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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on May 20, 2018 12:57:11 GMT -6
Thanks guys!! On the way!!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on May 10, 2018 13:24:37 GMT -6
Hi Fellow Klowns!! Haven't been here for a while. Moving from TEXAS to Indiana and working 12 hours and fathers passing , well ain't had much time or will to do much!! In cleaning my dads old house my sister threw away my GROADIES /STEEL PLUCKERS WEIRDOHS model kit I had since I was a kid !! I held on to it for so long since it was one of the kits my father bought me as a boy , I am 51 now!! It was my HOLY GRAIL because I built it for my dad!! Am looking for that kit , it has 2 guys playing guitars with amp in back and coke bottles and mics!! I will trade or buy!! I have about 500 model kits I brought from TEXAS just sitting in a storage room!! Will list models here if anyone is interested!! Have been collecting for 25 years , need to sell most!! Also interested in any WEIRDOHS pr HAWK figures models!! I carried that model with me everywhere -even to HAWAII while in the MARINE CORPS!! I really miss that thing!! Thanks Guys!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Aug 22, 2017 13:46:33 GMT -6
Hey CHUCK!! Hi this is Ruben ,havent been in awhile .I sent you that SSSSERPENT ROD PYRO kit awhile back!!! SSSSSSS!! Back in Indiana now!! Whats the name of that new site you started CARTOONS!! I wanted to get on your new site!! Thanks for all the help you give to all the klowns!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 6, 2017 21:40:02 GMT -6
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!!! Hoping all our dreams and wishes come true!! HAPPY MODELING!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 6, 2017 20:46:02 GMT -6
Hope 2017 will be a great year and PROSPEROUS one for all!!! Wishing all your dreams come true and find ourselves in GREAT HEALTH !!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jul 5, 2016 11:45:56 GMT -6
KOOL!!!!! What imagination!!!! We need to start something like this today here!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jul 5, 2016 11:38:56 GMT -6
Oh ,,, I drop in water after the parts come loose so it wont melt the plastic , just a precaution ,its never happened to me _ but better safe than sorry and having to be p'd and throw the @#^**% thing against the wall and..... oh sorry ,need my meds!!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jul 5, 2016 11:36:01 GMT -6
Welllllll , I buy old built kits and I buy testors or any type of thinner and place the thinner with a paint brush where I want to detach the part!!! Has worked for me for 20 years!!! On some real brittle kits I have had parts like the axle / tire break , but I needed to replace anyway!!! So be careful if its an expensive or rare kit!! Start with small drops and it should loosen!! Thinner loosens anything!!!!!!!! ALOHA!!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on May 10, 2016 15:19:01 GMT -6
Any Ulrich Mini Men (old , busted ,broken or new) Need for a display at local Indiana Library!! Want to get kids interested in Model Cars again instead of killing Zombies all day!! Will pay what I can!! Need by end of May if possible!! I have the models but need the mini men!! Thanks!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Nov 10, 2015 17:28:03 GMT -6
November 29 Auburn ,Indiana Model Car Show. It's supposed to be at the Automotive Museum in Auburn !! Thought some one might know more about it!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Oct 28, 2015 15:22:44 GMT -6
DUHHH... What was the question!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Aug 30, 2015 12:44:53 GMT -6
How much for Carl Casper s UNDERTAKER , MEAM MAVERICK AND POISON PINTO - alone OR together ? I am in Decatur ,Indiana 46733 , Thanks!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Aug 16, 2015 12:08:00 GMT -6
Hey Klowns!! Have'nt been here in awhile!! Had Kidney failure problems then heart problems!! Trying to get back on my feet again!! Wonderin if anyone has any old 1/24 kits from 1950s or 60s , old busted ,puttied up cracked models you wish to get rid of!! ! Ill pay what I can!! Just need something to repair , work on while waiting for VA to make up their F#**~g mind about my heart condition!! Also looking for old Car Model , Rod & Custom Model magz!!! Thanks!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 22, 2015 22:13:51 GMT -6
I use the cheap Dollar Store oven cleaner and never had a problem with plastic melting!!! Use on scrap plastic first to make sure !! I use an old baby wipes plastic container with lid to strip my models!! Just place model / parts on container , spray oven cleaner on model and close lid!!! Then after an hour or so take an old toothbrush and start brushing off the paint!!! Spray on some more as needed . You can also try nail polish remover for the small , stubborn spots . Hope this helps!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 22, 2015 22:01:09 GMT -6
Sorry about the kits !! I first apply some thinner on ALL the parts , once the majority of parts are off I get the smallest drill bit and make holes on the joints that have the heaviest glue!! I then apply some more thinner and that usually breaks the joints !! Make sure you be careful with the dremel!! Just practice , you should be good man!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 22, 2015 21:48:02 GMT -6
Just have FUN man!! IF you foul up there is always thinner and paint stripper !!!!!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 22, 2015 21:44:16 GMT -6
Well WELCOMW ABOARD PETER from OTTAWA!! I'm Ruben from TEXAS!! Sounds like you got some neat stuff!! DRAGON WAGON store display!! ALA KART & CLUB DE MER are some of my favorites!! I have some original builts and new sealed ALA KARTS & Club De MERS!! Lots of great guys here at the coffin!!! Don't hesitate to ask for help!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 13, 2015 23:07:22 GMT -6
