Incredible collection of kits! Especially JO-Han kits. I used to buy those at a local hobby store in the Bay Area when I was growing up in the late 80's
I think the seller had his own hobby shop. The number of spares, accesories, several kits of the same and how was packed points to a seller more so than a collector. Just my opinion.
I agree. There are some gems in there that collectors would go for: Johan, old Craftsman and Revell kits not seen in over 50 years. But the rest are more common, easier to kits. Nothing really to do back flips over.
Great collection ! , , ,I remember that Monogram '32 hot rod kit @25:01, that was one of the very first models I built back in 1968 at age 7, it was a $1 something at a Rexall drug store that was just 3 blocks away from our house
Unreal! Takes me right back to my childhood! What an unbelievable stash of modeling gold! Look forward to seeing much more of this! Congrats Andy! What a purchase!
WOW!!! @12:00 on the complete right side the 2 Revell '37 Ford coupe street rod. I was fortunate enough in my youth to have built one of those, and it was one of my finer works as well. Cool to see it was part of this collection.
I had a collection that spanned the late 70's until 2006ish? I was working at walmart in the early 2000's, so bought a lot of clearance kits then. I recognized a lot of my collection in this video, which was fun, as I did sell my collection awhile back.
I collected model cars since I was a child. I am now 66. About 20 years agoI sold my collection of about 1000 kits and dealer promos. I cried when they left the house. I’m sure I didn’t get enough money out of them, but the finances got out of hand. I would be in heaven to see your collection. I have had most of the kit shown.
Thanks for sharing this. I am not a big fan of plastic car modelling but I truly appreciate people being ardent zealots of a hobby. And this is what you are guys. Hope this beomes an awesome starting point for your museum - this is definitely a great initiative to continue working on. Best wishes from the eastern Europe and all over across the Atlantic!
Model car heaven 😍if I would own such a collection I wouldn’t store them in boxes but displayed them all. Besides the love of building kits, I also love to watch the box art of my complete model car collection, that’s so satisfying.
Amazing collection....do hope some of it can be preserved long term (your museum area idea is great). As an old drag racer, and former model kit builder/modifyer, really loved the Sox & Martin, Blue Max Funny Car, etc. Please...more videos!! 👍👍👍
I can just imagine some old-timer used to wooden car kits when the plastic ones came out: "kids these days! You got it easy! I don't trust this newfangled plastic stuff. It'll never last."
Loose the wife, you will have more Storage room for kits..! PLEASE, Just Joking, but be sure to count her Shoe collection..!! All said with Humour in mind.! Both my DoubleBeds hide the Model Collection plus an Old Wardrobe Full of them, in Garage. I think I have a Problem..!! My Misses thinks so..!! Cheers All kim in Oz. 😎
@@samuraifool912 @kim in oz, I too have many unbuilt models , in a wardrobe in the shed . AMT , but also JO HANN , Revell , mainly NASCAR , Muscle cars . Cheers from Bendigo .
WOW.....SPECTACULAR..... IN LATE 50'S AND EARLY 60'S I HAD MY COLLECTIOON OF AMT 1:24 CAR MODELS. I SAW IN YOUR VIDEO SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BOXES. ALSO REVELL KITS. WHAT A MEMORIES!!
Reminds me , when I was in my mid teens , I was given , about 10 or so , very well made model cars from my neighbors son . These cars were heavy , hard rubber tires , metal axels and the paint job done on them were excellent . Wish I still had them
That looks like about how many boxes of kits I had when we moved a couple years ago. It took two trucks to get them all here to the new house...also climate controlled mine have been. Pretty cool. I will never get through all the ones I have...ever!
Glad you snagged those Andy, I know that some will go to a good home and the special ones can go to your museum - pick a good one to do your build on camera !
