This time last year, I dug up my old 1933 Ford ZZ Top deco “Eliminator” Monogram model kit. I would have assembled this when I was 13 or 14 years old. It’s been collecting dust for a long time, but I posted some pics with a crappy Nokia cell phone anyway, just because it was a cool find.
This year, I took some new pics, with my new BlackBerry Z10! I also took the liberty of cleaning it (as much as I dared to). In the process I snapped off one headlight (an easy fix) and detached part of the body from the chassis, a trickier fix. Unfortunately some of the chrome pieces did not age too well and show a lot of chrome wear, (on the headlights).
Regardless, the pictures are pretty. Enjoy.
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Cool pix Mike….did the box include the ZZ girls circa 84 as well????!
That album was and still is a classic…like a lot of others I’m became a ZZ fan that yr and bought the cassette version and what a great bunch of songs . One of my favs is If I Could Only Flag Her Down….solid release wasn’t able to catch them in concert until the Recycler tour of 1990…. Great show opened with Planet Of Woman…..
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Deke, no, the box just had a picture of the car. However I did take that box, cut out the car, and put that inside my locker at highschool.
Well Deke since you like the album…is this a good time to say “tune in tomorrow for the album”?
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Looks cool. So did you just get this in a model shop or was it a promotional thing? Bring on the ZZ Top reviews!
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I would have got this at a hobby shop/model shop. Given the time frame, it’s possible I may have picked this up at Toys R Us!
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Sounds good..look forward to the review and for my 2 cents!
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Right on, see ya tomorrow!
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Nice – love ZZ’s cameo in Back to the Future III!
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Brilliant that — guitar spin and all!
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Cool model gets a second showing on yer blog – with updated pics! That car could be their Eddie, eh?
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Yeah to a certain degree! They later had Cadzilla, but…not the same!
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This is genuinely one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. You do realise that I’m gonna be searching the internet for one, right?
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To build yourself?
It was fun, but very nerve wracking, to paint the ZZ TOP logo on the engine. God that was 30 years ago.
I haven’t finished a model kit in many years. I have a P-38 Lightning at the cottage that is started but has a long way to go. Haven’t touched it in 10 years. I should get some new paint and brushes and give it a go.
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Yeah. Or just to have the car, really. It’s a beautiful car. I’d really like two… I’d do the other up like the I Gotsta Get Paid video.
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