UPDATED 10-22-24
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OCTOBER
2024 LIST MODEL KITS BY THE COLOR BY ROY G BIV Everyone’s life is marked by significant events that shape the course of their lives: marriages, divorces, births, deaths and anniversaries. With all this going on, why would anyone remember their favorite color, especially when it was decided nearly 60 years ago. That moment occurred in Mrs. Anderson’s classroom at Ben Franklin Elementary School on what was otherwise another routine day in class. I don’t recall what Mrs. Anderson showed in class that day; maybe it was a picture of the sky or something more interesting. The predominant color was turquoise, or so she said. I was quite taken with the color and made a special point of talking to my teacher after class. This was unusual for me; I was more bent on making my great escape from class before Mrs. Anderson could give me a nasty note to take home to mom. When I got home, I shared the colorful news with mom, who seemed quite pleased with my discovery. Before mom became an occupational therapist in the 50’s, she was a talented artist at New York University. Could there be another aspiring artist in the family. No, but unknown to all at that point was a future model kit builder. I’ve continued on with my love of turquoise for years, even painting some of my kits in this color. I built a 76 Caprice about 30 years ago, using Testors paint on this kit. Its in my permanent collection, along with hundreds of other built models. I look at the Caprice often, along with my other cars. When I USED TO GO to hobby shops to pick out kits, a trip to the paint stand was obligatory. It was like a trip to the candy counter, except the sense of sight replaced the sense of smell. There’s an idea for you-edible paint! Over the past 50 plus years I’ve gone through enough paint to cover the world. I think one paint company has or had a slogan similar to that, but I won’t say who. If you could put together all the colors and shades of colors I’ve seen you could write a book, or at least a good article. That brings us to the color red. As much as I find red rather mundane, our house is white with red trim, and we currently own two red cars. How many different shades of red are there? Seems to me they are all one and the same. I recall the first model kit I built very well. It was MPC’s Mack DM800 with gravel trailer. I slaved away on that kit after school every day for weeks. When I got near the end, I thought something was missing; color! The kit was molded in white and black plastic, so it was rather plain. The box art showed a pic of a truck in red, so I decided it was okay to make a trip to KFart to spend .50 cents on a small spray can of red paint. Primer? Forget it. Not enough money. I took the spray can home, shook it up and painted the cab only of the Mack. The result was a thin but neat coat of a rather flat red. That was it for the Mack. Job done. That was probably the most detailed kit I ever built, and it was the pride of my collection for years. Since I’m going in order with all the colors in the spectrum, that brings us to orange. I’ve never painted a car orange, but in high school my first Johan kit, a 62 Dart, was molded in orange. I liked it so much I didn’t paint it until I restored the kit in the late 90’s. The car was one of the few