Model Cars? now that's Grassroots!

In reply to Javelin (Forum Supporter) :

That would be really cool.

That idea is so cool in fact that I'm now holding onto it until we hear from ZackM, because I think he should turn it into a slot car.

Agreed, that little Honda would be a cool slot car! Might fit onto a Mini chassis or something similar.

Glad to see these things go to a good home.

If nobody else wants those 32 Ford parts, shove 'em into a padded envelope and send 'em my way.

In reply to slowbird :

You're the guy. Send me your address and I'll send it along.

I have several of the Hondas, purchased to make spectator cars for my slot track. It would take the guts from a Carrera "Go" or a Ninco go cart to slotify it. Smaller than a Scalextric Mini! Really nice little kits.

I'd be interested in the Chevy truck if nobody is ahead of me.

Thank you Wally!!!

If you do Motor Trend on Demand Steve Magnante has a couple of Roadkill Extras talking about his model car collection over the past two days. He covered them some in his working from home episode too. Pretty neat.

In reply to solfly :

It's yours! Send me your address. I'm heading to the post office in half an hour.

solfly said:

If you do Motor Trend on Demand Steve Magnante has a couple of Roadkill Extras talking about his model car collection over the past two days. He covered them some in his working from home episode too. Pretty neat.

Whaaaaa?!?! I love Magnante, I have to go check that out!

Also, FYI, if you have Hagerty insurance on your collector car, they give you MTOD free.

In reply to Javelin (Forum Supporter) :

What? I have Hagerty. How do I do this?

In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :

On the Hagerty web page, log in to your account. There should be a benefits tab or something like that. Click the "Free year of Motor Trend on Demand on us". I already had a paying account and it still worked the business so the log in and everything stayed the same.

UPDATE:

The two Shelby models, the Dart, the visible rotary, the 32 Ford parts and the Chevy truck have all been claimed. You guys should have mail.

All that's left is the little Honda, and if ZackM doesn't want to turn it into a slot car, I just may have to finish building it myself.

Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :

On the Hagerty web page, log in to your account. There should be a benefits tab or something like that. Click the "Free year of Motor Trend on Demand on us". I already had a paying account and it still worked the business so the log in and everything stayed the same.

Did you have to discontinue your original Motor Trend on Demand subscription?

Woody said:

UPDATE:

The two Shelby models, the Dart, the visible rotary, the 32 Ford parts and the Chevy truck have all been claimed. You guys should have mail.

All that's left is the little Honda, and if ZackM doesn't want to turn it into a slot car, I just may have to finish building it myself.

In reply to Woody :

I don't know if I "had" to, but I did.

Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to Woody :

I don't know if I "had" to, but I did.

First?

In reply to Javelin (Forum Supporter) :

I was looking at options to have the decals reproduced and found a better looking version than the red and white one. 
 

In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :

Oh I like that, I like that very much!

In reply to Woody :

Yes

I was looking at custom decals before, here's one site that offers them. http://www.circletrackdecals.com/gws-custom-decals.html

If you could scan the original busted-up decals, you could try sharpening them up or recreating them in an image editor and printing them out yourself. It's a pain in the ass to do anything that needs to have white in it, though. There's clear paper and white paper, if you need white in your logos then you have to print on the white paper and cut out the decal perfectly around the edges.

Or you can buy a really expensive printer that can print white.

I'd probably send off reference pics and get a pro to make them for me, for a whole car situation like that.

Long shot, but: if anyone has a Fujimi or Revell GT40 Mk.II and would be willing to let it go for less than ebay prices (seen them going for $75 and up) lemme know.

Wow! Those kits were dirt cheap before Ford vs Ferrari. Some of the prices on eBay are just nuts!

Did anyone ever make a formula Vee kit? What about a formula junior OSCA from 1959? I know, long shot. The vee may be a scratch build based off a VW bug kit.

I am suddenly intrigued  by the idea of models of the lesser formulae.