Were the "Good Ole Days" so good?? I think they were!!
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2024
- These are some really cool items from modeling years past.
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Yes, you did miss a golden era in model cars. I bought model kits at Drug Stores, Hardware Stores, Grocery Stores and there were even a couple Service Stations where a kid could look over a selection while Mom or Dad fueled the car. A BIG thank you for taking an interest in model car history, it means a lot to us old geezers that were lucky enough to see the start. There are so many today that care nothing about the history or think it is un important. Keep it alive Matt, there are not many that will. I don't get to build much today, it is hard to see em and hold the small stuff but I do crank out maybe two a year. Keep on smearing that gloo and most of all, Keep that history alive!!!!
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I remember the days of mail order all too well. Thanks for sharing.
cool stuff Matthew
Auto World Store is still going
The F1 kits in the catalog were Tamiya 1/12 scale. The owner of our local hobby shop used to give me his old AutoWorld catalogs when I was a kid. I’d pour over them all the time. Great memories!
I started ordering model cars and slot car stuff from Auto World in the mid 1960s. Then a few years later Oscar Kovaleski came to my part of the automotive world at Riverside Raceway. I was young, but worked as a Tech Inspector at SCCA races. He brought his Can Am McLaren to race. His driver was Tony "A to Z" Adamowicz. They formed the PRDA. Polish Racing Driver's Association. They were really fun guys in person, and told the funniest Polish jokes. For the 1970 Times Grand Prix Can Am race they brought an RC version of their McLaren Mk 8B that they drove around the 3+mile race track in front of a crowd of close to 90,000 fans. In later years the McLaren was the subject of one of the 1/25 scale kits by Accurate Miniatures. I have a pile of Auto World catalogs with my old Model Car Science magazines. Now Auto Eorld is the retail arm of Round 2. You can, and I have bought model kits from them recently. So me doing business with Auto World now spans nearly 60 years.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing
I could bore you with a lot of Auto World stories! I'll try to keep it short. Their catalogs played a major role in my getting into model cars. My brother was a builder and he used to get the Auto World catalog. After school I'd jump on my bed and page through his catalog, counting all the models I wanted. This would have been around 1970. I placed my first order in 1971, I think. I would have been 10 years old. I ordered an MPC 1970 Impala Convertible called "The Bat Machine." It was loaded with spooky Halloween parts and decals, and best of all, it was molded in glow-in-the-dark plastic! I couldn't wait for the box to arrive. But one day, instead of a box, I got an envelope -- the model was out of stock so all I got was a credit voucher. It's funny that the catalog said that they stocked everything in there -- I doubt I ever received everything I'd ever ordered, there was always something out of stock. I wonder if it was a ploy to keep you coming back, because of course you'd always spend more than the amount on that credit voucher.
One of the more infamous Auto World items was called the "Auto Cutter," which was essentially a wood-burning tool with an X-acto blade attached. It was supposed to make it easy to cut open doors and trunks on model car bodies -- "like a hot knife through butter!" I wonder how many thousands of models were ruined with that tool. I know I ruined several.
A friend visited Auto World's Scranton headquarters back in the mid-1960s. He said it wasn't nearly as exciting as one would think, because the store was set up with a counter up front, and catalogs on the counter. You'd look through a catalog and let the attendant know what you wanted, then they would go back and get your items for you. What a drag!
I think some of my last orders with Auto World were for those Jo-han USA Oldies kits that you saw in your 1984 catalog. This would have been in 1975 or so. By then I was spending a lot of my model money on rare out-of-production kits and promotional models. I'd gotten tired of those credit vouchers by then and realized I could get most of what I needed locally.
Great stories!! Thanks for sharing
In the 60s, the AW catalog was the size of a paperback on the thick side. Models like that Mustang were often over the top collections from the parts box. Slot car selections were really big, especially vacuum molded bodies. Oscar Koveleski was the boss, and was a real car guy who raced McLarens in the Can-Am series series. You could probably make a good display of trends over the years using old ads from the decades.
Got my first model car kit in 1965 when I was 7 years old, Grandma said it was the best babysitter she ever had. I loved to build them and without realizing it back then we were learning real life skills without knowing it at the time, knowing how to follow a instruction sheet and problem solving are just a few, something lost on todays kids. I still build to this day, just putting the finishing touches on a new time machine but done right this time.
