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Contests - Summer 2017 – Summer 2018
5 Ohio Valley Regional 41 23rd Circle City 75 Showdown 2018

Louisville, Kentucky Modelers Contest Farmers Branch, Texas
Lebanon, Indiana
9 GTR Summer NNL 81 FAST Club Model Contest
Crystal Lake, Illinois 43 CARBS Fall Fest Ocala, Florida
Fairborn, Ohio
11 Lafayette Model 83 NNL Philadelphia
Car Club 47 NNL South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lafayette, Indiana Smyrna, Georgia
87 Buckeye Classic
15 SCIMA 53 Frankfurt Model Car Hilliard, Ohio
Columbus, Indiana Show
Frankfurt, Germany 91 NNL Milwaukee 26
21 Three Rivers Waukesha, Wisconsin
Automodelers Show 55 Spirit of Speed 3
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania Pomona, California 96 NNL East
Wayne, New Jersey
23 Classic Plastic Model 57 Southlandz Swap & Show
Exhibition Dunedin, Florida 102 Southlandz Show 2
Lawrence, Massachusetts Dunedin, Florida
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29 NNL Nationals Contest 104 HMCA
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33 Grand Slam NNL #2 63 Hope It Don’t Snow Show 106 Heartland Nationals
Johnstown, Wisconsin Spartanburg, South Carolina Overland Park, Kansas
37 L’Exposition Amicale 65 NNL West 108 NNL North

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Quebec City, Quebec
71 Performance Model Club 114 Submissions Guide
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Ohio Valley Regional Model Car Contest
Louisville, Kentucky • July 15, 2017 · by Jim Casassa
Ray Eckerle’s AMT 1955 Chevy pickup has

been radically customized with a chopped top,
pancaked hood, and scratchbuilt rear quarters
from a 1950 Oldsmobile 98. Its Dodge grille
came from Modelhaus.
James Herald boasted he only spent a month on this rare Fisher Resin Tom Dill tries to build at least one classic car per year. For 2017 he
Porsche RSK F2, adding machined knobs to the dash before painting it chose a Lindberg 1935 Auburn Boattail Speedster. It looks great
in an iconic Tamiya silver. finished in a handsome black and silver automotive paint color scheme.
Pat Sluzas digs this Moebius Models 1953 Hudson Hornet Special built Once a “Dyno Don Nicholson” Pro Stock Ford Pinto, Jim Hill made this a
straight out of the box and finished in a Grasshopper Green Metallic custom Pinto delivery by adding a Chevy Vega wagon top and filling its
factory automotive paint. Bare-Metal foil was used for the trim. side windows. The wheel openings were flared and engine detailed too.
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A love of old school street rods inspired Dale Bartley to build this Ed Powell adores neat classic cars, but says his next build won’t be box
Revell Ford Model A roadster. He hinged the trunk, added a photo- stock. Monogram’s stylish 1930 Packard 734 Speedster Phaeton is
etched grille and steering wheel, and wired the engine. The finish is painted with Tamiya Racing White and Testors Model Master Sunrise
sprayed on finger nail polish. Pearl Red.
Awed from seeing gassers at local car shows, Darren Pate built one in Darren Pate also shows this upgraded 1937 Chevy Modified that
scale with modified rear wheel wells and a House of Kolors orange over features aftermarket wheels from TJ’s Custom Casting and tires from
silver paint job. The unique wheels came from a Monogram “Li’l Coffin” Plastic Performance Products. The finish is a mix of several Tamiya
kit, and its side windows were made using 35mm film. colors and cleared with Shop-Line JC630 4.2.
Steve Perry learned a

ton about current safety
equipment requirements
while researching his
nostalgia Funny Car
build. He scratchbuilt
many of the components
and used parts from his
resin casting business –
Calnaga Casting.
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This mighty Porsche 934/5 Turbo from Gunze
Sangyo was built by Chris Crawford. After cutting
out its grille and side vents, he installed screens
in their place. He also gave it a dazzling nail
polish finish.
Dave Lyon’s rat rod, based on a Revell kit, has a chopped top and he Don Strong built this Sidewinder Dragster to compete in a new slot car
“Z’d” the frame to lower its profile. There’s a scratchbuilt triangulated class at a GSL show. Modifying a vintage Kemtron slot car chassis with
4-link suspension, headers, interior and his own custom decals. a scratchbuilt body, he also added a detailed Chrysler Hemi V8 from his
parts box.
Busy Steve Perry put 325 hours into his Mercury “Super Marauder” Using a Laser Model mask, the flames on this Revell ’56 Chevy were
that replicates a concept car built for Mercury by George Barris. Its hand-painted by Ray Eckerle. Under the hood is a complete engine,
body is shortened and made into a two-seat roadster finished with drivetrain and suspension system. Plus he subbed in an interior that
Bob’s Paints. Side pipes, headrests, and door panels are scratchbuilt. came from a late model Corvette.
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Steve Gray wasn’t sure what he should do with a
NASCAR kit he won as a raffle prize. He got
creative and made a cool cut-away car to show
off its detail work. He said it was a challenge to
keep it all together with the body cut in half!
AMT’s “Wagon Rod” is an excellent kit, says Steve Gray. After seeing a Rockne Riddlebarger wanted to find out if it was possibleto chop the
similar red custom woody at a car show, he built one in scale with a top on this style of truck, so he cut the roof pillars and made a new top
detailed engine compartment and then brush-painted wood panels out of diamond-plate styrene sheet. A Chevy 409 cid V8 is completely
along the woody’s sides. wired and plumbed, and various artists oils were used for detailing.
Joel Thorne’s 1932 highboy is bathed in Testors Purple-Licious paint. Monogram’s 1937 Ford Coupe has been wedge sectioned, lengthened,
The hot rod features scratchbuilt or modified parts, including the chopped, widened, and lowered before being enhanced with louvers.
steering column, drive shaft, rear springs, and widened rear wheels. Its Jim Hill mounted reversed Mustang Cobra wheels and added jewel
engine is a Tri-Power 348 cid V8 from AMT’s ’62 Chevy. taillights. Its bold finish is from fingernail polish with two-part clear.
8 Contest Cars 2018

