Hello Forum, from USA Florida

[Mom]

Hi All!   I'm really excited to be apart of this forum.  Just to tell y'all about myself, I'm a stay at home Mom of two kids.  I love doing art and creating things.  What lead me to your website is my kid loves hot wheels and apocalyptic modified cars. I said we should create our own and here I am.  I saw some amazing photos here and realized we need to start with a bit box!  This is where y'all come in, I need your, the experts, advice!  Any and all advice is welcome.  What I would like to know is where do you find hotwheels size missiles, guns, bombs, grates, etc.  I would like to go the prefab stuff because my boy wouldn't have the patience to make everything from stratch or from molds. 

[von Lucky]

Welcome Mom.

I'd recommend swap meets and thrift stores for second hand toys and model kits. Otherwise Tuesday Morning, Ross, etc has been pretty good for me for cheap 1/72 model kits (jet planes would be good for missiles, bombs, etc).

[Cherno]

Hello and welcome to the forum 

Cheap sci-fi plastic toys could provide a good source of bits.

[HerbyF]

As was said before, old broken toys & models are a good source. Some times you can get old 1/72, 1/76, or 1/87 scale models cheap at hobby stores on clearance. If you have thrift stores near by, they are a good source for old/broken toys & models. Not far from me is a Goodwill & a St. Vincents bin stores. That is where the send their stuff that didn't sell at the stores & dump them into big bins & sell by the pound. I have found a lot of bit to build stuff really cheap that way. It also makes a fun little change in routine to look for things to use. BTW welcome to the forum. Will look forward to seeing some pictures of what you & your youngsters build.