Man, what a collection to find. You never know what people have stored away. My brother passed away and I got some of his kits and one in particular is a 59 ford retractable that I can't wait to build.not sure how old it is but by the look of the box it could be from the sixties.
late 70s early 80;s I worked for Canadian Hobbycraft ..have not seen a lot of those kits in over 40 years very cool to see someone saved all of those ,,you guys are very lucky
I'm not really interested in most of these kinds of models, but I sure am glad there are people like you who find collections like this and make them available to others so they can be build, as it was intended!
🎶 Memories...😁 Good stuff, Gents! I see a bunch of old kits that I destroyed as a kid! I was a little hard on things back then. I blame it on bad parenting mostly. When I was five, my dad took me to my first demolition derby. Every day after that, there was some kind of demolition derby at my house, so yeah, don't take little kids to see demolition derbies. Anyway, let's see some more of that stuff!
You look quite pleased, as well you should ! It's great that someone such as yourself ended up with this fine heap of classic models. Money aside, they are where they should be and will no doubt, find proper homes. Well done sir.
I am not a car guy, but that was great. I especially loved the old wooden kits (at least they gave you a pre-shaped body rather than just a block of wood and a set of plans, as in the earliest wooden kits), and the Lincoln Futura - one of my favourite cars ever. Thanks for the video.
A Museum is a fantastic idea Andy. Obviously the owner was a collector or had a shop,less a builder. To think they could have ended up in land fill or chucked in a 2nd hand shop of some sort. Who ever collected these now gets them recorded,televised,protected and as you say, preserved for many 1000s to enjoy on your channel or in person. OK he didnt have a plan for them,or his family wasnt sure what to do but im pleased to see its ended up with an enthusiast and store owner like yourself. We know you will respect and appreciate this ' life story' and share the journey with all of us. Its in a good place and together.
Wonderful wonderful stuff wow the memories you guys are bringing back to me.I was a huge modelbuilder as a young man I'm 60 yearsold now and anira seventies that's all I would do is build models Ravel was my favorite
All I can say is WOW what a score the museum sounds a great idea Andy I mean you do looks like you do have a lot of multiple of the same kits I hope you pat your buddy down before he left to make sure he wasn't taken off with anything too valuable👍👍
I love the idea of a museum for these kits. Something I am doing to make sure my wife doesn't give away my model railroad stash. I have a spreadsheet I keep current and more importantly keep to myself while alive. I keep a copy in our safety deposit box. The values of all of the models are listed. This should help her make sure they get full value for the stash.
Loved AMT an Johan models. Used to build both an enjoyed putting them together. These new kit prices are out of site now, can't afford them like I did. Plus they don't have the metal axels any more. I could jack them up that was popular in the 60s. Also made Tiger Paw tires by taking a red ink pen an color the white walls. Those were the good old days.
This reminds me of my childhood. I was always into military kits; tanks, planes, and ships, but my best friend in 4th grade was into cars. We'd walk a good mile and a half into the center of town to Murphy's, or the three miles plus to get to the shopping center where Drug Fair and Jamesway were located, and buy a car kit each. Then we'd trudge back to my place, sit on the floor or at the big table downstairs, and build them. Good times. So many great companies that had cool and unique kits are no longer around and the molds are scattered to the four winds.
I remember back in the late 70's a place called LIL'S HOBBY LOBBY that had EVERY model & EVERY part & piece needed for ANYTHING in the hobby industry...such great memories of old places like that
My best friends has his dad's collection of thousands of vintage models in the box. It's crazy. He's finally going through it all to start selling but there are so many he's a little overwhelmed.
Wow. What a Gold mine. Not in to Cars myself, but what a Monster collection. ( have enough Trouble with the 30 yr old car I drive.) Cheers All and thx for Sharing Andy..!! Kim in Oz 😎
The Lincoln Futura 24:57 is a real winner. This the original car before Chuck Barris converted it to the Batmobile. Taking a Batmobile model and converting it back to the Lincoln Futura would make a cool display. That '60 DeSoto 7:13 is a rare one.
