Great episode, Steve. I'm a 66 year old retired police officer and have been a modeler builder since since the early 60's. Currently live in Colorado and we can get pretty cold here in the winter. Have a few hundred (like 700+) models in the basement. Still love building and to it as often as a can. Almost exclusively drag cars from vintage to the present. I also own a 1985 Camaro j/sa drag car and a restored 1972 Dodge Challenger Rallye car, 340 auto, Top Banana yellow black interior. Models keep me occupied and out of the bars and off the streets when it's to cold to work in the garage. Wife of 43 years is okay with it too. After the episode ., I went down to my work room and pulled out a couple of my old 69 Vette coupe kits. Sure enough had one 429 and one 427-fun. Also checked my Jo-Han Superbird kit which I probably haven't opened in almost 40 years and there it was. The most God-awful green plastic imagineable. Oh, well. Thanks for the great channel and keep up the awesome work!!

Good stuff Steve,I’ll be 41 this year and I still enjoy building model race cars. It’s something I’ve my 4 daughters have picked up too.

Great stuff Steve! I’m like you, I never grew out of collecting and building models cars. I’m 58 and still doing so, I still have all my built models from the 70s and 80s and now! I have mpc, revell , monogram, johans, and many others I collected over the years!👌😎👍great video!

@GeorgesMiniatureCars

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had my all my models from the '70s, still have a couple though. I do have one from '69. Several years ago I found an original IMC Ford GT kit(A Bud Anderson Kit)at a flea market for $3.99(didn't haggle). Someone started to build it, then left it as is for me to find decades later, with instructions and leaflet on the real car!! Models are just as cool as the real cars!😃👌👍👍

I'm 53 years old and still play with cars and trucks both full size and scale models. One of my current scale projects is Monogram GMC pickup with a snow plow. I bought 2 of them in order to replicate my 1:1 pickup. My truck has an 8' bed but the model has a 6' bed so I need 2 beds and 2 chassis to replicate it. I'm also scratch building a 20' car trailer from metal tubing and sheet stock so that the truck can "pull" the MPC Camaro that I built to replicate my 1:1 drag car.

I am 72 and still love models, I have an AMT 50 Ford 3 in 1 rag top in the works and I hope to still have the love for models when I reach 92

I am a huge diecast model collector but have no skills or patience to build a model kit. I would love a series where you set up a camera and go through the process of building a model. I look at it as an art form. My thought is like a watchmaker conducts an overhaul video. I also understand they could be your zen place and if so no need to share. Keep up the great content!

That defect in the white Charger makes it all the more special!!!!!! I built model cars in the early 60's. We'd put the bodies on 1/24 race track chassis and take them to a local hobby shop that had a huge 8 lane track. Great memories!! Thank you!!!!!!!!

I love building models and I'm 63 started building in1968 still going strong.keep up the good work . Thanks for sharing ✌️

Awesome... Love Jo-Han kits! My fave was the 62 Sport Fury convertible... Mine was molded in grey and had the dimples where the plastic had shrunk! Still have them all... Marlin, Jetfire, 68 Fury police car... Cheers from Canada!

Wonderful. Also, Jo-Han would use recycled plastic for their chrome trees. So if you stripped the chrome they'll most likely be marbelized. I have the Jo-Han Heavenly Hearse in at least 7 different colors!

You never fail to entertain. Your depth of automotive knowledge is stunning. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with the masses!

I'm well into my 6th decade and it is a nice blast of nostalgia to see someone still working on plastic car models. I've watched a few episodes of Super Models on Discovery Velocity and I was wondering how often you did full detailing like the Golden Commando kit in this video. It would be great to see a feature video on super detailing. I remember getting my set of 61-80 drill bits and pin vise when I started doing wiring and throttle linkages back at the tail end of the 60's. I still have a few dozen Car Model and Model Car Science magazines from the late 60's that described super detailing.

great video! iam 55 and still love all of the model kits! great collecting!

Sad to see the "Short Shot" on the Jo-Han Superbird kit, I used to work in injection molding, the short shot somehow got through their quality control. Great video! Love your great knowledge on the model kits! Thanks for sharing it with us!

@urbanurchin5930

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, kind of an inconvenience.....but anyone with medium modeling skills can fix a minor short shot like that one.