survivors I had left from my original building days in the 70’s. Yellow is another story. Mom had a lovely yellow kitchen in our Williamsville home. Not deep or dark yellow, but more of a pastel color. The cabinets were a distinctive fruitwood color, which was, ironically the name of our street. Pastel colors are some of my favorites. I’ve painted a few kits yellow and collected some builts of various yellow shades. I always worry that my love of light pastels isn’t manly, but since we are being frank here (or Roy) who cares. I have something of a love/hate relationship with green. I’ve owned several green cars, but I’m not especially enamored with the color. It’s something of a common color to me, but when washed and waxed it looks good, especially on my 05 Mazda van. Some people complimented me on that car, but the rust worm got it. I’ve had problems with green paint running on me when painting kits. Since I usually use enamel paints, I don’t know why that happened. Green is a good middle-of-the road color. I guess you can’t go wrong with it. Blue is the cat’s meow for me. I love turquoise but dark blue looks good on a kit. I thing I own more blue models than any other color. Yes, there’s shades of blue, although the name royal blue seems to stand out. I don’t know what royal blue is, but when talking paint I always mention it. I have two rows of blue builts in my bedroom, which is the main show place for my collection. I also have a blue wife, who becomes deep blue when agitated. I think they call that shade royal wife blue! I’ve never owned a 1:1 car in blue, although I’d like to. Preferably royal blue. As for indigo and violet, not much to say. Monogram’s 65 Impala had a nice violet car on the box cover, but I was never able to duplicate that color in the paint department. Mine ended up being purple and not very dynamic. I’m not sure what to do with these colors, or other colors less not on the spectrum. For some reason, I like pink, but only have one pink car in my collection. That would be a dark pink snap Datsun pickup, the color it was molded in. I had a dark brown car, my 73 Valiant, which had paint similar to the Gold Duster. I loved washing and waxing that car. I tried using a similar color on a Johan 70 Olds, but it ended up being a mess. I left the house mad as heck, and was stopped a few miles down the road in Tonawanada, NY for speeding and no seat belt. Jeez, I was only doing 65 in the 30 and still accelerating. What was the big deal. Silver and black aren’t my favorites, either. Black looks okay when embellished with decals or a pin stripe. Silver is dull, plain and simple. I have a few silver models in my collection, but they were done by another builder. Is white a color? There’s some debate about its place in the color world, but white paint is out there, and it’s the most popular real car color. If I paint a kit white, there must be some special reason. That would include my 86 El Camino Cho Cho custom. I saw a pick of one in a car magazine years ago and adding a flat black tonneau cover and red interior seemed like the way to go. Gold isn’t on the spectrum either, but that didn’t stop me from having two rows of gold cars on the shelf of my own stuff. That’s in my bedroom, too, right next to the blue collection. I didn’t always like gold. I never used gold paint as a kid. Somehow, though, I added one gold car and felt I needed more. It looks good when nice and clean, and if you have a bunch of gold cars you have something notable. My wife, Mrs. Biv, and I are fascinated with double rainbows. Her Dad was nuts about them. We purchased an urn with a double rainbow on it when he passed. When we see one we always think of him. I’m nuts about prisms, but have yet to buy one. I love the color spectrum reflections. It’s