Hi Andy, what a great video! I have the same predicament! In the coming weeks, I will be organizing a 2000+ plastic, resin, dealership kits, and die-cast collection in Calgary, Alberta, for an upcoming estate sale. I can feel the excitement you guys were feeling with each box opening.
Since you have so many boxes that you haven't opened, I wont talk about the kits that we haven't seen. But man o man this takes me back to the little local hobby shop that I would ride my bike to on Saturday mornings with my allowance, trying to decide what kit to buy this week. Jo-Hans were always exciting because you never knew what color the kit would be molded in! Some of the aftermarket stuff was so cool. I remember white metal carbs and disk brakes, so many cool things. This may have set you back a pretty penny, but even just looking at these is worth it!!
I thought about the idea of a model museum. Someone needs to preserve this stuff.
Incredible collection of kits! Especially JO-Han kits. I used to buy those at a local hobby store in the Bay Area when I was growing up in the late 80's
Models are the reason why I love fixing cars today. I built over 400 kits, from 1972-1979.
Man I don’t even build cars but I loved y’all’s enthusiasm here 😊
I think the seller had his own hobby shop. The number of spares, accesories, several kits of the same and how was packed points to a seller more so than a collector. Just my opinion.
I agree. Too much random stuff for a collector to have. More in line with a hobby store. Great stuff.
not much of a turnover, then, huh?
Looks like someones dad or granddad used to have a hobby shop.
Yeah, I thought that soon as I saw the type of cars he had aswell, 50s-70s muscle models scream hobby shop to me.
I agree. There are some gems in there that collectors would go for: Johan, old Craftsman and Revell kits not seen in over 50 years. But the rest are more common, easier to kits. Nothing really to do back flips over.
Great collection ! , , ,I remember that Monogram '32 hot rod kit @25:01, that was one of the very first models I built back in 1968 at age 7, it was a $1 something at a Rexall drug store that was just 3 blocks away from our house
At 7.03 I was blown away! almost every model car kit I lusted after as a kid! What a score thanks for posting. Brings back fun memories
Unreal! Takes me right back to my childhood! What an unbelievable stash of modeling gold! Look forward to seeing much more of this! Congrats Andy! What a purchase!
Same here John!
It is so wonderful to see those old kits, it take me back, and I'm sure a lot of guy's remember as well!
WOW!!! @12:00 on the complete right side the 2 Revell '37 Ford coupe street rod. I was fortunate enough in my youth to have built one of those, and it was one of my finer works as well. Cool to see it was part of this collection.
Good Luck on the new shop. Looks Huge!!!.......AND am happy to watch a unboxing. You 2 are like kids at Christmas....Lol.👍.
Build them all !!! The coolest colors and the deepest glosses. Build them all !!!
OMG! I love the way you’re thinking of making a mini museum to model kits and allowing others to enjoy your wind fall❤️❤️❤️
I had a collection that spanned the late 70's until 2006ish? I was working at walmart in the early 2000's, so bought a lot of clearance kits then. I recognized a lot of my collection in this video, which was fun, as I did sell my collection awhile back.
The idea of making a museum sounds like a great idea!
Wrong.
This video brought a tear to my eyes! So many memories - I could just sit and look through these for days!
12:10 I built the 56 Chevy Street machine way back in the 70s. Great kit!
i am not into modelling but I really enjoyed listening to the enjoyment you guys were having popping these boxes. Thanks for sharing.
I collected model cars since I was a child. I am now 66. About 20 years agoI sold my collection of about 1000 kits and dealer promos. I cried when they left the house. I’m sure I didn’t get enough money out of them, but the finances got out of hand. I would be in heaven to see your collection. I have had most of the kit shown.
Thanks for sharing this. I am not a big fan of plastic car modelling but I truly appreciate people being ardent zealots of a hobby. And this is what you are guys. Hope this beomes an awesome starting point for your museum - this is definitely a great initiative to continue working on. Best wishes from the eastern Europe and all over across the Atlantic!