Love your model videos, I'm 64 been building since I was 8 pretty much none stop. Thanks again and please keep them coming......all your other videos two

@GeorgesMiniatureCars

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 65 and been collecting die casts for 33 years, built and collected model kits prior to that. Started showing my collection a couple years ago, would be great if you could upload some videos of your models! I'm sure many people would love to see them!😊👌👍

Very cool Steve!! Building models is a life long pleasure! Haven't built anything in years, but have almost 200 unbuilt kits going back to the '80s-'90s. Thanks for the inspiration to build something!😉👌👍✌🇨🇦

@slowridemodelcars1687

2 жыл бұрын

Start building

I'll never get too old for models!! I'm 40 and I still build models collect certain hotwheels and I do collect the bigger die-cast models and I still build real cars in my spare time I have a third gen camaro I've built and restored it's a nitrious car now and it probably will be my last build because I'm not letting it go

Back in grade school we had a field trip to the AMT factory in Troy, Mi, best day ever!

I always found some of the pictures and artwork on the boxes very eye catching!!

Cheers mate, i felt the excitement when you opened the box too. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Jo-Han was one of the only model companies that built American Motors models which I really liked and built quite a few of.

Great box opening. 📦 Thanks for sharing .. Hands down you have to be one of the most knowledgeable when it comes to the stuff that we all love

i enjoy your model show on Motortrend. please more episodes!

Steve, I'm the same age you are, and I to this day build models. Jo-Han has always been a favorite of mine, especialy the '65 Cadillac Ambulance models. I've gotten them in every concievable color you can think of. Red, blue, white, and even pink...

Steve , I have always loved Jo-Han models . Never had a problem building them . So many people disliked them ,but not me .

You sir are a walking dictionary of knowledge I enjoy your videos

Mags, I seriously doubt that Johan ever shrink-wrapped their kits at the factory. That’s a short-shot from the injection molding process. I always appreciate your posts.

Holy crap I just checked my closet and I have the 429 c3 Corvette in a box I never built. I never noticed. Very cool. Thanks Steve!,

I had a collection of about 500 kits and promos that I acquired while growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70’s. I sold them all in the early ‘90’ for a down payment on a house. I especially liked the JoHan kits and promos of the early ‘60s. I was often frustrated when 2 of the model car companies made kits of the same car that were very different with parts that wouldn’t interchange. You mentioned building a model kit “in white” . I would often assemble a kit as much as I could without glue, decide what I wanted to do, then make the changes before final assembly.

Great video Steve. I was a Monogram guy growing up and nearly all of their kits were molded in color. The worst one was the marble effect white/grey/lt blue that they did for the New Monkey's Fox body Mustang convertible. I actually built that Corvette 429 with a Boss 429 motor back in the day. I was always a 'kit basher' and still have boxes of parts from kits that I built through the 80's and 90's

@GeorgesMiniatureCars

2 жыл бұрын

I still have that New Monkey's Mustang. Painted it white first, then black on black. Needs a little TLC to bring it back to as built. I have almost 200 unbuilt kits from the 80s and 90s, thought about kit bashing just to do something with them! I have many great Monogram kits I'd love to complete!!!

I have JoHan Superbird's in bright red, green, the blues and whites. I too like the error boxes and have all of those. Good stuff!!!!

I enjoyed your series about model kits on Motor Trend and will be watching this also. Thanks for keeping us kids of all ages in mind while staying warm at home this winter.

JoHan is also a favorite of mine. Nice kits of unusual subjects like Exner-era Mopars and AMC products. You are a special person Steve. Popping open that Superbird shows just what a genuine, down to earth guy that you are. Thanks again.

Awesome! Break that seal!

Cool 😎 I’m 60 and love these models

All of that is great! I could almost smell the 1975 air from my location in France 👌😂👍

Steve I am 73 years old. I have been building models since I was 11 years old. People can say and tease all they want. I retired 3 years ago. I built a 12 x 16 shop to work on the hobby I love dearly. I have over 390 models in my stash. I my never get them built, but I don’t care. I will build them until I can’t anymore. Steve stay safe and keep building.👍👍🤝

@SteveMagnante

2 жыл бұрын

Hello George, you GO Sir! Model cars were one of GM Design legend Bill Mitchell's favorite things too! And Dodge SRT Design honcho, Mark Trostle...also a model car fan! Thanks for watching! -Steve Magnante

Love your passion for the old kits Steve . i'll be 59 next month and still build them as well as my full size 66 Belvedere project . mopar or no car ! i love em all though lol

Hi Steve, I loved those old Johan kits back in the day. They were the only kit manufacturer (I think) to have the guts to put out kits of the Virgil Exner designed Mopars. I think I probably built them all and still have them. The Petty Superbird was also a favorite of mine. I admit I did tense up a bit when you opened that sealed Superbird! I still have my sealed Sox And Martin Superbird. It's 45 years later and I can't bring myself to open it...lol! Oh well, maybe one day. Great video! Thanks for bringing back those memories!