That Mustang kit may have been a custom that a customer made, by kit bashing. Probably an AMT Mustang, on a funny car chassis perhaps. Their catalogs often had customer built kits in and on them.
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Ordered from Autoworld many times. I'm in central Pennsylvania and even visited the store 3 or 4 times. I remember they had a big four-lane Ho slot car set up in the showroom. Even got to meet Oscar Kovelesky when he was racing Can-Am cars. My dad did racing photography semi professionally from the mid 60s into the 80s.
Too cool
I mailed away for my first Auto World catalog in 1963 when I was 11 years old. I wore that catalog out. I remember my first trip to Disneyland in 1964 they sold model kits there. I miss those days.When a kid could be a kid and grow up in a somewhat wholesome environment. Lastly, I remember going to Toys R US to buy model kits.The AMT kits were $1.49. Metal axles, screw bottom chassis. Wish i had those kits I built today.
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Sweet Stash!
Just cracked open the AMT 1969 FORD Galaxie 3in1 “ BumblesBee Gasser “ and the Intructions have a sweet advertisement in them.
Stay Glued!
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I was born November 10th 1964. That would have been Tuesday. Cool video
I bought clear plastic HO bodies of the Monte Carlo and Cyclone. Decorated them like Allisons Coke Chevy and Wood Brothers Mercury. I have several AW catalogs from mid and late 70s.
A Boscovs store near me got a ton of AFX Matador taxis and Matador stockers. They must have been factory over runs cause they sold them real cheap and i bought a ton. It kept my HO
paint and decal shop busy turning out race cars. Good time to be a teenager.
Too cool!
When you looked at the contestant models you glanced over the name of Mark Gustavson. One of my many orders from AW was the AMT ALF AeroChief snorkel and when it came my sister was upset that I spent that much money for the kit. As you stated the past is gone but for those pioneers you wouldn't have such a modern hobby. Often you will see the so called 'old school' method of building or customizing models. Every build has a foundation and Auto World certainly was a part of it.
Look at what the internet has done to the hobby. Decline of local hobby shops, decline of swap meets, increased the price of old models. and the ease of swindling hobbyists. Reference SAE Sept/Oct 1980 if you want to know where I am from.
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Very cool!
I love this nostalgic stuff! Imagine a substantial order of products and model kits costing $10 overall. These days I don't think you can even get a single item for that price! Technology has made some things easier but has brought its share of challenges as well. That first issue AMT '40 Ford instruction sheet and your Dad's draft form are great keepsakes, and I remember how model kit catalogues influenced my purchasing decisions when I first got into this hobby as a child.
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Cool, never knew auto world made model kits. I have one of their diecast cars, since I am a collector of both diecast and model kits.
I think I got my first catalogue in 1960. I had a full supply hobby shop a few blocks away. The Auto World items were wish list items. I wanted to buy the plastic cutter, to cut open doors. Ended up holding an exacto blade with pliers and heating it with a candle. First purchase was the sheet of license plates. It was the golden years of models in the '60's. Thanks for the memories.
I have a few old amt instructions from the 60s. When you finally get that model room built, let me know if you want some.
I purchased my first JoHan kit a '62 Plymouth Fury H/Top from Auto World back in Sept. '73. I still have it in my display case. It was also the first time i used dupli-color paint as well on this kit. Afterwards I would order more JoHan kits and accessories like the Auto World license plates. From what I could remember Auto World was the only real model/hobby mail order store. Thanks Matt for sharing all of these memories with us.
Too cool Chris!
My uncle had these model catalogs and model Railroad ones. He ordered trains through them in the late 70's . Then gave them to me
I still have some with the Aurua slot cars in them. I never ordered from these because by my time the Hobby shops were big in the 80's. I do have some with my uncle's filled out order forms which he never mailed off for his items. Petty cool to see it written out back then.
GREAT VIDEO MATT YES THE GOOD OLD DAYS, CUTTING GRASS ON WEEKENDS MAKING TEN DOLLARS FROM THE NEIGHBORS DOING A LOT OF LAWNS.ON A HOT SATURDAY MORNING. IT WAS OFF TO MY FAVORITE HOBBY STORE BUYING A GREAT MODEL CAR KIT PAINTS GLUE AND STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER TO BUY A RC COLA .GREAT TIMES IN THOSE DAYS.NOW AT 73 3/4 YRS STILL AT THIS GREAT HOBBY. FORMER VET FROM THE US NAVY SERVED IN VIET NAM IN THE LATE 60 S I966 ROUND 2 OWNS AUTO WORLD NOW LOCATED IN SOUTH BEND IND BRING BACK THOSE AMT KITS AND OTHERS MPC AND SO ON. AMT BIG RIG KIT HAS AUTO WORLD DECALS IN THIS KIT WHICH IS STILL OUT THERE TO BUY . GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS.