Andy that's a mega stash, the museum idea is perfect, I'm not a car modeler but wow. Fantastic
Let's just build them all and unleash the magic ✨
Back in the day your right.....just anybody couldn't build a model. It was tough. We've come a long way!😂
3:13 all the custom wheels !!!! drooling
Model car heaven 😍if I would own such a collection I wouldn’t store them in boxes but displayed them all. Besides the love of building kits, I also love to watch the box art of my complete model car collection, that’s so satisfying.
Amazing collection....do hope some of it can be preserved long term (your museum area idea is great). As an old drag racer, and former model kit builder/modifyer, really loved the Sox & Martin, Blue Max Funny Car, etc. Please...more videos!! 👍👍👍
OMG 12:28 a Dukes of Hazzard Charger. I love these Car.
How much is a dukes of Hazzard general Lee worth
Oh WOW ... 🤩😍🤩😲
Yes, keeping some and making a small museum area in the shop would be really cool!!!
Man oh Man! What a haul. I'm not a car guy but, I'm still amazed! A museum is a great idea.
A huge massive collection. Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
Although I do not much like car models, Tried but never got one finished, I love old model kits and share your enthusiasm for such a treasure trove!
Awesome collection! I find these vintage models fascinating, especially for the artwork on the box.
I can just imagine some old-timer used to wooden car kits when the plastic ones came out: "kids these days! You got it easy! I don't trust this newfangled plastic stuff. It'll never last."
I feel better now. I'm not a model hoarder like my wife tells me.
I kno rite ???...friggin over the top
One day, in 50 years,your collection may be shown to interested parties, with much admiration. I'm sure.
Loose the wife, you will have more Storage room for kits..!
PLEASE, Just Joking, but be sure to count her Shoe collection..!!
All said with Humour in mind.! Both my DoubleBeds hide the Model Collection plus an Old Wardrobe Full of them, in Garage.
I think I have a Problem..!! My Misses thinks so..!!
Cheers All kim in Oz. 😎
@@samuraifool912 @kim in oz, I too have many unbuilt models , in a wardrobe in the shed . AMT , but also JO HANN , Revell , mainly NASCAR , Muscle cars . Cheers from Bendigo .
😂 i mean.... I ain’t that much better than him
I'm a child of the 60's...I think about all the stuff I should have bought and saved...It makes me wince...
Yeah but I for one didn't have the free cash back then. Now I can afford stuff I just don't have enough years to complete kits to my higher standards!
Really hope these don’t get opened or anything. There is channels that do that.
OH... Oh no
Wow..what a find...I had quite a few of these in my collection of completed cars....thank you for the trip down memory lane
WOW.....SPECTACULAR..... IN LATE 50'S AND EARLY 60'S I HAD MY COLLECTIOON OF AMT 1:24 CAR MODELS. I SAW IN YOUR VIDEO SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BOXES. ALSO REVELL KITS. WHAT A MEMORIES!!
Oh. A new video from my favorite modeller/model shop owner! I wish we have someone like Andy back in the P.I. when I was a kid.
Great video guys. Love the enthusiasm, warm & fuzzy.
Reminds me , when I was in my mid teens , I was given , about 10 or so , very well made model cars from my neighbors son . These cars were heavy , hard rubber tires , metal axels and the paint job done on them were excellent . Wish I still had them
Wow a lot of these I personally built back in the day. Brings back great memories. Let the auction begin on the doubles that don’t go to the museum.
Wow! What a great acquisition! Can’t wait to check your inventory on the website!
Wow, a model of the d'Eligance! That in my opinion is one of the most beautiful cars ever built. The inspiration for the Karmann Ghia.
Now That, right there , is a legacy of American Automotive History. Thankyou for sharing this, you guys .
Im so glad these kits got saved. They found a good home.....Do the museum.
You'll be cataloguing this lot until hell freezes over. An incredible find.Regards from England.
That looks like about how many boxes of kits I had when we moved a couple years ago. It took two trucks to get them all here to the new house...also climate controlled mine have been. Pretty cool. I will never get through all the ones I have...ever!