Thank you Steve, you know how to entertain and educate at the same time. Big interest when I was a kid to build model cars and planes.

I agree Steve, models kits were made to be built. Love the channel, keep it up please.

I love these looks back into model history. Thanks for the peek

Like always great informative video. Love to see a classic mercury cougar video. Thanks

We are the same age 57 . I wish I still had any of the models i built in the 70s. Im going to start doing models again. Thanks to you Steve ! I forgot how much I enjoyed them . I just wish I could fined a 63 MW Savoy model .

Keep living the dream! Good stuff!

Your Golden Commando car looks beautiful, and it’s also nice to see when a person is able to laugh at themselves, ”factory air” and resell shrink wrap on eBay.

@Rembrant65

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he was making fun of the collectors who get all goofy about this sort of thing. Although I have to admit that I cringe a bit when a survivor car gets modified. Real car that is. In the end it's their property and they have the right to do what ever they want with it.

I received a Dukes of Hazzard General Lee car kit 20 years ago, never opened it, Found it a year ago, been nervous about putting it together, cause I would put the flag on the roof ,Great video, Lots of memories

Blessings to Steve, Get well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Steve, I am 69 and still collect and build model kits and hot wheels and diecast .

You are an absolute artist, that Golden Commando is fabulous! I'd love to see some detailed closeups of this and other models you've completed.

Hey Steve....I think we need a Steve Magnate Modeling channel and you know it! I'd love to see more of them, in the boxes, in progress and finished, tips and tricks, like how you masked that Golden Commandos, I was kinda disappointed when there were no masks or something similar, or them showing how to do it.... Excellent video! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

Great video Steve I'm also a model builder as a kid. 62 years young, and I still have some unbuilt kits in the basement from the 70's. I'm going to dig them out n get back into it. It looks like you added some shelves in the other room where you had the cat feeding area?! Never enough models 🙂

@user-zy3nv1jy1m

2 жыл бұрын

How many times did you get high sniffing glue?

@urbanurchin5930

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-zy3nv1jy1m .....never ! .....if i wanted to get high, I would light a joint. My favorite "model smell" was from the Monogram kits that were made in Chicago.

Our family used to build lots of models back in the day. Today I don't have time, so I collect the dealership promo's

Out of all the models I made I always remember the JoHan Fire and Rescue Ambulance my uncle stuck the axle through his thumb helping me, the Monogram 1941 Lincoln Continental and the Vandal, I weirdly think of them often. I built all the WWII airplanes my favorite being the B-17 of course and the Avenger.

I get all sorts of model kits . Never gets old . I have roughly 500 in my room around the boarder from ceiling. That I put together as a kid. I have 100's still sealed that I haven't got to yet.

You're only as old as you feel models are neat. 👍👍😀🇨🇦

Cool. Errors and Misprints are always fun. I noticed a Johnny Lightning hanging in the back. I did a full scale tribute to the "Project In Process" series. It's 91 GMC 1500 2wd short bed, made up to look like a working project, but completed if you know what I mean. Fun fact, I had a 6.0 LS swap done to it by a shop a couple of miles from Bernardston Auto Wrecking. Great guy, great job, looks factory.

I have a few old JoHan Mopar cars & kits . There's just something about them that seems better quality than others. I enjoy your model vids,especially this time of year.

Norm Nelson fielded refrigerator white Super Birds in the USAC stock car division. No need to paint that kit!

I’ve never heard of jo han good to know. When I was a kid in Woburn mass. Revell was the most available. I was a member of the Revell model club . Can’t wait till you get into the garage and start your project 👍😎👍

Excellent video & kits review by you Steve. Thanks for posting your video(s) too!

JoHan also made a 1968 AMC Ambassador DPL convertible kit, even though the last actual car was the 1967. That would be a nice one to find.

Junkyard crawl is a great segment! Love the videos. The model kit segments are cool as well. Thanks for sharing the factory air!

I always enjoy the models Steve, I hope they have plans for another season of you Motortrend model show.

Hey Steve, enjoy the model stuff, i must have built a hundred of those things when is was a kid. Brings back memories!