GTR Summer NNL
August 6, 2017 · Crystal Lake, Illinois · by Gerry Paquette
Doug Fisher took Accurate Miniatures’ detailed

Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport into the 21st
century by applying decals of modern sponsor
logos and the Vette’s drivers names.
Check this one out open-wheel racing fans! This box-stock 1/12 Tamiya Joe Quiles transformed AMT’s 1951 Chevy Bel Air into a muscular rat
Wolf WR1 Ford F1, with aftermarket decals, was beautifully built by Jeff rod of sorts using real rust culled from a Scotch Pad, and mashing
Smedley. together a smorgasbord of parts from other kits.
In hopes of making this stand out from all of the commonly seen SS or Dropping the top, Joe Quiles built AMT’s 1962 Impala as a lowrider
RS models, John Walczak built this excellent “grocery getter” 1970 convertible, adding aftermarket wheels and tires, a “Dukes” plaque,
Camaro with a detailed six-cylinder borrowed from a 1964 Chevelle. and fully dressed chassis.
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Matt Key started with an MPC 1981 Chevy Camaro Z-29 Street Machine James Palicka entered his AMT 1941 Ford Custom Woody with a rad
“Thunder Z” along with old reference photos from Wisconsin’s Road surfin’ theme complete with a wahine (Hawaiian for “young woman”)
America race track, to come up with this detailed IMSA Camaro GTX. and surfboards. Caribbean Frost nail polish provides the perfect finish.
Tim Kasper built this spectacular Outlaw Pro Mod basing it on AMT’s Gerry Paquette’s show car shop wagon was crafted from a Revell kit
1972 Chevy Blazer and adding scratchbuilt engine, chassis, and interior with slight exterior and interior mods including a new rear deck bed
components. He topped it off with a captivating candy yellow paint job and loads of other detail. Its hot paint is Testors Electric Pink lacquer.
and hand-lettered graphics.
This sparkly 1938 Ford Panel street rod was tastefuly created by John Dave Roeder did a deep dive into his spare parts and came up with this
Anton from a Lindberg kit, then finished with custom pearl paints, grungy 1958 Junkyard Dog. It looks like he’s got quite the score of
hand-painted flames, and orange anodized parts. scrap in that loaded rear cargo bed!
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Lafayette Miniature Car Club
Lafayette, Indiana • August 19, 2017 · by Jim Casassa
Ken Brickell’s 1951 Chevrolet Custom is low and smooth, with a chopped Rod Beeman spent only a couple weeks on his 1966 Chevrolet Impala.
and sectioned body, and he also added quad headlights. The paint is a Inspired by Lowrider Magazine, he lowered the suspension and added
clever Flip Flop green enamel. Dayton wire wheels. The Chevy’s paint is Testors Pure Gold lacquer.
Sam Smith thought a custom VW would be a fun car to create in scale Matt Willoughby describes his 1934 Ford coupe as the “Indiana version”
so he lowered and painted his with a red candy pearl over a copper of The California Kid movie car. Its wheels are kit-bashed and wrapped
base. The intricate pin striping was all hand-painted. Sweet ride! in aftermarket tires.
Once upon a time nearly every gas station had some kind of service McLaren cars and the historic Gulf livery colors provided Joel Thorne
truck. John White’s MPC Jeep has a stretched body to make room for with inspiration to build this awesome Fujimi McLaren MP4-12C GT3.
an often-used wrecker boom. The build took about three weeks.
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Matt Willoughby’s Hemi V8-powered Ford rat rod took
first place in the street rod class. He “Z’d” and stretched
the frame, drilled out the visor, and plumbed and wired its
chrome-bathed engine.
Joel Thorne told us his love of the old days at the Indianapolis Motor Tony Martin likes his pony cars, so he added fender flares to this Revell
Speedway was his motive for building this MPC Lotus STP Turbine, a 1966 Ford Mustang, then wired and plumbed its engine. That purple and
front-row starter in 1968. Paint is Testors Model Master. checkered flag finish was created using automotive paints.
John White’s hot rod uses parts from several Revell kits. His Ford Model John White was a busy modeler, also producing this early Bronco,
A coupe body sits on a ‘32 sedan chassis with the rear suspension from something he loves. He added Olson Brothers resin half-cab, fender
a ‘40 Ford. The flathead V8 is wired, and he finished his build by flares, and shaker hood to a Revell Bronco kit. He also wired the engine
applying the kit’s decals over a coat of automotive paint. and added a brake booster.

Tony Franklin, a fan of old MPC kits, displayed
several of his outstanding lowriders, including
this one based on an MPC 1973 Chevy Impala
drizzled in Modelhaus chrome.
Although a 1950 Ford convertible might seem like an unusual choice for Al Hoffman gave his customized Moebius Models 1961 Pontiac Ventura a
a young builder, William Willis had a blast spending time with his dad different look by stripping the chrome parts and painting them Alclad
while creating this ride from swap meet junk bag parts. II Black Chrome. The beast’s wheels and tires came from a Fujimi kit.
Slixx decals over a Krylon Safety Orange paint job give Roy Snyder’s Snap-fit kits always provide a good way for junior modelers to get
AMT 1961 Ford Ranchero an eye-catching finish. Under the hood is a started. Briana Meyer agrees. She built this sleek Polar Lights 1965
289 cid V8 snatched from a ’66 Mustang kit. Dodge Coronet.

William Rider’s perfect Revell-Monogram 1937 Ford street rod has Tony Franklin has mastered the art of combining custom made decals
aftermarket wheels, a lowered stance, wired engine, and is bathed in and multiple coats of paint to create an outstanding lowrider, like this
Dupli-Color paint. 1958 Chevy Impala based on a Revell kit. Its interior is customized too!
This 1967 Trans-Am ready Ford Mustang won the show’s theme award Tom Dill neatly grafted the front of a 1970 Ford Mustang onto a 1955
for best vehicle made in 1967. Roy Snyder removed its fastback roof Ford Pickup. The wheels and tires also lifted from a Mustang and Dill
and replaced it with a 1966 coupe roof. Color is Krylon Safety Yellow. finished it with an automotive paint.
Dick Potts was a hero to Lance Spangle as a kid. Lance used a vaccum- Lee Petty raced a sweet 1957 Oldsmobile convertible on Daytona Beach
formed body and a heavily modified AMT NASCAR chassis to build this in 1957 and 1958. Tom Dill replicated it, starting with an R&R Resin
model of Potts’ dirt car. hardtop, then he scratchbuilt its roll bar and tonneau cover.