Just make sure they don't meet their end when you do.stop hoarding!
I built some of these ! Most boys did in the 50's & 60' s ... 70's ......
So cool to see them !
Glad you snagged those Andy, I know that some will go to a good home and the special ones can go to your museum - pick a good one to do your build on camera !
Man, what a collection to find. You never know what people have stored away. My brother passed away and I got some of his kits and one in particular is a 59 ford retractable that I can't wait to build.not sure how old it is but by the look of the box it could be from the sixties.
I don't even build cars and I'm blown away from this haul.
wow...i had a lot of those kits back in the 70s...congrats on this buy!
I never really got into the cars but I have been into modeling since the 60's Tanks, planes, subs, and trucks, These are a blast from the past though!
I’m not a model car guy…. but WOW!! I love the idea of a museum. Something I’d even travel to see in person.
late 70s early 80;s I worked for Canadian Hobbycraft ..have not seen a lot of those kits in over 40 years very cool to see someone saved all of those ,,you guys are very lucky
I'm not really interested in most of these kinds of models, but I sure am glad there are people like you who find collections like this and make them available to others so they can be build, as it was intended!
Now THAT’S treasure …excellent!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽😸😸😸😸
You have been blessed. After I saw the thumbnail
I subscribed to your channel. When you opened that
First box my jaw dropped.
Man, the memories! I used to have a lot of those models that you showed.
Good childhood memories brought up watching this video. I counted 6 models in your collection that I had back in the ‘80’s.
Awesome stuff guy's I am glad for the doubles!!!
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ANDY !!!
What a PHENOMENAL BLESSING 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 and YESSS The MUSEUM MUST HAPPEN !!! God Bless.
GREAT SCORE!! Museum deal is good idea, hopefully it won't be a super headache to inventory & get back into circulation.
🎶 Memories...😁
Good stuff, Gents! I see a bunch of old kits that I destroyed as a kid! I was a little hard on things back then.
I blame it on bad parenting mostly. When I was five, my dad took me to my first demolition derby. Every day after that, there was some kind of demolition derby at my house, so yeah, don't take little kids to see demolition derbies.
Anyway, let's see some more of that stuff!
You look quite pleased, as well you should ! It's great that someone such as yourself ended up with this fine heap of classic models. Money aside, they are where they should be and will no doubt, find proper homes. Well done sir.
Wow the memories in this video. It's like finding a COPO in a barn.
I'm not into plastic models and not into car models, but I drooled over this...!
wow what a find. i remember alot of those kits from when i first got hooked on building.
Andy
Wow, what an amazing collection of car kits. All you need now, is to find a massive job lot of old military kits. That would be awesome.
I am not a car guy, but that was great. I especially loved the old wooden kits (at least they gave you a pre-shaped body rather than just a block of wood and a set of plans, as in the earliest wooden kits), and the Lincoln Futura - one of my favourite cars ever. Thanks for the video.
An absolute goldmine of cars! I'm drooling with Luka!
I need a 67 Galaxie!
A Museum is a fantastic idea Andy. Obviously the owner was a collector or had a shop,less a builder. To think they could have ended up in land fill or chucked in a 2nd hand shop of some sort. Who ever collected these now gets them recorded,televised,protected and as you say, preserved for many 1000s to enjoy on your channel or in person. OK he didnt have a plan for them,or his family wasnt sure what to do but im pleased to see its ended up with an enthusiast and store owner like yourself. We know you will respect and appreciate this ' life story' and share the journey with all of us. Its in a good place and together.
I had maybe 10 kits from the video, it was all I was able to afford at the time. Thanks for the memories...
Wow - hi rez scans on a website would be cool. A virtual museum takes no space!
WOW!!!!!! IS THIS COOL OR WHAT!!!!!! AND A MODEL KIT FORT!!!!!! THE COOLEST!!!!!!
Wonderful wonderful stuff wow the memories you guys are bringing back to me.I was a huge modelbuilder as a young man I'm 60 yearsold now and anira seventies that's all I would do is build models Ravel was my favorite
The super old wooden kit and the Revell kits with the antique box art were pretty cool.
