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Post by Starryeyes on May 21, 2020 20:59:59 GMT -5
My latest score ..a snap -fit “The HOMER” .. to be honest even though it was already built I have plans of disassembling, painting and rear-assembling .. a little disappointed in how “clunky” it goes together ..  That should be fun ! I've looked at these a few times and figured it was a typical Japanese kit , neat looking and on the small side .  On the contrary!!! This thing is more like 1/20 or 1:16th !! |
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Post by Starryeyes on Jun 15, 2020 16:58:32 GMT -5
After years and years of searching for 1 Of 30 my dream became a reality .. ladies and toon-heads meet : “ThunderPig” the Justin Pug in a 1947 Dogem Bumper Car ! I am absolutely stoked to receive this kit for my collection ! Attachments:
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Post by TooOld on Jun 16, 2020 8:10:32 GMT -5
After years and years of searching for 1 Of 30 my dream became a reality .. ladies and toon-heads meet : “ThunderPig” the Justin Pug in a 1947 Dogem Bumper Car ! I am absolutely stoked to receive this kit for my collection ! Congrats buddy ! You're really good at searching out these rare resin kits !  |
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Post by Starryeyes on Jun 16, 2020 8:51:04 GMT -5
After years and years of searching for 1 Of 30 my dream became a reality .. ladies and toon-heads meet : “ThunderPig” the Justin Pug in a 1947 Dogem Bumper Car ! I am absolutely stoked to receive this kit for my collection ! Congrats buddy ! You're really good at searching out these rare resin kits ! Thanks Bob ! At my age it’s like a treasure hunt ... LOL |
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Post by Fletch on Jun 16, 2020 10:36:45 GMT -5
And Chuck comes up with yet another treasure! What a find. Looking forward to seeing it built.
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Post by Starryeyes on Jun 16, 2020 18:23:08 GMT -5
And Chuck comes up with yet another treasure! What a find. Looking forward to seeing it built. Thanks Fletch ! Looking forward to this one for sure ..!! |
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Post by sharp on Jun 16, 2020 20:54:07 GMT -5
I dig the box art! That looks like a fun build!
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Post by Starryeyes on Jun 17, 2020 16:40:43 GMT -5
I dig the box art! That looks like a fun build! My old pal John Dietrich did the box art and sculpting , Larry Krauck cast it .. this has been in my radar for years .. it’s like finding the pit of gold at the end of the rainbow ... ! |
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Post by jcon on Jun 18, 2020 16:57:36 GMT -5
Are you gonna do a resin copy of the original?
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Post by Starryeyes on Jun 21, 2020 11:25:09 GMT -5
Are you gonna do a resin copy of the original? First of all it would be awesome to make Copies , but there are 4 people that were involved in the original project so written permission would be absolute paramount.. secondly the cost of materials to do a project like this is an easy $2,000-$2500 to do it properly .. pressure pot , vacuum pot, 2-stage vacuum pump , gloves, mixing sticks, microwave, digital scale, then mold making supplies , casting resin , mold release , making of mold boxes and so I and so forth .. there’s ALWAYS a significant amount of wasted products, short shots , parts that have voids for whatever reason .. all this PLUS your time of designing molds etc I think you’d be hard pressed to even break even.. so at this point due to the funds that WOULD BE required and courtesy to the original artists involved ,I’m not going to take advantage of the guys who have already put all this forward .. but what a great project and collaboration process this must have been .. ! |
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Post by plastimatic on Jul 16, 2020 17:25:03 GMT -5
If you've got an Ollies nearby, you might find one of these on the cheap!
Not much more than a snap kit for juniors, but well made, and mostly pre-painted.
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Post by Starryeyes on Jul 16, 2020 20:13:56 GMT -5
If you've got an Ollies nearby, you might find one of these on the cheap!
Not much more than a snap kit for juniors, but well made, and mostly pre-painted.
I see your wheels spinning sir ... 😬 |
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Post by donculley on Jul 16, 2020 21:15:54 GMT -5
If you've got an Ollies nearby, you might find one of these on the cheap!
Not much more than a snap kit for juniors, but well made, and mostly pre-painted.
I see your wheels spinning sir ... 😬 |
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Post by donculley on Jul 16, 2020 21:17:29 GMT -5
My wife picked up one of these for me a few years back , the only difference was only Shaggy and Scooby came with the kit AND I had to paint them LOL !
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Post by TooOld on Jul 16, 2020 23:03:00 GMT -5
Nice snap kit , I'll have to check out my nearby Ollie's ! My wife picked up one of these for me a few years back , the only difference was only Shaggy and Scooby came with the kit AND I had to paint them LOL ! This is actually a new tool from Revell not the old Polar Lights kit , more info at this link : car-toons.proboards.com/thread/1239/mystery-machine |
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