SCIMA (South Central Indiana Modelers Association)
Columbus Indiana · September 23, 2017 · by Jim Casassa
Terry Doggett thought it would be wild to

build a custom 1959 Cadillac limo. He added
the custom roof from an AMT 1965 Lincoln,
and modified the tailfins before finishing it
with a perfect Tamiya maroon.
Combine a ’49 Mercury and a ‘05 Ford Thunderbird and you get this hot John White spent a few months building his 1957 Ford gasser. The
rod by Ken “Bondo” Brickell. Its finish is Colors by Boyd Roadster straight axle is a kit-bashed piece, headers constructed from solder
Florida Orange and he used toothpicks to apply the painted graphics. and aluminum tubing and there’s an aftermarket distributor.
Tony Franklin enjoys the challenge of painting lowriders. He only spent Thomas Mackie got inspiration for building this Monogram 1941 Lincoln
a month building his Revell 1963 Chevrolet Impala, installing a new Continental from helping his grandpa, Tom Dill, at the Dayton Concours
hood and Pegasus wire wheels. Its wild finish is from House of Kolors. D’Elegance. This classic is painted black with a burgundy interior.

Greg Mayton originally built this Revell ’64 Chevy Impala as a
surprise gift for a cousin with the real car. He lowered the
suspension, added side exhaust, wired the engine, and added
airbag lines before the undercarriage was weathered.
Ken Brickell modified a Jimmy Flintstone resin body originally based on Gary Mace was one of several modelers who had a new Revell Suburban
AMT’s “Slammers Black Force” kit to come up with his own version of on the contest table. He had fun fillling in the side windows to make it a
an early Batmobile. The stealthy finish is Testors Model Master paint. panel truck and painting it an authentic Chevrolet truck color.
Greg Hollowell found the remains of a Palmer 1969 Mercury Cougar kit Tim Brown was looking for something fun and different to build when he
in a Ziploc bag at a swap meet. Its wheels are from a Revell Deal’s picked up this Lindberg supermodified. He opened up the grille and
Wheels “Go Mad Nomad” and he added a Jimmy Flintstone figure. added engine wiring, gauges, seat belts and a red windshield.

Jonathan Willis spent a few weeks building Revell’s Chopper kit. He Barb Acrea worked patiently on this 1950s Ford truck, her labor of love,
made a seat, applied a crazy custom paint job, and added wiring, brake adding tailgate chains made from an old necklace and chrome foiling to
and fuel lines, and the shift linkage. the bed rails and body trim.
Mark Sullivan wowed us with this AMT ’49 Ford coupe that’s been John White‘s Revell Ford Model A has a resin roof from Altered States
radically lowered and covered with a lime green metallic paint. The and a dropped-in, detailed Olds Rocket 88 engine from a Revell 1950
seats are draped with Scale Motorsport decals. Oldsmobile. The frame has been double “Z-d” to give it a lower stance.
Bill Shoaf built MPC’s colorful “Carl Casper’s Cosmic Charger”

because he geeks out over drag racing. It’s built mostly out of
the box, but he needed two sets of decals to get the final
appearance right. We love it!

Revell’s Mooneyes dragster is a tough kit to build according to
John Collett, but you’d never guess that from seeing his
stunning final product. John added complete wiring and made
the front axle steerable. The color is Krylon Sun Yellow.
Tim Brown said this Revell Jeep was a fun kit and he was happy with the Ted Lear loves art deco rides. His ’41 Lincoln Zephyr started with a
results he got from such a basic build. He spent a weekend creating the Jimmy Flintstone resin body. Ted shortened its roof and extended the
4x4, adding a roll bar, extra taillight, and a spare tire. fenders before painted it with Sally Hanson nail polish.
Bill Erdes’ wife challenged him to build a model of the Cadillac from Jim Hargraves’ love of ASA racing shows in the amount of detail he
Johnny Cash’s “One Piece at a Time.” He’s been working on it for three added to his Dick Trickle Chevy Camaro, thanks to scratchbuilding and
months, and has used parts from six different model year Cadillacs! aftermarket parts from Dirt Modeler and Ted’s Modeling Marketplace.

This mildly-custom AMT/SMP 1960 Ford by Ted Lear, has a cleaned-up Shawn Dodson thought it would be cool to turn AMT’s Chevy Corvette
hood and tailgate, and wheels and tires from Modelhaus. The finish is a ZR1 into a drag car, so he swapped in a 426 cid Hemi V8, tubbed the
mix of copper and pearl red with a sharp Testors Wimbledon white roof. rear, filled in all the lights, and built a roll cage.
This Nissan 350Z, built by Sam Smith, could easily be cast in a Fast and Ed Powell was a teenager when the 409 was introduced and he’s always
Furious movie with its sweet wheels and Testors Sublime Green paint! had a soft spot for these cars. His black Lindberg 1961 Chevy Impala is
fully detailed with a photo-etch set from the Model Car Garage.
Bob Baker put loads

of detail into his
abandoned Revell
Ford Model A. Real
wood was used for
the bed and the roof
slats, and its seat
has springs and
stuffing poking
through holes in the
upholstery. Trees are
from Woodland
Scenics and the grass
was cut from baler
twine.

