed to get my hands on a dozen or so simulator hand grenades from an army buddy of mine at the time......they had the same kick as the real deal just in a cardboard container instead of the metal kind.....Lets just say there were alot of strange explosions heard around the town that year...lol....even dropped a couple on the deserted downtown main street one nite, just about a block from the police station....man what a racket,broke windows in a couple of shops....I thought fer sure we was gonna get caught that nite.