Thank you for bringing a way back machine.Out yes you're Dating me I have been building since 1962 and I and I have definitely Ordering from the real auto world.
Yes, you missed the grand scheme of things, but nowadays wow, 3D printing I will never thought of resin End 3D printed parts. I will never dream of the stuff that is available nowadays.
Yes, it was a Golden Age, but now times are better.
And yes Matthew that is a Decal
Yes it was good. I can remember buying kits at our local grocer for $1.56!!!!
Great video. The arrival of the AW catalog each year caused more excitement than the Sears Wish Book! In the early years the catalog listed a booklet by AW co-founder Bob "Smitty" Smith showing how to carve bodies from blocks of balsa. The featured projects were a '49 Chevy fastback and a '56 Ford four-door and, as with everything Smitty built, they were beautiful. For years I had a copy that I got around 1964-65, but it's long gone now and I've never seen another one. Anyone else remember it?
I have ordered from Auto World catalog in 1970 when I was 16 yrs old. Prices were not bad. I have a Auto World catalog in my stash don't remember the date on the catalog. They always sold slot cars and Iirc also sold paint.
Might still have an old model car heaven catalog somewhere in my stash of model car magazines... I still miss look thur that catalog.
Mathew I loved this video I enjoyed looking threw the old mag and checking out the old prices with you. I wish those where still here today. Take car my friend.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks
Interesting video Matthew, thanks for sharing. I remember as a kid in the 60's ordering things from the back of magazines and comics. Some of the time you could scotch tape quarters, dimes and nickels to the order form and putting it in an envelope to mail. Then you had to wait 4 - 6 weeks to get whatever you ordered. It was torture as a kid waiting that long. Very rarely did I order model kits like that. I was lucky enough to have a local hobby store that stocked most of the kits I wanted. If it wasn't on the shelf at the local hobby store I could ask my parents to see if they could special order whatever kit I wanted. That rarely worked because there was always an extra charge and they had to pay up front. 👍👍
That is actually an Auto World catalog not a magazine. I still have a couple myself. The sticker sheet is a water soak decal . I also have that sheet and several of when they change their logo. Still have a bunch of model stuff and ho racing stuff that I bought from them back in the day. There was no other place around like Auto World back in those days. Very few places to even find just models for sale.
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Nice 😅.....good times and great prices 😁
Fantastic stuff!
Im 57, so my heyday was mid to late seventies into early eighties. I probably built the entire Monogram catalog three times over! And those Revell autos where EVERYTHING opened. Lol! Those were a bear. Oh, and the motorized Lindberg kits too. Those were nearly impossible to get working properly!...hey, I was a kid! 😆👍💯
Too cool!
Wow how vintage. Very cool. Thanks for sharing Matt!
I used to order from AW in the mid 60's. I got to go there with a friend of mine whose dad used to race cars and was a good friend of Oscar. Oscar showed us around the store and warehouse, and one part of it was the race car shop. That day there was a Cobra, Corvette Grand Sport, and various SCCA sports cars. We had a great time, bought some stuff, and saw some real race cars too !!!
My dad was also drafted into the Army around that time. Served 1965-1967. He was stationed in Korea for part of that time also.
Love the older stuff thanks for the history thanks for sharing Matthew
What blast from the past! Thank you.
my mom enrolled me in revells model of the month club when i was 10 years old. you received 1 model a month but it was a surprise you never knew what it was going to be. i still have a couple of them left at my parents house and i have tried to find the kits again but no luck. thanks
Testers silver paint passed for chrome moulding. No chrome foil yet. FEH! Chucho Agrelot
Cool magazine, under the Ford Courier was a Mustang ll
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Four kids in a single story, three bedroom house… I didn’t have a good space for building plastic models back then. But I built a lot of model rockets. And they didn’t need to be painted. I rarely ordered by mail. I was fortunate enough to have three hobby shops within a 30 minute drive (till about 85 when one closed).