a colorful world once you get out of your house and go for a drive or walk.
I think that’s why by parents named me Roy. Now, if only I could find out
what the G in my name means. I don’t think its green! FRED’S
MODEL WORLD AMT AND ERTL MODEL KIT VALUE GUIDE-yes, my guide is still
available. This book lists all AMT and ERTL vehicle kits from the late
50’s to 1999. Values are still current. $10 |
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1317 05 Caddy Escalade F/S $19 1143 70 Chevelle S/I $18 1579 Pepper Shaker 57 Chevy S/I $16 1258 Infinit T dragster S/I $15 1383 64 Galaxy mod S/I $16 31857 97 Camaro 30th Anniversary O/C $11 1145 85 Camaro S/I $13 1119 55 Chevy F/S $16 1397 57 TBird convertible F/S $15 861 63 Vette split window F/S $16 1342 66 Chevelle F/S $16 876 67 Chevelle pro street F/S $15 1309 67 Camaro F/S $16 1149 63 Impala F/S $16 1143 70 Chevelle F/S $16 868 68 Camaro F/S $16 638 57 Chevy F/S $15 711 72 GTO S/I $16 785 WW2 Jeep S/I $16 841 Deserter GMC pkp F/S $20 8012 75 Vette convertible F/S $15 901 78 Dodge pkp F/S $20 707 Roscoes Police car Dukes of Hazard S/I $19 890 Joker Goon Car Police car S/I $16 6489 62 Vette F/S $11 Same same F/S $11 36545 55 Bel Air Street machine Wal Mart issue S/I $15 916 Piranha big box issue S/I $16 38423 289 Cobra F/S $10 6184 41 Plymouth-dark red on cover S/I $11 8215 40 Ford van S/I $12 31213 55 Olds 442 F/S $11 30268 Avanti Milennium series F/S $12 30260 Fireball 500 F/S $13 38455 Ford GT Johnny Lightning F/S $11 8222 97 Camaro convertible 30th Anniversary O/C $11 6769 66 Nova pro street S/I $16 Same same O/C $15 1097 70 Vette F/S $15 Same same S/I $14 1303 Opel GT Hot Wheels F/S $16 Same same S/I $15 724 70 Galaxy Police car F/S $16 Same same S/I $15 1171 Bond 71 Mustang F/S $15 Same same S/I $14 38375 73 Mustang F/S $14 907 TV Dune Buggy F/S $15 30269 66 Nova Millennium series S/I $14 6749 same S/I $14 1323 Grove Boss Supermodified F/S $15 Same same S/I $14 7972 63 Vette 1/32 sc. O/C $9 828 69 Charger Country F/S $11 Same same F/S $11 227 Chrysler Concorde snap kit F/S $5 1112 63 Vette 1/32 sc. F/S $5 949 Return of the Jedi Batwing Fighter F/S $4 31516 53-93 40th Anniversary Vette double kit-53 and 93 F/S $11 8231 99 Mustang Cobra F/S $8 881 Tiki Trike F/S $12 1293 Twister 66 Nova f/c F/S $19 Same same F/S $19 38378 66 Nova Resto Rod S/I $11 38251 Boyd's 60 Vette S/I $6 1266 Salt Shaker 37 Chevy F/S $19 T280 57 Chevy S/I $14 38176 Piranha F/S $12 38562 32 Ford coupe S/I $13 31553 289 Cobra built, needs reassembly $3 6956 90 Stealth F/S $6 38492 67 Mustang GT F/S $12 8215 40 Ford van F/S $14 8129 Muscle Car Set-68 Roadrunner, 66 Fairlane GT, 65 GTO F/S $24 1206 57 TBird 1/16 sc.