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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Ryan, Feb 8, 2021.

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  2. Rolleiflex
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    Ha, ha this post will probably spawn a ton of Ebay and Etsy searches today. :D
    If only life was a simple as model car box artwork.
     
  3. Nostrebor
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    LOL at this story Ryan!

    I'm glad he interrupted the game for this, the images are great. Too bad he didn't call during the halftime show... it was easy to miss.
     
  4. Tim
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    figure if they aren’t going to be sold what’s the point? The chance that who ever deals with your estate is going g to care about super old model cars is slim to none. Have fun with them!

    *edit: totally missed his reference to Mark’s stuff not the over all thread. LOL. Point remains other wise :)
     
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  5. I have a bunch on our 1/24 slot car layout. When my 4 year crashes into them I just get the model glue back out. I Love da, da, da, model glue! 190.jpg 20170205_030806.jpg
     
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  6. Moriarity
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    Check the far out verbiage on the Deals Wheels 57 instruction sheet

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  7. Moriarity
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    Car guys watch football?? Hell, I didn't even know it was on until it was over...
     
  8. Man, these are great. I had some cool boxes, but trashed them because I was a dumb kid. The vast majority of them were 70's and 80's kits, which all had terrible box art.... er... no box art at all. Just a built up version of the kit on a white background. Snooze...
     
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  9. We only watched it because my wife wanted to.
     
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  10. Nostrebor
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    My 15 year old son is obsessed with football. I am learning to like it, but should have spent yesterday in the shop.;)
     
  11. KevKo
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    I don't have the old box top, but Ron Funkhouser showed it in one of his posts. This is an AMT 1936 Ford coupe. The body was a newer issue, but the chopped top and nose are from the original issue, maybe 1962-ish? The wheels are 40 Ford, widened in back. I masked and painted the skull and flames. There is no detail, no engine, etc. Just looks good, if you don't get too close!
     

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  12. Thanks for bringing back some pleasant memories of lots of pre-teen projects to another old fart. Green Hornet, Scorpion dragster, Deuce roadster......wonder what happened to them.
    I can still smell the glue.
     
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    The Forty-Niner 1/32" scale roadster pickup kit pictured here is the first model I remember having. The closer I get to making my car look like something that could be on an old model car box; the better I like it. This is the stuff that made me want one of these cars. Some of the kits are of really crude looking cars, not the really refined cars like the Bob McGee roadster because the models are a step removed from the real thing; what some model car manufacturer thought would sell to kids. A hot rod has to appeal to the basic kid still inside this old failing body.
     
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    I've got the roadster from the Revell kit in the lead photo @Ryan posted... roadster model.jpeg
     
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  19. goldmountain
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    Rolleiflex was right. I looked up a model on Ebay. The Monogram Deuce roadster with the "Devil Deuce" grille insert. I remember that this was an early deuce highboy with a flathead; no chrome or rubber like tires but great details. After my last dumb impulsive online purchase, I fear what my wife will think.
     
  20. AHotRod
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    I always wanted to do this one:

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  22. continentaljohn
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    A few box art I have collected and just love the graphics image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg
     
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  23. Ryan
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    "Devil Drag" is amazing...
     
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  24. continentaljohn
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    And not all of them came in a box image.jpg
     
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    Hands down, this is my favorite model and box art.
     
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  26. continentaljohn
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    One of my favs is the black widow image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg
     
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  27. continentaljohn
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    Black widow one of my faves and Monogram and Lindbergh had some cool landscape scenes along with killer art . image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg
     
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