Above: Chuck Poi enjoys obscure stock cars,
combining AMT’s 1965 Buick Wildcat body with
a chassis and interior from a ’66 Chevrolet
stocker. He made his own decals and used
wheels and tires he cast in resin.
Left: Al Hoffman turned Revell’s Highway

Pioneers kit into a great build. He assembled
the five-piece body of the 1/32 scale 1952
Ferrari Tipo 166 before painting it bright red.
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Three Rivers Automodelers Show
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania · September 24, 2017 · by Emily Sparano
Cecil Henderson
showed off his
“Copper Cooker,” a
unique Willys based
on an AMT kit. It
features a wired,
detailed engine with
a power-hungry
blower, and all sorts
of “hillbilly” decals
atop a sparkling
copper paint job.
Tom Kren built Moebius Models’ 1965 Mercury Comet and finished it in Danny Younker put AMT’s 1955 Chevy Stepside Street Machine onto a
MCW Saddle Tan paint. After adding Pegasus wheels and a resin hood, stretched AMT 1972 Chevy Blazer “Crew Chief” frame for this build.
he lowered both ends of the car for a more aggressive stance. The powertrain and suspension was taken from the Blazer donor kit,
and he finished it with a dose of mild weathering and rust.
Trucks aplenty at this show! John Ruff’s towering 1971 Ford Ranger was Here’s a 1970s Japanese icon from Revell. Cecil Henderson built this
birthed from a Moebius Models kit. It has a custom 429 cid V8 and the Datsun 510 to resemble those he saw while growing up. He wanted to
suspension from MPC’s 1984 “Deserter” GMC Pickup. This was Ruff’s replicate the Datsun, only this time as a box-stock build.
first 4x4 build and he finished it with Testors custom red.

Take a gander at this sexy Mopar from John DePaola. This Revell 1968 John DePaola also made this sweet, green 1932 Ford from Revell. It has
Dodge Dart looks good and also has a fully-wired and hosed engine. been lowered, channeled, and its top chopped.
Here’s a hot little red truck! David “Mack” Morris combined Revell’s AMT’s 1927 Ford Model T Touring was created by Todd Wingerter and
1956 Ford F-100 and 1990 F-350 kits for this masterpiece. After adding features a modified tub body chassis with an obscure, big 392 cid Hemi
the independent front suspension and a heavy-duty rear axle, he V8. The injector stacks and push bar are scratchbuilt, as is the tonneau
widened its fenders and rear bumper. After throwing in Ford’s 7.3-liter cover Wingerter made from tissue paper.
diesel V8 and automatic transmission, he slapped on a set of chrome
duallie wheels.
Tom Kren’s classic Revell 1937 Ford Street Rod has 19- and 23-inch Kevin Wallenhorst built Revell’s Ford FD-100 “Foose Design” pickup
“Smoothies” from Z-Man Wheels, and a mix of House of Kolors Cocoa box-stock but stripped it of chrome and added an antique brass finish
Pearl and Bob’s Paints Brown Betty for its yummy finish. with a copper leafing pen. The truck’s subtle paint is Dupli-Color’s low
gloss black with a Tamiya red interior and chassis.

Classic Plastic Model Exhibition
Lawrence, Massachusetts · October 7, 2017 · by Art Paquin
Above: Built as a box-stock curbside, Daniel

Lynch took Fujimi’s 1969 Isuzu Bellet 1600
GT-R added a few Acu-Stion photo-etched
details and finished it with a PPG tangerine
base coat.
Right: AMT’s 1967 Chevy Impala SS pro street

was crafted meticulously by Ken Denza and in
a Colors By Boyd dark green, clear coated with
Model Master, and polished. Bare-Metal foil
trims the windows, and he added a black
washed grille, hood scoop, and a two-tone
interior with seatbelts.
Here’s a rare car, a Dodge Stealth. Jacob Rumery took AMT’s kit of this Dylan Falls’ intimidating “Grumpy’s Toy” 1972 Chevrolet Camaro comes
sporty 1990s car and painted the body rattle can white, followed by from an MPC kit. There’s a homemade distributor and carb linkage,
further chassis detail painting. Slixx decals, and the drag car’s suspension components came from
Dylan’s parts box.

Jesse Moore took Moebius Models’ 1969 Ford F-100
and beat the heck out of it! After lowering the
suspension and plumbing and wiring the engine, he
gave weathering a go, using Rustoleum red oxide,
Krylon almond and Color Place Royal Blue.
This Camaro has seen better days! Todd Ryan took his Revell 1969 Revell’s 1981 Mercury Capri “Black Magic” was built by Michel Maheu
model finished it with Krylon spray paint and heavily weathered it, then and has a scratchbuilt T-top, homemade gold decals, and a detailed
added a blue tarp made from gift bag tissue and white glue. Don’t miss engine. The finish is Tamiya gloss black and catalyzed automotive clear.
the resin rear drum brakes sitting on blocks! Poor buddy!
A rig from Tim Rhine who transformed AMT’s GMC Astro Cab Over kit Michel Maheu’s 1939 Chevy rat rod creation is far from its stock Revell
into something special. Its finish is Tamiya Camel Yellow, and he added flair! He fabricated a “flamed” seat and the massive airplane engine
diamond-plated rear fenders from Gary Wallace, plus decals from with a transfer case paired to a Chevy transmission. The body has been
ModelTruckin.com. modified, not chopped, with flame appliques, and a cut hood.

Ken Denza modified a dirt track racer from a Monogram kit, by starting Tim Rhine’s 1965 Chevy Stepside stems from a Revell kit and has resin
with a sprint car chassis stretched 3/8-inch, wiring the engine, and wheels, a custom dual exhaust and is built to look exactly like his
adding fuel lines. The finish is Tamiya Racin’ Blue and Tamiya yellow, father’s 1:1. The finish is Tamiya mica red.
followed by Tamiya clear coat and polishing.
This hot Revell 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is the great work of 12-year-
old Joshua Bayarinas, who polished its plastic body and added his own
flame decals!
Steve Robillard’s Italeri Ford LTL 9000 has been turned into a logger
with a scratchbuilt log bunk and loader. He added a third axle, then
weathered the rig to represent it looking like it came straight out of
the woods with Testors Model Master Fiery Orange and Inca Gold.