-tires/wheels assembled, engine barely started $24 6926 66 Fairlane GT S/I $11 710 67 GTO S/I $10 8055 Viper GTS F/S $6 8708 Maxwell House TBird 1/32 sc. O/C $3 897 Torque Trike F/S $12 6184 41 Plymouth-red car on cover F/S $12 1346 40 Ford coupe Coca Cola F/S $12 6580 40 Ford coupe-80's issue blue car on cover F/S $13 6580 59 Vette-built plus 7 toy horses $6 31560 Moonscope-fair box F/S $7 T290 49 Ford Street Rod series O/C $19 8215 40 Ford van S/I $12 38451 50 Ford convertible S/I $13 31540 36 Ford coupe S/I $14 T280 57 Chevy-80's issue, molded in brown S/I $15 689 66 Olds 442 S/I $13 Same same S/I $13 31129 Ala Cart 29 Ford pkp S/I $14 Same same S/I $14 1094 Coke 55 Chevy pkp-built $6 T287 55 Vette original S/I $7 8315 57 Chevy big box F/S $14 6924 36 Ford 5 window S/I $13 681 05 Chrysler 300 F/S $13 937 Wacky Racers Turbo Terrific S/I $9 634 68 Mustang GT 500 Shelby F/S $13 Same same F/S $13 800 67 Mustang GT 500 Shelby F/S $13 Same same S/I $12 241 67 Mustang GT F/S $12 703 69 Hurst Olds S/I $13 876 67 Chevelle pro street S/I $14 8716 62 Bel Air S/I $15 6897 59 El Camino-pink car on cover, 80's issue S/I $17 6730 Shepherd Motorcraft TBird F/S $8 925 VW Scirocco F/S $14 30267 63 Galaxy Milenium series S/I $17 6699 Dyno Don 62 Impala O/C $14 2000 64 Olds convertible F/S $16 1137 69 GTX convertible S/I $15 31547 72 Nova S/I $16 1190 65 Fairlane mod S/I $16 6593 65 GTO S/I $14 7840 62 Bel Air 409 Wal Mart issue F/S $14 1330 Ala Cart newer issue F/S $14 38529 41 Willys Stock Street Strip F/S $15 1167 25 T chopped O/C $14 1010 57 Ford S/I $15 1306 80 Dodge Ram Coke F/S $14 1110 94 Ford Lightning pkp S/I $14 1197 41 Plymouth Coke F/S $14 1260 65 Bonneville F/S $15 38169 63 Galaxy Buyer's Choice S/I $15 1189 60 Ranchero Coke F/S $15 Same same O/C $13 1229 Ford Surfer Van S/I $16 6184 41 Plymouth S/I $14 703 69 Hurst Olds F/S $14 1261 64 Galaxy F/S $15 876 67 Chevelle pro street F/S $16 920 71 TBird Bird of Paradise S/I $20 6926 66 Fairlane GT S/I $15 7282 Copperhead dragster S/I $16 8319 57 Chevy big box issue S/I $15 50862 same big box with Coke decals S/I $15 768 75 Gremlin X S/I $20 6591 36 Ford F/S $16 Same same S/I $15 6578 32 Ford coupe-red car S/I $15 6522 39 Ford sedan-red car S/I $15 3105 Vegas 57 TBird S/I $16 8210 66 TBird S/I $15 6547 56 Ford-red and white car S/I $21 6584 57 Ford-blue car molded in blue S/I $18 6899 32 Ford phaeton S/I $15 6572 29 Ford roadster-molded in red S/I $15 PK4181 Reggie Jackson Avanti S/I $15 8608 Jag XJ 220 S/I $13 T280 57 Chevy-molded in dark brown S/I $15 6897 59 El Camino-pink car on cover S/I $17 |
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2954 Porsche 904 S/I $15 2702 ZZ Top original issue F/S $20 4010 Dream Rides Viper S/I $8 2730 70 GTX street machine S/I $15 2912 69 Tallaedega O/C $14 2924 57 Vette convertible O/C $9 2720 40 Ford pkp rod S/I $16 2944 Essex Wire Cobra 427 S/I $12 14581 55 Bel Air red white blue car F/S $16 2219 66 Malibu flip nose-built ok $5 0881 56 Chevy Classic Cruiser S/I $16 Same same S/I $16 Same same F/S $17 2461 64 GTO 2 in 1 S/I $16 Same same S/I $16 2714 same-original issue stock only issue F/S $14 2966 Jeep CJ 7 S/I $15 4011 99 Mustang SVT Cobra S/I $14 2298 427 Cobra Street-red car on cover S/I $11 2719 39 Chevy-contents are parts for 57 Chevy Revell $4 8215 Flakpanzer tank 1/32 sc. F/S $20 PC75-149 Yellow Jacket 32 Ford-started, no instructions $39 2290 MG TC F/S $14 4917 Dodge VTS pkp-fair box S/I $10 2291 53 Vette F/S $6 same same F/S $6 2901 Olds Aerotech F/S $9 Same fair box S/I $7 2481 66 Mustang GT 350H F/S $10 Same SAME-NO DECALS $7 2909 Raynor Lola Indy S/I $5 2757 37 Ford S/I $9 2720 40 Ford pkp rod S/I $15 2723 Rudd Motorcraft TBird F/S $7 PC91 Firebolt Racer F/S $11 2714 64 GTO F/S $11 0862 32 Ford roadster rod F/S $15 Same same S/I $14 10885 82 Vette Collector Edition F/S $11 Same same O/C $9 2289 56 TBird S/I $11 |