Lovely stash and would be fun just going through all those boxes...........like a big Lucky Dip!!
I got a new amt model kit every week in the 50s and 60s ,always entered in model car contests at the local hobby shop in Norwalk Calif
All I can say is WOW what a score the museum sounds a great idea Andy I mean you do looks like you do have a lot of multiple of the same kits I hope you pat your buddy down before he left to make sure he wasn't taken off with anything too valuable👍👍
What an amazing Find! ...and to think that I thought I was a hoarder of old kits before seeing this.
I rarely build cars, but watch Lukas channel. I really enjoy it
I love the idea of a museum for these kits.
Something I am doing to make sure my wife doesn't give away my model railroad stash. I have a spreadsheet I keep current and more importantly keep to myself while alive. I keep a copy in our safety deposit box. The values of all of the models are listed. This should help her make sure they get full value for the stash.
Loved AMT an Johan models. Used to build both an enjoyed putting them together. These new kit prices are out of site now, can't afford them like I did. Plus they don't have the metal axels any more. I could jack them up that was popular in the 60s. Also made Tiger Paw tires by taking a red ink pen an color the white walls. Those were the good old days.
I built model cards from the 50s and 60s mainly. A few 30s and 40s. A lot of fun
This reminds me of my childhood. I was always into military kits; tanks, planes, and ships, but my best friend in 4th grade was into cars. We'd walk a good mile and a half into the center of town to Murphy's, or the three miles plus to get to the shopping center where Drug Fair and Jamesway were located, and buy a car kit each. Then we'd trudge back to my place, sit on the floor or at the big table downstairs, and build them. Good times. So many great companies that had cool and unique kits are no longer around and the molds are scattered to the four winds.
I remember back in the late 70's a place called LIL'S HOBBY LOBBY that had EVERY model & EVERY part & piece needed for ANYTHING in the hobby industry...such great memories of old places like that
Andy you are making me feel less guilty about my 130+ stash( in a one bed apartment!!) Way to go buddy, good for you :-)
don't feel guilty surrounding yourself with things you enjoy. you could spend your money on worse things.
My best friends has his dad's collection of thousands of vintage models in the box. It's crazy. He's finally going through it all to start selling but there are so many he's a little overwhelmed.
anything 72' I'll buy! looks like stepping back in time......too cool!!!
Wow you got a treasure there. I saw a couple model car kits i put together as a kid. Wow
Great purchase, some amazing kits right there! Congrats!
"Model Museum" - What a great idea!!!!
I could live there.
Wow. What a Gold mine. Not in to Cars myself, but what a Monster collection. ( have enough Trouble with the 30 yr old car I drive.)
Cheers All and thx for Sharing Andy..!! Kim in Oz 😎
WOW i remember building some of those thanks guys.
The Lincoln Futura 24:57 is a real winner. This the original car before Chuck Barris converted it to the Batmobile. Taking a Batmobile model and converting it back to the Lincoln Futura would make a cool display. That '60 DeSoto 7:13 is a rare one.
so much vintage jo han mopar kit goodness
Amazing! So much to take in. Good stuff,Andy and Matt.
Hi Andy, what a great video! I have the same predicament! In the coming weeks, I will be organizing a 2000+ plastic, resin, dealership kits, and die-cast collection in Calgary, Alberta, for an upcoming estate sale. I can feel the excitement you guys were feeling with each box opening.
Since you have so many boxes that you haven't opened, I wont talk about the kits that we haven't seen. But man o man this takes me back to the little local hobby shop that I would ride my bike to on Saturday mornings with my allowance, trying to decide what kit to buy this week. Jo-Hans were always exciting because you never knew what color the kit would be molded in! Some of the aftermarket stuff was so cool. I remember white metal carbs and disk brakes, so many cool things. This may have set you back a pretty penny, but even just looking at these is worth it!!