Guil Rosa built Revell’s
1967 Chevrolet Camaro
Z/28 into a Trans-Am
car after being inspired
by Scale Auto’s “Build
the Legends”
series. Finished in
Tamiya paints, he
used parts from
five different kits,
photo-etched and
scratchbuilt parts,
and his own
homemade decals.
This red beaut’ comes from a Revell kit. Stephen C. Delorey took his Who let the dogs out? Barry Fadden did with his AMT 1940 Ford Sedan
1953 Ford F-100 and added a wooden bed, side-dump exhaust, and Delivery kit finished in Testors Phoenician Yellow and Testors Wet Look
modified Pegasus wheels and tires, then finished it with Tamiya clear clear. He chromed the suspension pieces with Chrome Tech USA, added
red lacquer over Testors Diamond Dust. resin tires from Modelhaus, and hinged the doors.
Revell’s 1/12 scale Chopper built by Ray

Hodde, has a scratchbuilt exhaust, wired
and plumbed engine, and both brake and
throttle controls detailed onto its
handlebars. Even its clear red over Testors
Diamond Dust finish wows us.

Here’s a masterpiece by Del Paone. A Competition Resins 1961
Chevy Impala body with a ton of scratchbuilt add-ons created his
own “Nitro Coupe.” The beast has an 815 cid Ross Gibson V8
modified with a a 16-plug blower and scratchbuilt manifolds, fuel
systems, and a remote oil tank. He enjoyed the challenge of piecing
this together and finished it with House of Kolor Black Gold Violet,
Tamiya pearl and Model Master clear.
Del Gonzalez’s rotary-powered 1989 Mazda RX-7 was built from an Glenn Powers built AMT’s 1955 Chevy Stepside Street Machine kit box-
Aoshima kit and has custom wheels, scratchbuilt subwoofer enclosure, stock, finishing the truck with Testors Metallic Bronze and black two-
a flocked interior, and a photo-etched nitrous oxide bottle and step lacquer, followed by gold pinstriping.
emblems. Finished in Gravity Colors Lamborghini Orange, Del’s goal was
to mimic that street competition look. We think he nailed it!
We can’t stop drooling over this insane, heavily-modified 1957 Buick’s Grand National was a turbocharged muscle car that roared in
Chevrolet Corvette from MPC that Chip Roberts built in 1/16 scale. It’s the late ‘80s. Jim Athens took his Monogram kit finished in Tamiya
finished in a shiny Dupli-Color Toreador Red. black (of course), added Testors Wet Look clear to the body and hand-
rubbed wax from The Final Detail. Trim is Bare-Metal foil.

Stephen C. Delorey’s Revell 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt has a Vince LoBosco’s Fujimi BMW Z4 GT3 is completely covered in Hatsune
glowing Tamiya Red Metallic finish over a gold base, followed by plenty Miko anime decals over a classic, simple base coat of Tamiya white.
of polishing aiding in his “quest to find the perfect candy red finish.”
MPC’s 1929 Ford Model A seen here in drop-top pickup form, was built We also love Charlie Rowley’s scratchbuilt 1970 International Harvester
by Charlie Rowley. He detailed the interior, wired and plumbed the Loadstar, finished in Dupli-Color metallic green. Using a cab from a
engine, and finished it in Dupli-Color’s Forest Green and black 1953 Ford, he added fenders carved from Renshape, before it was sent
semigloss. to American Industrial Truck Models for resin-casting. This looks
wonderful.
Dana Benoit did it for the fins! His Monogram 1959 Cadillac Eldorado was built in just a few weeks, and features an impressive Model Master Pure
Gold and bronze showroom finish.

NNL Nationals
Sylvania, Ohio · October 7, 2017 · by Robby DeGraff
This 1932 Ford from Revell was built by Tom Nowak,

who moved the body back, channeled it, and applied a
custom orange mix with Sikkens automotive clear. The
wheels were taken from a 1939 wagon rod, a steering
wheel added from Parts by Parks, and the front brakes
from Model Car Garage.
Finished in a calming Valspar Sky Blue and a two-part automotive clear, This 1983 Ford Mustang GT from MPC was built by Paul Wehner. He cut
Chris Crawford’s 1967 Chevrolet Camaro comes from a 1/25 scale Revell out the T-tops that can be snapped on or off, wired the engine, and
kit and was built box stock. added air snorkel hoses. The finish is Dupli-Color spray from the can.
Paul is a die-hard Mustang fan and has always loved the fox bodies.
The Mazda Cosmo is an icon of Japanese motoring history. Curt Zahn’s John Snider’s 1949 Mercury (from a Revell kit) is a gorgeous, simple
build of a 1968 model from a Hasegawa kit is a beauty. The kit came custom! He added whitewalls and spoked rims, wired the engine, and
with its own carpet material and metal transfers, and his Cosmo is finished the sled in a tasty Testors enamel.
finished in a Tamiya white lacquer.

Todd Wingerter’s “348-Powered B/D Rail” was built as a replica of the Revell’s 1967 Plymouth GTX was built as a group by James Tester, Jeff
Garrett & Leighton Dragmaster as it ran in 1959. It sits on a modified Bloomhuff, Kevin Wallenhorst, and Michael Schmauder. Details include
dragmaster chassis from Revell, and has a 348 cid V8 from an AMT Firebird Resin carbs, all necessary lines and hoses, Last Detail stripes,
1958 Chevy. There are scratchbuilt headers, fuel lines, lap belts, and its photo-etched emblems, and its air cleaner was drilled to accept the
finish is Testors metallic gold. carb’s studs. Tamiya white sets off their Mopar.
Here’s a rad concept car brought to scale size life by Rob Smorey. His David Walker’s perfect Triumph TR3 racer uses a damaged Hubley body
Ferrari Mythos is from a Tamiya kit and features plug wires, dash and that sits over Academy’s Cobra chassis and engine. The hood scoop,
seat belts made from aluminum, and JPS wheels finished with a custom windscreen, and seat came from his parts box, and he reworked the
mix of Candy Lime over green metallic. interior. There’s a scratchbuilt fuel tank and roll cage, and he added
wiring to the Cobra’s donor engine. The finish is Sunoco Blue and Yellow
from Scalefinishes, with decals from Umi and his parts box.
This gorgeous, completely scratchbuilt 1940s Airfloat Travel Trailer was Trey Allen’s 1957 Chevy is a real looker, built in just four weeks from a
made by Tom Woodruff. There are 850 rivets in its body panels, the Revell kit. He added custom tailpipes, wired the custom engine, and
windows are actually semi truck rims, and that shiny finish is Spaz Stix finished it with a Testors one-coat lacquer. His aunt’s 1:1 version of this
Ultra Mirror Chrome. sleek silver Chevrolet was the inspiration to scale it down.