Wow my Auto World now is Hobbynut and MVCProducts!!!! Ordered some from AW back in the 70's. Good stuff
Yep
First knew of Auto World around 1975
We had both a Ben Franklin and
Woolworth where i got all my kits because it was within walking distance ❤our Penneys had kits n toys all thru the 1970s
Pretty cool old paper work. Some of the double sided stuff is to cool not to display both sides. Here's an idea. Without destroying the original paper work. You can always color photocopy one side. I bet you can even weather the paper on the copy just so that you can display both sides.
Autoworld goes back to at least the early 60s. Their first catalogs were these little half size things if I recall. It was an exciting time in the hobby which was still in its infancy. But we are living the best times the hobby has ever seen now.
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So living in a time where Hobby Shops everywhere are closing, NO Scale Auto or Car Modeler magazines, shows since Covid going away, MANY MANY Resin casters no longer in business (Modelhaus quickly comes to mind) Revell nearly closing. And now the industry gives us a FRACTION of new kit releases now than it used to be! And you STILL think TODAY is some how the "best time the hobby has ever seen" ?
WOW have YOU missed it! Model cars used to be advertised in Hot Rod magazine for Pete's sake and Hot Rod itself used to have a National Model Car Contest. We used to have another mag as well, "Plastic Fanatic" run SOOOOO MUCH better by its former owner than its current one.
As a modeler who owns better than 1,000 model cars, has built more than 200, who owns another 100 Sci-fi kits, approx 50 planes-I will tell you that things used to be SOOOOOO MUCH better and less "underground" in the hobby than they are today. Now most teens have NEVER even SEEN a kit- much less built one! If it isn't a video game they ain't interested. And try finding a hobby shop in many markets! Walmart, Kmart, almost every "big box" store used to have kits. Even grocery stores used to sell kits! Now its the internet or NOTHING for many of us for the simplest of supplies!
Sorry to throw water on ya "Kitchen" but you MISSED the "hay days" of the 80's and 90's when the hobby was truly rockin'....BTW-I'm not a "retired "Grey Beard"-I have been building since I was 8 and that was less than 50 years ago....
Very cool magazine .
Thanks for sharing 😊
Cool stuff Matt, great memories!
Those mettle model a were very expensive in the 80's.
I think I gave you the catalog and someone else gave you the 40 Ford instructions. Those were great days and although things were cheaper the cash was hard to come by for that stuff. 25cents a week allowance Plus supplemental cash from cashing in bottles. Some kits like the larger scale were out of my league.All things considered today is THE golden age. Kits, parts avalability and accuracy are way better. That being said it amazing how the dash board instruments on those AMT annuals are perfectly done if you check out the originals under magnification. Lucky to have a few.
I actually still use dry transfer lettering sometimes - and still popular in model railroading.
Gosh i remember that book had a kid in my class bring that book to school we couldnt get it passed all model and things it had in it
Very cool, thanks for sharing ~ Cory
Boy back then you paid buck or two for a kit so for 10 bucks you could order a bunch
Cool stuff Matt
Yep line em up and rub em on
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That kit was a 65 or 66 mustang annual. The builder modified it into the funny car. That was the age of customizing and modification. I'll have to show you the magazine funny car issue from back then. I may have the one featuring this car. I'll let you know.
Auto World (est1958) was fine,however , wiring that distributor was a very big deal . What you have is a watersllide decal of the original logo which was redone in 1969 and currently in use. Yow!
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Cool!!
Mail order also used to read; "Allow six to eight weeks for delivery". Now we're upset if we have to wait more than a day.
Well old days were good in some ways and today is better in some ways .
I sure do miss scale auto but we do have the internet with great guys putting their kits on you tube
Scale auto was actually dead about 10 years before they stopped publication
Once they were bought by a corporation they no longer was the magazine they once were.
They were GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scan the reverse of those instructions, then print off a reduced sized copy on yellowed paper. Mount them side-by-side.
The thing I liked the most about the good old days...I wasn't good and I wasn't old
I'm still collecting my old auto world catalog's.i think I have at least about 6 catalog's older books.out in the garage.the models were cheaper than.same as my scale auto magazine's.
I wish you could still get the letraset dry transfer lettering. Alas, digital compositing did away with the primary market for them.
Hey Matt, the old stuff is awesome, I have a question, can you 3D print flat tires and can you make a distributor cap with the plug wire holes in it.
Matt, that Stang on that lettering kit is a custom built kit, not one from a manufacturer 😢😢😢😢
the best auto world catalogs were from the 60's- the catalogs got bigger in the middle 60's