Sunstar America, lnc., Hayward, Calif.?? I got in a kit of a dilapidated garage, and included with it was a Wayne 60 1/43? excellent model of a 1937 Texaco gas pump. I could not find SunStar on the net, so wonder if they did other gasoline brands, like Conoco, Skelly, and Frontier? Really a good model, so....anybody familiar with SunStar?
Somethin' from nothin'...a vintage Tootsietoy refurb:
Probably 1/56-scale or so. Just an experiment playing with panel lines. Homemade windscreen needs some work, lol.
PD
@pd posted:Somethin' from nothin'...a vintage Tootsietoy refurb:
Probably 1/56-scale or so. Just an experiment playing with panel lines. Homemade windscreen needs some work, lol.
PD
Very nice I like restoring these old Tootsietoys
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@lee drennen posted:Very nice I like restoring these old Tootsietoys
Nice work,better than new.
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Not an auto, but on Ali Express I picked up this neat and surprisingly-accurately-scaled James Bond Acrostar jet.
More pics and opinions here:
https://chicagovalleyrailroad....s-bond-acrostar.html
I also snapped better and more thorough pics of the "Driven" wrecker I showed earlier and put them in the same post.
PD, Nice work, is that an MG or a Jag? Either way it looks outstanding!
Lee, the trailer is coming along nicely! Just wondering where you get these kits? I might have to try one down the road.
Well guys yesterday I was able to get out to the train room and got the chrome on the fire engine, worked on reattaching the ladder, so if everything works out I will work on getting the bottom back on this morning and call it done! LOL Here are just a couple photos!
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Mike. Your fire truck is looking very nice and a great update. This one I don’t know it’s the Revell Honest John Kit but I added Bass Wood sides and styrene and I found some hinges for it. I also found some Don Mills Wheels for it last night so I will paint it and it’s going on the layout.
Thank you Lee! I really like your model building skills and your finish products are just outstanding! after the fire engine and Tower I have a couple building I have to make into flats to go in front of a window. Then I am going to try another car!
Hey Guys,
I notice alot of you swap out the standard wheels and tires in a kit for better ones. I've got some toy die cast (especially trucks but also cars) with really bad toy-ish wheels and some that are missing wheels for which even less-than-ideal kit wheels would be a definite upgrade.
I'd be more than happy to pay shipping and maybe even a couple bucks on top for whatever kit wheels you all would be willing to save from the trash and send my way.
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Great work!
Yes Mike very nice your hard work paid off. Now you have to do another one sometime it looks great on the layout thanks for sharing
Great job Mike!
Atta boy Mike! Fire truck looks great! Can I ask you, how did you get the ladder assembly off, and how did you mount it back on? I’m seriously looking at a dinky fire truck like that to do myself. I really got the itch to do one watching your restoration.
Joel
Joel he knock that one out of the park now he’s got me wanting to finish my corgi Mack B fire truck
Yup, Lee, it’s addicting!😃
@lee drennen posted:This one I don’t know it’s the Revell Honest John Kit but I added Bass Wood sides and styrene and I found some hinges for it.
Good to know about the Honest John. I'll keep my eyes out for a deal on one of those.
I wonder if the Honest John is among the Revell tooling that Atlantis picked up? I'd love to be able to someday buy it for 40% off at Hobby Lobby...
The lovely Sinclair tanker is a bit too old for my Christmas layout, but I'm strongly considering picking up the '55 Chevy Stake Truck. Even on a modern layout, a classic flat truck could find a home.
January 1953, white Cadillac Eldorado, Body number 002 with red and white interior, was made famous when Ike and Mamie Eisenhower rode in it during Ike's inaugural parade. Rumor had it that GM made of gift of that Eldorado to Ike however GM records showed it was returned and in Company Service. It was then shipped to New York in August 1953 presumably for sale. Eight years later in the early spring of 1961 after leaving Washington we find Ike and Mamie rolling over the hills near the Eisenhower Farm in Gettysburg, PA, in a white '53 Eldorado. Coincidence? If you believe in that sort of thing.I painted the black interior in red and white from pictures of the '53 Eldorado interior. Again Welley needed to have something in the back seat. This time a suitcase. I left it black this time. Dash board is red, white and chrome(silver Sharpie, gotta get me one of those Molotow chrome pens) and the seats are red and white. White is not visible because Dwight, Mamie and the suitcase. I also added loose leaf reinforcement white walls to the tires.