Dave Johnson’s 1963 Ford Pro Touring is far
from stock. Built using an AMT kit and bits
from a Revell 2013 Mustang, his model has
been de-chromed, and a 5.0-liter “coyote”
Bike fans will rejoice at Evan Jones’ Honda RC166 built mostly stock V8 and transmission from the Mustang have
from a Tamiya kit. He used Tamiya Detail Up Sets for its wheels, chain, been swapped in. The interior, brakes,
fork, rivets and clutch and replaced all the bolt heads. Legendary Mike wheels, and tires are also from the ’Stang,
Hailwood rode this motorcycle in 1966, winning all 10 races! and the paint here is Testors.
Another impressive creation by Chris Waronek, is his 1953 Studebaker Gary Porter’s 1951 Chevy convertible has sure seen better days. Built
brainstormed into a Bonneville Salt Flats roadster. He took this AMT from an AMT kit, he scratchbuilt the top’s exposed ribbed frame and
kit, removed the roof, deleted its passenger compartment and added a aged windows, used a disposable aluminum pie plate for the rusted
cover, then pumped up the engine. The bold finish is a combo of Dupli- floor along with Testors paint and weathering powders. Once Gary has a
Color and Tamiya. few more battered cars, he’s planning to make a junkyard diorama!
Here’s a long, cool model! Dallas Fuller took AMT’s 1925 Ford Model T and scratchbuilt a lengthy trailer decked out in “Frisco Fast Freight” decals.

Chris Waronek’s 1950 Ford COE stake truck was made
by using a Jimmy Flintstone resin body and an AMT
pickup frame. There’s a custom Dupli-Color paint job,
loads of scratchbuilt parts like the engine blocks in the
bed, and its trailer altered from a toy!
Ka’Von Patterson, 12, built this Revell Modified as a tribute to his late John White’s 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe has a Buick engine plus rims
great grandpa. Even his grandpa’s initials and favorite number grace and tires from a Revell 1929 roadster kit. He loves street rods, and its
this sharp model. There also are aftermarket tires and it’s finished with “New Cat Yellow” finish was accomplished using an automotive base
Testors pearl followed by a wet-look clear. and clear.
This wildly custom 1961 Dodge comes from a JoHan kit and built by Jim Matthew Viggiano’s stunning Model Factory Hiro 1966 Shelby Cobra 427
Hill. There’s a Chezoom top and interior, modified bumpers from a 1963 took a year to build. He admires the car’s rich history and it’s his all-
Impala, clear lenses over the headlamps, and that intense ten-hour time favorite ride. The Cobra is plumbed and wired, has hand-painted
paint job is fingernail polish purple, green and orange pearls. white stripes (thanks to his friend Jim Drew), and is finished in Ford
Guardsman Blue from Gravity Colors.

Grand Slam NNL #2
Johnstown, Wisconsin · October 14, 2017 · by Rick Allen and Mike Klessig
This Monogram Maserati 3500GT looks gorgeous, and Stew

Edwards cut its top off then narrowed the backseat to
accommodate the top’s recesses. He scratchbuilt the
ragtop’s cover using tissue and white glue. The sports car
is finished Testors paint and Wet Look clear.
This ratted-out Jimmy Flintstone-based hearse created by Rick Mike Gehrke built Tamiya’s 1976 McLaren M23 Cosworth as raced by
Buikema features opening doors, a blown motor, skeletons, casket, and World Champ James Hunt. Rather than applying orange decals, he
a pro street suspension. He finished it with Krylon flat black, in hopes painted its distinguishing colors and used black tape for the borders.
it would look like the car was driving down Route 66 and ran out of gas! He went an extra step and even hand-painted the “Goodyear” lettering
on the 1/20 scale McLaren’s tires.
We love the simple, powerful look of Kevin Koch’s 1970 Chevrolet Nova Testors Marina Blue finished off Frank LuQue’s 1966 Chevrolet Suburban
from an AMT kit. He chopped the top, then scratchbuilt both its air turned into a panel delivery wagon. He took Revell’s kit, filled in the
intake, and exhaust that exits right behind its front wheels. side windows, and added its Shelby wheels from California Wheels.

What was once a Revell 1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon kit, was turned Wishing upon a star, Debbie Kasper built Revell’s 1940 Ford Custom
into a sleek ’57 Ford Ranchero by Mike Hartjes. He also added Pegasus Pickup as a tribute to Walt Disney, hand-painting the door logos, adding
wheels and tires that fit this custom build well. a wood bed and scratchbuilding paint cans in the truck’s cargo area.
Here’s a cool blast from the past, Chrysler’s Turbine Car! Marty Mike Kollver’s 1964 Plymouth from a Moebius Models kit, has a wired
Neyrinck took this JoHan kit and built it as a street machine, shaving engine with a distributor cap from Motor City, and is built as an
the emblems, lowering the ride stance, and adding spicy wheels from a accurate tribute to a similar 1:1 car parked near his home.
Jada die-cast of a 1960 Ford. It’s finished in Testors Evening Orchid
lacquer.
Luis Jimenez took Galaxy’s 1948 Chevy and cut the roof open so it will Perfect for Wisconsin blizzards, Duke Spangler’s AMT Ford LN 8000 was
slide back, sort of like a big sunroof. He also finished it with an turned into a single rear axle rig with Marmon Herrington all-wheel-
intriguing custom paint job. drive, a shortened dump box, and butterflied hood. There’s also a
scratchbuilt transfer case, plow head, and upper hitch. His winter
warrior is finished in bright Tamiya paints.

