Light Mail Week

I have TCDB trading turned off right now because we're getting the guest room ready for daughter and grandbaby to come stay with us while son-in-law is deployed. Consequently, no return mail coming in, so let's see some of the scale models I've built recently.

Emhar 1/72 Lockheed F-94C Starfire

Monogram 1/25 1966 Kurtis Kraft

Monogram 1/25 1966 Super Modified

KP 1/72 Skoda D.1

Hobby Craft 1/72 Sukhoi SU-22U Fitter

Scale Modelling Update

 Here are some of the kits I've completed in the last several months.

AMT 1/35 scale USMC LAV-25AT

Lindberg 1/35 scale Polish BMP-1U

Airfix 1/72 Vought OS2U Kingfisher

 

AMT 1/25 1950 Ford

Revell 1/25 1969 Chevy Camaro

Inspired by a Japanese F-4 Phantom (Kai).

A bit off the wall with the camo, but I wanted to do something different.

A Car And A Card

When I posted recently about the model kits I had built in the last 18 months or so, I left one out. Since I'm a completest I wanted to show it to you, but with a sports card theme, since this is my sports card blog and I don't have a blog for my models.

I finished this Monogram '29 Ford Roadster Pickup kit for an Instagram build-off last year. I modified it with period wheels and a Chevy hood.

I tried to pick out a baseball card that matched the color of the kit, obviously my first thought was of the Pirates. I also remembered that '87 Donruss was a black-bordered set. And I wanted a card with a player wearing mostly black but with some obvious yellow. This Junior Ortiz card fit all the criteria.

So there you have it, A Car And A Card.

Hey, maybe I'll make this a regular topic!

Gassed and Cracked

Combination post of my latest car model and some highlights from a box of cards from A Cracked Bat received a while back.

First up, some shots of the AMT 1949 Ford Coupe gasser "The Gas Man" I recently finished. 

I didn't follow the box art to finish this kit, I gave it my own interpretation.

Julie sent a small box packed with Angels cards, so I selected a few to highlight this awesome trade.

2001 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects Certified Autograph Issue BDPA-JL

1994 Donruss Studio Editors Choice #6

2013 Panini Americas Pastime #5, 082/125 and #70, 094/125

2015 Diamond King #99 Silver 32/99

Todd Greene!

 2018 Topps Fire Gold Minted #67, #173

1998 Stadium Club Never Compromise #NC19

2014 Topp Tier One Bat Relic TOR-MT 064/399 

And this beauty.

Thanks so much Julie.

Cars and Cards

Latest model car I completed, and some recently received cards in the mail.

My son won this kit as a door prize at the annual model kit show I've gone to the last 6-7 years now.

He let me have it since he isn't really a model builder any more.

I decided to go with a more custom look, than the traditional red shown on the box.

The kit came with these funky purple decals, but no explanation or photos of body color options. My wife suggested a yellow. I couldn't see that combination at first but I went with it anyhow. After a while I started to kinda dig it. I also wanted the interior to stand out more, so I went with white, with the same purple highlights.

I left off the side windows as I couldn't get them to fit in with the cockpit.

I think it's a flaw in the kit, they were too big and couldn't really be trimmed down.

Would have looked better with them on.

I don't usually add any extra details to the engine, just use the parts that come with the kit.

Don't look too close, but I forgot to install the tail lights before I sealed up the chassis to the body!

I'm pleased with the outcome.

Jim (aka Mr. Haverkamp) went to the National in Cleveland earlier this year and actually thought of me.

He picked up this nice 1962 Post card that was on my Top Ten. He also sent me some really sweet Fleer Baseball Stickers (still pecking away at those sets).

These Grand Slams are some of the older stickers, and harder to come by.

Thank You Jim!

The Latest In Model Cars

Finished the Revell 1/25 '69 Camaro Yenko/SC 427 Coupe. 

Picked it up for $5 at the resale shop my daughter works at. 

Decided to go with LeMans Blue (though not EXACTLY LeMans Blue) after realizing silver was not an original color. Original colors are:

Hugger Orange

LeMans Blue

Fathom Green

Daytona Yellow

Rally Green

Olympic Gold

Here's a nice website explaining the car.

Fun build.

Model Building Maniac

I mentioned a few posts back that I haven't been doing much baseball-carding lately because I've reignited my first hobby - model building. Fuji asked if I ever posted any pictures of my builds, so here a few of the latest cars I've done. I've been an airplane guy my whole life, but I've also enjoyed cars, ships, and tanks from time-to-time.

Originally built this like Dick Tracy's car at least 20 years ago.

Then I decided to rebuild it about 10 years ago, into a hot rod,

but it got put on hold, until last month when I finally finished it.

Here's another kit I started long ago:

I had built this kit the first time in the early 80's, and enjoyed it. Feeling kinda nostalgic I wanted to build it again, so I started one about 10 years ago.

That one got put on hold as well, until I recently finished it.

I just do basic builds, using spray paint and bottle paint. I have an airbrush but don't really have a set-up for it yet. And I can't justify the expense of after-market upgrades. The best part is the actual building of the kit.

Now I'm on to this one which I picked up at a resale shop for 5 bucks.

I'm not a pro-modeler by any stretch of the imagination, and I have limited resources, but I'm pleased with the outcome of these, after being estranged from the hobby for sooooo long.

Thanks for asking Fuji.