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Remember the 1/25 scale AMT Trophy Series plastic kits? I do! The Traditional Rods And Kustoms In Scale website is asking folks to build and show...
Does anyone recall, or have photos, of James Wilson racing at Des Moines, Ames and/or Cordova in 1965-1968? He had a red-orange '57 Chevy 210 in...
Oh. All these decades I thought it was "big slip" as in the car having a large limited slip differential.
Gene Winfield customized many of the AMT annual kits in the '60s. Here's the latest about him....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It's a 1/25 scale curbside I've built from the body of a Moebius 1961 Pontiac Ventura hardtop, an...
1/24-1/25 scale model car kits with bubble tops: [IMG] This is the most-updated list. I've deleted my earlier post about it.
Here's a link showing those tires: https://board.spotlighthobbies.com/?md=read;id=408947 . At this link, click on the Scott..... post for some...
Here's a link with a little info about Bob Braverman. A post farther down says that he died....
[ATTACH] "California" in New Jersey. January 1967 in unknown publication.
jnaki 1958 * means class record Here is a great story on Daddy's Auto Body, Buick powered dragster from 1958. They were very successful in So Cal...
The vehicle, and hence it's color, is way OT so I won't show it here but look at 2024 Toyota Tacoma Solar Octane. In real life, it is so bright...
Yes, more stories please! For the rest of us, we can build 1/25 scale models of Kent Fuller framed cars such as: Early '60s rail (pre-order):...
[ATTACH] It's difficult to see but it seems to be a "hailer" sign that can be illuminated when the cop car pulls alongside the suspect's. The...
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[ATTACH] C'mon, post some Sunday models. My '61 Pontiac has the filling/sanding/priming started and the interior mocked up. This is for the...
[ATTACH] 1961 Pontiac Ventura kustom in progress. This is just a mockup. The finished model will be lower: bottom of rocker panels level with the...
It's a week past the Oct. 1 deadline and I'm just now starting on this 1961 Pontiac Ventura kustom. It's the Moebius 1/25 scale kit that I'll...
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[ATTACH] Here are my shots of a car being moved around at the Barris auction in North Hollywood, CA in September 1983.
[ATTACH] Car Craft, May 1961.
Despite the thread's title, could someone explain the hitch on this? To me, it looks like a single bar attached between the truck and the center...
[IMG] Here's something wacky I'm working on. It's a topless 1/25 AMT '49 Ford sectioned 3", shortened, widened in back and pie-cut to narrow it...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's something that might have been built in the late '50s. It was the time when a hopped-up Olds or a Caddy was...
The remnants of the large lettering on each side look like "SHORE PATROL" to me. The lettering is almost cut off at the front so I'll agree with...
That Corvair is looking good. Here's mine -- just after a quickie paint job. A current HAMB thread reminded me of it.[ATTACH]
I'm not a 1:1 HAMBer but here's the view from my window of the room where I build HAMB-friendly 1/25 scale models. [ATTACH] This is what I can see...
Another term of the time was "sanitary" often meaning a very well built race car, usually a dragster, that had show car fit and finish, even in...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's my made-up idea of the first exhibition wheelstander. See the build thread here:...
I could get tetanus from just looking at that rusty steel. You've really gotten the worn paint and corrosion techniques just right!
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