Moebius Models’ 1965 Plymouth Satellite was “pro streeted” by David Rick Buikema went wild with this tanked-out build, using a Plymouth
Edwards and has the back half robbed from a 1966 Chevy Nova, plus he GTX top mated to a tank’s bottom, then tons of scratchbuilding. Mad
has added numerous photo-etched details. Max inspired him to create this post-apocalyptic ride finished in Krylon
flat black and a hefty weathering job.
Elliot Doering’s NASCAR-ready AMT 1955 Chevy Bel Air has a Tom Kasper scratchbuilt this Merc snowmobile completely from balsa
scratchbuilt interior, roll bar, seat belts, and a detailed motor. The wood and styrene. He raced a 1:1 version of this sled around northern
wheels and tires are from a 1962 Chevy, and the stock car is airbrushed ice ovals, so created this 1/25 scale model to match the one he
with decanted Testors Model Master Sea Mist Green. competed on!
We love this Elliot Doering build of AMT’s Chevrolet Chevelle as a pro street model too. The frame has been tubbed, and its 454 cid V8 wired and
plumbed with scratchbuilt solder headers attached to a drag exhaust. He detailed the interior and finished the model in AutoAir Metallic Russet
acrylic with Mop & Glo Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner clear.

John Ostrenga’s rare Lance Seller resin 1971 Jim
Hurtubise Mallard has an aluminum-cast interior
tub, photo-etched gauges, and scratchbuilt
toggle switches and shifter. He built it to pay
tribute as it was the last roadster to run Indy!
Tim Depsey spent a few months perfecting AMT’s 1949 Mercury by Thirsty? Rick Doering’s ’77 Chevy Van from a Revell kit was lowered and
chopping it, finning and scoping the quarter panels with skirts, flaring has custom wheels. He built it to celebrate his German heritage, hence
all the rocker panels, and adding a ’57 DeSoto bumper. There’s a full the Jägermeister factory fleet colors and decals. Prost!
detailed engine and interior with, of course, a pack of Marlboros and a
Playboy mag on the seat. Keep hush!
Rick Shepard’s 1965 Dodge Dart comes from a Speed City Resin body, Monogram’s 1929 Ford Model A built by Mike Gehrke, was lowered and
has a scratchbuilt front axle, and the windows were made from the sports different heads, valve covers, intake manifold and carbs. It sits
clear top cover of a grocery store piecrust. He added chrome foiling, on American Satco tires and is finished with Dupli-Color paint. He used
plug and fuel lines, tinted the side windows, and finished it with Bob’s a unique dry-brushing technique on the bed!
Paints and PPG clear. He loves altered-wheelbase 1960s dragsters!

L’Exposition Amicale de Modèles-Réduits
Quebec City, Canada · October 15, 2017 · by Rene Marois
Using Revell’s popular General Lee kit, Francois Dion built a 1969 Dodge
Charger with a split personality. It’s half General Lee and half Dirty
Mary, Crazy Larry. Clever idea!
Louis Labelle mixed two kits to get the clever result seen here. He Mario Guerin built this lovable 1/6 scale Tamiya Honda CRF1000L Africa
stole body parts from a 1977 Chevy van, and the chassis and drivetrain Twin, a kit favorite of Scale Auto’s. The completed cycle was easily one
from Revell’s Dodge Sidewinder. He also opened its sliding door and of the best looking bikes at the show. Its front fork is real metal, finish
hood, added a small side-window, and detailed the interior. accomplished with Tamiya paints.

Maxime Poisson made this Honda Civic hatchback using various Subtle, clean, aggressive, classy. This nice 1969 Chevy Nova by Dave
aftermarket parts and a finish of Tamiya paint. Notice the wide, riveted Morin features aftermarket wheels and a variety of kit-bashed parts,
rear fender flares? Nice work! along with some that are scratchbuilt.
Sylvain Lessard says the Funny Car was a challenging project, Louis Labelle is known to open everything on his models. Case in point
especially when it came to piecing together the frame, but he’s with his 1975 Dodge Dart Sport from MPC, which has an opened trunk
satisfied with the result! He used a mix of Lindberg and Revell kit and doors, and further detailing using photo-etched parts. The frame
decals, then plumbed and wired the Hawaiian’s engine. comes from a 1968 Dart and the final finish is Testors paint.
Using two of Revell’s Jeep Wrangler Rubicon kits, Gary Burnham built Jacques Prince had trouble with his decals, so he painted all the
this attractive, bad ass, and unique Jeep 6x6. The protective roll bar orange, green, and silver surfaces of Tamiya’s Mazda 787B Le Mans
was scratchbuilt, and we highly doubt this thing would ever get stuck! racer! He added Top Studio wheels and a Studio27 photo-etch set.

Frederic Langevin got this original 1968 JoHan in a trade he made, then Sebastien Ferguson built this Tamiya Acura NSX but changed it up by
completely restored and painted it with Tamiya colors, and slapped on ripping its roof off! The 1:1 isn’t sold as a convertible so he changed its
decals from Billy Gooche. He also fully wired the engine and tinted the top, added aftermarket wheels, and a lower body kit before finishing it
glass using Tamiya Clear Blue. with Tamiya paints.
This Loctite racing Nissan R34 Skyline was built out of the box by Kevin Bruno Roger took his Chevy S-10 and swapped its stock V6 for the
Cusson and he finished it with Tamiya paint and an automotive clear muscular LS1 5.7-liter V8 out of a Corvette. Next, he added a few resin
coat. bits, plumbed it all, and finished the truck with Tamiya paints.
Michel Rioux is a truck builder and presented us this 1955 Peterbilt Remember the TV show Squad 51 ? Claude Dauphin built this replica of
Wrecker made possible using a wrecker kit from AMT and a Peterbilt one of its hero fire trucks. He used the cab parts from a Dodge “Little
resin conversion kit. A lot of the big rig’s details are scratchbuilt! Red Express” kit and scratchbuilt the rest. This thing is hot!

