More coming later ... stuff from the International Model Car Builder's Museum including the diorama of the Oakland Roadster Show.
A contest winner from back in the day ... a Merc in a TV. Much better pics and detailed story of the builder, John Estlow, can be found at https://themodelcarmuseum.org
The Oakland Roadster Show diorama by Ken Hamilton. Individual cars by numerous builders. Some planning pics and then one of several shots taken with the room lights on. All of them have reflections off the plexiglass front cover so I'll only post one.
But then the museum staff turned off the room lights and 'lit' the diorama. It is rare for them to do this as all the lights, from the overhead in ceiling, to the little round corner ones in some of the individual car spots, are old incandescent bulbs, no longer available. Much better for pictures. Some cool details like the miniature slot car track in the back corner by the trophy table. There are pigeons in the rafters and supposedly a paper airplane stuck up there somewhere. There's a Roth T-shirt booth. The cars reflect the model building of the time this was done. There are likely better models of the subject matter now, in resin or 3d printing. For example, the Sam Barris Buick Fastback and the Blue Danube Buick appear to be crafted from versions of the AMT '51 Chevy kit. And the Rod & Custom Dream Truck was built from a Revell '54 Chevy sedan, if I recall. There was no Chevy 3100 pickup model to start with back then.
Two unbuilt models I picked up,going to build the T bird but not sure on the Mustang concept. I want to use the drivetrain for another build but might end up trading it,check out the price.
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