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24003 Great Garages Viper with case 1/43 sc. F/S $4 AOSHIMA 4400 Lambo Huracan-green car on cover S/I $25 ATLANTIS H14R White Sinclair truck and tanker 1/43 sc. F/S $11 ADVENT 2164 60 Vette O/C $6 3143 Datsun 510 BRE-rare issue O/C $25 AIRFIX 2419 04 Mercedes 1/32 sc. S/I $6 2452 MG Magnette 1/32 sc. S/I $8 02451 30 Bugatti 35B 1/32 sc. F/S $9 604 Lambo Avenador 1/32 sc. O/C $3 04401 Bond Auto Gyro plane F/S $24 BP COLLECTIBLES 1995 Service Station O/C $8 DOYUSHA 07-1 Bond Goldfinger Aston Martin DB-5 with packaged Bond and Odd Job Figures-great box art S/I $60 ESCI 4066 Cessna Sea Plane 172 1/48 sc. F/S $12 FUJIMI 1123 Porsche 917 K 71 Sebring Winner S/I $25 HASEGAWA 52344 Wild Child Lambo 400 with girl figure S/I $25 HC13 Lambo 400 S/I $14 EW Harrier plane caricature kit-so goofy, cool box art S/I $10 SP15 Toyota 88 GTP Cannon 1/20 sc. O/C $24 HAWK 512 Comet plane with opening side revealing seats and passengers 1/144 sc. $10 HELLER 80105 Porsche 962 1/43 sc. S/I $7 184 Austin Mini 1/43 sc. F/S $7 80108 Jag XJR 9 1/43 sc. O/C $7 ITALERI 3696 Porsche 935 80 Lemans S/I $18 3705 Bugatti Royale S/I $9 JADA 21386 06 Vette ZO6 S/I $7 Same same S/I $7 JESSE JAMES Metal cycle El Diablo hard tail cycle mint in blister pack $4 LINDBERG 72175 Dyno Don 61 Impala S/I $15 HL513 Caravelle 1/96 scale passenger plane F/S $11 7408M Bobtail Cruiser bad box no motor $7 72334 Model T pkp rod F/S $10 2119 34 Ford 1/32 sc. F/S $7 72150 32 Ford B roadster 1/32 sc. F/S $7 72155 34 Ford pkp parts car $4 Same same F/S $10 72323 37 Cord F/S $10 72135 52 Chevy fastback 1/32 sc. F/S $6 72159 40 Ford coupe S/I $7 72149 99 Ford pkp F/S $8 D76 Mail truck ho scale O/C $7 Same same O/C $7 72019 94 Blazer 1/20 sc. F/S $6 72172 53 Ford Vic S/I $11 72183 64 Belvedere S/I $15 MOEBIOUS 1219 55 Hudson drag car S/I $22 POLAR LIGHTS 988 Hot Wheels Charger f/c F/S $15 Same same S/I $14 STROMBECKER D41 Mercedes racer-no motor, tires, decals $14 D43 Maserati racer O/C $23 TAMIYA 24247 Porsche 911 GTS Club Sport Road Version S/I $24 24300 Nissan Skyline GTR S/I $18 24020 same car S/I $18 24254 Porsche 911 GTI Mobil pre painted with decals S/I $22 24279 88 Porsche 911 Turbo S/I $22 24750 Nissan Skyline S/I $18 24065 88 Porsche 959 S/I $18 24229 Porsche 911 GT3 S/I $19 14170 Honda RA22 f1 1/20 sc. S/I $18 35230 Dragon Wagon tank transporter big 1/35 sc. S/I $70 BUILTS WITH NO BOXES CANADIAN COLLECTION PART TWO-more of the good Canadian stuff, decently built muscle cars. 800 71 Charger-missing one wheel cover $10 801 61 Galaxy $11 802 57 Chevy curbside-nicely built $9 803 69 Dart-one post cracked $9 804 58 Impala-nice $12 805 70 Buick GSX two tone purple and red $10 806 66 GTO-nice $10 807 61 Galaxy $11 808 68 Dart nice $13 809 56 Chevy street rod no front bumper $11 810 57 Chevy in red primer $9 811 65 Pontiac $11 812 58 Impala-no front bumper $11 813 68 Dart $13 814 70 Buick $11 815 same $11 816 68 Camaro $11 817 67 Chevelle $10 818 64 Impala $10 819 same $10 820 61 Impala nice $12 821 57 Chevy $10 822 70 Buick $11 823 57 Ford $11 824 65 