I could almost smell that "factory air". lol

Great video Steve!!!! I need to start collecting model cars also!!!! It is all part of the Hot Rod Culture!!!! Great video and education. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video!! I love the model car content! 😎👍

Steve...you might have poked a small hole in the box bottom and slid a lighted borescope in for orig.retention,but was excited to come along for the ride just the same. Thanks for another great vid. 👍

Have you ever made a junkyard rusted model car? I got tired of making kits like the box quick so I make them what they will end up looking like! Always paint the underneath and in the wheel wells flat black!!! Absolutely love the contents of this channel👌👍🤘

Very cool kits Steve. I'm getting back into car and plane kits now that it's freezing outside. Lol I'm loving that Petty superbird.

I'm 57 myself and the first model I ever built at 4?, maybe 5 years old was a Pyro 39?, 40 Ford convertible it was molded in red, even the wheels were too, when I was done it resembled a red blob from all the glue I used!, as the years progressed I got better, but after my first kid was born in 86, I lost the desire, I still have alot of built and unbuilt kits in my closet some from as far back as when I was 13, maybe one day I'll dig one out and give it a try again!

Hey Steve, I'm always glad to have you share your expertise with us and am happy to see you uploading so many videos. Thank you and keep em' coming!

Glad to see your channel continue to grow, I’ve been here since nearly the start. Truly enjoy all the content, junkyard, models, showroom, etc. Just wanted to say thank you!

I love building car models. I enjoy your videos Steve.

Love the models Steve. Keep it coming. The junkyard crawl is great but the models are my heart

Great Video Like how much information you have to share Thank You👍👍

Get well Steve...!!!

There is a guy in Winchester KY that has a factory altered wheel base car. He actually races it regularly. I had no clue that they made a model of the cars. Very cool stuff. And the painted model you have is sweet. Would love to see it close up when it's finished.

Miss seeing your model building on Sunday morning on tv .. Looking forward to seeing more of your model building skills on this channel though !! Thanks & have fun !

Great Video Steve. I'm 58 now and still build models. Keep up the good work and keep building them kits. That's what they where made for

Thanks Steve another great video !

Now you need to find the Sox & Martin Superbird kit....!

@bobcuomo5122

2 жыл бұрын

I have one molded in white.

I'm 54 and have been building models since I was a kid , I build one a ye in the winter

Still can't believe you opened it!

Might as well just send the defective one to me for my Wing Cars collection! Lol. Loving the content Steve!

I had some of those JoHan kits. The '64 Cadillac was molded in a blue, but the DeSoto and Plymouth wagon were white or tan. I think the '68 Chrysler was a brownish color. Wish I had them now.

Love the model stuff.

Love the model videos! And I love your tshirt too! Good stuff.

too right Steve, Model kits are not for kids, anymore at least, we made them, but kids today, no chance. As a car restorer I use model kits as a tester to check out colour & styling before I commit to expensive full size materials. Long Live Model kits.

Man, it would be good to see some kit bashing builds / versions of other rare ones like the Hammer Slammer GTO and Moon Mixer etc .. if people even dare OPEN them OeeerrRRRrr!

Whenever the final color is a green, blue, purple, black, red and other deep base colors, never 👎🏽 prime in white. Always use a gray primer.

Love the tee shirt Steve. At 55 yo I still love model car kits, just wish I had the time to build them.

It’s a great hobby to relax and let off some stress. The older 80’s models are my favourite, especially the Hot Rod pro street series.

excellent video,,i look forward to the next one

Try baking soda and superglue to fill the body defect. I've used it to repair guitar nuts before.

Yeah man Steve, I feel the same way, model’s are meant to be built, not sit on a shelf in the box never to be built! I don’t care how much I have to pay for a certain kit, I’m going to build it, eventually! I just got that Johan Petty Superbird kit too and I paid about the same price for, 70 bucks, which is pretty much a bargain nowadays, because a lot people ( sellers) will have a big price on almost all of the Johan kits. Which is a daggone shame too bc not everyone has plenty of money to pay outrageous prices for kits. Anyhow, good stuff Steve, keep on keeping on bro! Peace ☮️

Steve before I get started here I just want to say I've been watching you on tv forever and I love you and your shows!! With that being said I didn't realize that you were a model man? I to am a Modeler and I collect and build johan kits they by far are my favorite models of all time and I build models on my KZread channel and I buy and build vintage kits!

Don't know if you have one or remember it, but back around 2005 or so, MPC did a Hemi Under Glass that had a '69 on the box, but the kit had a '66 body. Pissed me off way more than opening up a Jo-Han '63 Fury box to find it molded in orange. On Jo-Han, my prized kit is a '69 Road Runner with the cartoon box art form the magazine ads.

I've been building models since I was 10 or so, recently it's been tamia, the quality is just great I'm currently doing a 959 Porsche and my kids are doing a fw190 and a t34