I went downtown today and passed by the old "B'S HOBBIES" building in my hometown of Brownsville ,TEXAS. "B"s HOBBIES" was opened sometime in the 1980'S after "MAX HOBBIES" closed down around 1975. "B'S HOBBIES" shop was owned by an old couple. The old man took care of the train sets and his wife took care of the model cars , planes and paints!! I remember dropping in that shop sometime in 1994 about 4 months after I got married. The old man was sitting in the right-hand corner of the place , just buffing away on that LIONEL box car. It was a small room that had a 5 foot train set. He would clean and fix those trains for hours!! You could see the excitement in his eyes. He was in his own little world!! I walked around and looked at some TOM DANIEL kits, a BLACK WIDOW kit and some Fine Scale Modeler magazines which the lady sold me for 25 cents. She told me they had been robbed a couple of times and had been broken into since they opened the place. Yet they still remained open . A couple of months later I stopped by and the place was closed with a sign that said "Closed - Opened Saturdays only." I called the phone # on the sign and asked her if they would open this weekend and the lady said that she could not open because her husband had fallen ill. I told her I might stop by some other Saturday. I called back about a month later and she told me that her husband had passed and that she was closing down for the time being. Years went by. She never re-opened again. I still go by there and wonder at all the old model cars , train sets, paints and magazines still in there to this day!! I walked into the washer & drier business next door to ask about the place. The young couple told me that the old lady just could not bring herself to open it up again. She had passed it along to her son and daughters in DALLAS but weren't interested in the business. That 15'x 40' place remains closed to this very day. I regret not buying a couple of kits that day , maybe , just maybe they might still be open.
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 1, 2015 15:31:15 GMT -6
Starry eyes , might have a 'SNAP DRAGIN " loose built ,but am not sure what it looks like!! Have lots!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jan 1, 2015 15:29:57 GMT -6
Funnybug - PM sent ,Let me know if you did not receive PM
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Dec 29, 2014 12:52:05 GMT -6
WELCOME there MODELMAN!! What do you build?? Where you from??
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Dec 25, 2014 22:48:29 GMT -6
Hey Klowns!! Got this 1/16 MICKEY THOMPSON Revelleader yellow Funny car!! No box just the built model , seems all there except the front wheels snapped off .The front suspension is super fragile ,all there but they are snapped with both tires still there. I will try to fix them. Nice model , no scratches ,good decals!! $20 + $10 shipping!! Have lots of models for sale , need to sell all models due to health problems. Thinning collection , just keeping old builts!!! Have about 300 kits , built and unbuilt!! Price will be about $10-$15!! mostly $10 or less. Lots of old model magazines Scale Auto from 1993, Lots of old TRAIN MODEL MAGZ. H O train stuff. Just state what your looking for , no grails some (built) Paddy Wagons , Beer WAgon, Ala Kart. Have been hoarding for some time. Will make list of some to start off. Just state what you need!! Lots of parts and tires also. Never sold on ebay .
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Dec 24, 2014 12:12:16 GMT -6
Wishing all you KLOWNS a"MERRY - MERRY CHRISTMAS" and "HAPPY NEW YEAR"!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Dec 24, 2014 12:08:57 GMT -6
I would like to wish all you KLOWNS a"MERRY - MERRY CHRISTMAS" and a "HAPPY NEW YEAR"!!!!!! And keep WHACKING PLASTIC!!!!! HO-HO-HO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Dec 21, 2014 20:26:55 GMT -6
Do you have a picture ?? What is the OUTSIDERS MODELING CLUB?? Thanks!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Nov 21, 2014 22:02:37 GMT -6
If Starry EYES doesn't know then no one does!!!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Sept 28, 2014 12:28:12 GMT -6
Have a 55 1/16 built for $30 includes shipping!! ONly in USA!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Aug 27, 2014 17:18:39 GMT -6
WEll hey there darque wanderer- Nice to meet ya!! I was at KMCAS from 1989-1992!! Loved those strip bars!! LOLLIPOPS on WAIKIKI was the best for me!! Then stumbling to Jack in the Kracks for some food!! The best sight was at 1:00 am at the liberty bus pick- up and about 40 MARINES passed out on the grass!! WE never left one of our brothers behind!!! I just felt sorry for the WMs (WOMEN MARINES) that had to ride back to base with us on that bus !!GREAT TIMES BROTHERS!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Aug 6, 2014 17:16:55 GMT -6
I have sent WILD DREAM and KING T years ago!! I did it in case they would need them in the museum for whatever reason!! It is a great job that Mark is doing (along with donations), of preserving the model car hobby!! I understand that credit or a THANK YOU should be given- maybe Mark does not have the time to thank every person that donates a model to the museum!! I am just glad there are people like MARK GUSTAVSON , TIM BOYD, PAT COVERT , KEN HAMILTON and model pioneers like Dave Shuklis, Bud Anderson, Mr Keeler and all the great modelers that have contributed to this great HOBBY of ours!!
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Jul 23, 2014 14:44:08 GMT -6
James Garner was one of my fovorite actors!! He was a car guy!! GRAND PRIX was a great movie!! Rockford Files was a great tv show!! R.I.P. MR GARNER!!! Thanks for the memories!!
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