Impala $13 825 66 Mustang fastback $9 826 65 Chevy stepside pkp nice $11 827 64 Impala $10 828 70 Chevelle $10 829 67 GTO $10 830 69 GTX $10 831 57 Ford $11 832 70 Chevelle $10 833 70 Torino $13 834 69 Mustang $10 835 70 Buick nice $11 836 61 Galaxy nice $12 837 63 Impala $11 838 70 Chevelle $11 839 68 Dart $13 840 70 Chevelle $10 841 64.5 Mustang coupe $10 842 68 Dart $13 843 65 Impala $13 844 70 Impala $13 845 66 Malibu with wide whites $12 846 05 Challenger $10 847 70 Chevelle $10 LAST OF THE TENNESSEE NICE BUILTS 850 70 Monte nice $11 851 86 Monte nice $11 852 93 Impala stock $10 853 86 Monte SS $10 854 93 Impala stock $10 855 Motor Maxx 76 Vega metal car-orange $18 856 80 Monza promo-dark brown $14 857 Beretta GT $10 858 68 Camaro $10 859 70 Vette coupe $10 860 60 Vette $9 861 72 Nova SS $10 862 66 Mustang fastback 1.32 sc. $6 863 59 Caddy small crack in windshield $10 864 60 Vette $8 865 65 Chevelle wagon $11 866 69 Chevelle $10 867 67 Chevelle $10 868 70 Chevelle $10 869 80 Nova $11 870 65 El Camino $10 871 72 Chevelle $11 872 68 El Camino $11 873 72 Nova SS $10 874 65 Chevelle wagon $11 875 63 Nova convertible $11 876 Geo Storm promo yellow $5 877 93 Impala $10 878 63 Nova $11 879 55 Vette $5 880 69 Chevelle convertible $11 BUILTS WITH NO BOXES LEFT FROM LAST MONTH 1/16 sc. Pair of 57 TBirds $12 576 69 Mustang rod $7 595 34 Ford chopped $7 649 57 Chevy $7 668 34 Ford chopped rod $7 691 32 Rolls Phaeton 4 door open top $6 692 same but 2 door $6 693 32 Packard 2 door $6 694 32 Rolls phaeton 4 door $6 705 25 T 1/43 sc. $4 706 Silhouette with trailer $7 713 85 Vette nice $6 718 Avanti nice $9 719 32 Ford woody convertible nice $9 724 25 T bucket rod $9 725 32 Ford van $9 726 32 Ford open phaeton $8 727 same with roof $9 729 25 Ford T bucket $9 730 64 GTO nice $9 732 78 Monte snap kit with engine and detailed chassis $15 736 92 Camaro $6 737 93 Camaro $6 738 New Camaro $6 742 93 Camaro t tops $4 744 69 Firebird nice $8 745 70 Trans Am Monogram $8 749 93 Firebird $5 750 90 Firebird $5 752 69 Corvair convertible $8 753 63 Vette 1/32 sc. $4 754 94 Monte promo-red $14 756 68 Camaro $9 757 70 Challenger convertible $7 760 Stink Ray Revell-no glass front tires/wheels $4 762 66 Fairlane GT $9 764 65 Pontiac $11 767 69 442 $9 769 67 GTX $9 772 65 Pontiac $9 773 69 Charger $9 774 67 GTO $9 778 71 Cuda $9 782 67 Chevelle $9 784 71 Cuda $9 785 65 Pontiac $9 786 57 Chevy $7 787 36 Ford convertible rod up top $8 792 65 Pontiac $9 793 05 Charger $7 PROMOS 57 TBird-red with white wheels $24 GENE GENE THE DANCING MACHINE'S DIE CAST MATCHBOX-all in blister pack 68 Mustang GT green $2 66 Nova SS-orange $2 70 Roadrunner yellow $2 62 Vette white with orange flames $2 04 Mini Cooper red $2 JOHNNY LIGHTING 50 Chevy Suburban-blue $3 HOT WHEELS 72 Torino orange $2 68 Cougar blue $2 Custom 64 Galaxy $2 69 Mustang 50th Anniversary gold $3 71 Charger blue $2 70 Mustang yellow $2 63 Vette Sting Ray green $2 70 Monte purple $2 Olds Aurora black and purple $2 09 Vette concept car red $2 65 Mustang coupe yellow $2 68 Cuda green $2 69 Cougar Eliminator blue $2 68 Challenger yellow $2 Ford F150 monster truck $3 56 Ford van light blue $2 47 Chevy Fleetline blue $3 Brazilian 71 Charger yellow $2 55 Nomad purple $2 57 TBird blue $2 69 Camaro convertible red $2 72 Road Runner green $2 |
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