Claude Thibodeau’s build started using Revell’s 1953 Thom Taylor Vette AGIN and a 1988 Matt & Debbie Hay’s Pro-Street Thunderbird. After a lot
of modifications, cutting, grinding and scratchbuilding, he ended up with this great Salt Flats racer. The finish is Tamiya and Testors.
Daniel Bazinet loves to build racing models, and this one is racy indeed. This devilish 1970 chop top V16-powered Rockabilly Kenworth is
He started with a Fujimi kit of the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 racer, before another imaginative work from Michel Rioux. There’s almost no paint
adding carbon fiber-look decals and a bit of photo-etching, before on this model. It’s wrapped only in self-adhering vinyl sheets.
finishing with Zero Paints.
This is the result of a long, multiple-year project. Michel Paquette used Marika Lajoie, 22, built this adorable VW Bus as her first model using
a Monogram NASCAR kit to build this Michael Waltrip Tide Chevrolet only brush-painting techniques. She spread five to six coats of each
Monte Carlo using Powerslide decals, fluorescent paint and PPG clear. color to achieve the desired look.

23rd Circle City Modelers Contest
Lebanon, Indiana · October 28, 2017 · by Jim Casassa
Mark Sullivan’s Revell 1966 Chevy Chevelle

station wagon uses the chassis from a “Matt
and Debby Hay” Ford Thunderbird to give it a
pro street look. The paint is a combo of Testors
One Coat lacquers: silver, lime green, and clear.
Bill Shoaf wanted to try his hand at building something in a larger scale Stacy Cheeks says he was branching out of his comfort zone when he
and chose Lindberg’s 1/20 “Surf Buggy.” He used Model Master Fiery built this Hasegawa 1966 Fiat Abarth 695 SS into a 1960s gasser. He
Orange for the baja buggy’s hot finish. installed a detailed small-block Chevrolet V8 into an Austin chassis
complete with a straight axle. This is bonkers!
Terry Doggett found this old JoHan 1935 Mercedes coupe kit at a hobby This “Race of Gentlemen” beach racer was replicated by John White.
shop. He was so pleased with the quality of the molded body that he Revell’s Ford Model A roadster has a three-piece brass hood, brass
polished the plastic instead of painting it. Nice and classy, Terry! trunk lid, and a scratchbuilt gas tank. He added a resin windshield
frame and a tonneau cover from paper shop towel soaked in white glue.

After seeing a Volvo gasser somewhere on the web, Stacy Cheeks Dennis Caudell turned his JoHan 1959 AMC Rambler into an intimidating
experimented to see what a Trabant gasser would look like. He kept its pro touring car. He converted it from a four-door wagon to two-door,
original body, dash, and glass from a Revell of Germany kit, then kit- and scribed a sunroof on top. It’s finished in Hampstead Green and
bashed the rest of it, adding a few scratchbuilt parts like its roll bar. white, and capped off with aluminum exhaust outlets.
This Revell 1967 Chevy Camaro was built in a pro touring style by Wes Art Anderson wanted to build a model of a vehicle that could have
Salazar. Its engine compartment was detailed with a lot of machined rolled off the assembly line the same month he was born, July of 1944.
parts, and the wheels came from Steve Zimmerman. Its House of Kolor He did so with this Jeep Willys MB from a Hasagawa kit in which he
blue paint job won him the show’s best finish award. installed a long list of scratchbuilt details including its clutch and brake
pedals with all their linkage.
Tom Dill did something rather different with a JoHan Chrysler Turbine Revell’s 1966 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350H was built by Thomas Mackie,
Car kit. He cut off the roof, then added the scratchbuilt head rests and 14. He painted it in Tamiya black and said the decals on its hood were
rear-seat cover. He also chopped its windshield and removed the fender difficult to apply. He suggested that it might have been easier to paint
skirts. Under the hood is a monstrous V10 engine from Dodge’s Viper. the gold stripes instead of using the decals.

CARBS Fall Fest
Fairborn, Ohio · November 4, 2017 · by Wayne Montgomery
Roll the dice! Rod Beeman’s dropped Chevy convertible

delivers lowrider vibes, and comes from a Revell kit.
There’s a highly detailed interior, Bare-Metal foil trim and
it’s finished with one coat of lacquer.
The weathering here is perfect, Darrell Purvis’ 1929 Ford Model A Richard Gray flashed back to his childhood days and built Revell’s “Wild
Roadster came from a Revell kit and was built mostly box-stock. Old Willie Borsch” kit. He finished it with Testors Model Master Grabber
tucked away and hidden barn finds inspired Darrell to build this sweet Orange, added Slixx decals and Futurattraction slicks, then Detail
ride. Master braided lines and fittings.
Thomas Mackie’s 1963 Chevy Corvette Stingray convertible is a box- Monogram’s sleek blue 1938 Ford T-Bird Super Late Model Stockcar was
stock build from AMT, finished in a gold automotive paint. Thomas crafted by John Wise. It’s got a chopped top, flared wheel wells, wired
smiled when he bragged that this creation is “one of my shiniest!” and plumbed engine, and resin wheels that he designed. John’s a big
fan of John Vallo, a local driver who raced the 1:1 car.

Al Hoffman thought Revell’s kit of the 1957 Ford Del Rio was well Unusual and historic Indy cars are what drew Pete Diekmann to build
engineered. He built it for a club contest, added AMT hubcaps, and this No. 95 roadster using three different AMT kits. Finished in Testors
finished the wagon in 1:1 automotive paint to exactly match the factory enamels, the nose was filled in, a scoop added to the right of the body,
colors. and an oil tank mounted on the opposite side. There’s also a detailed
distributor from Replicas & Miniatures Company of Maryland.
We love this adorable 1960s Volkswagen Bug camper based on a Revell This build from Ken Collins is AMT’s The Beverly Hillbillies truck, which
kit. Steven R. Stockstill scratchbuilt the entire motorhome and it looks has been morphed into a “hot rod truck.” He added vacuum-formed
great. Our favorite detail? That window above the sleeper area. door panels, and finished it with Tamiya gold and Testors Candy Red.
Identity crisis can be a good thing, as Dave Huddle models here with his Pete Diekmann’s mighty Mopar, the ’67 Dodge Coronet from AMT, has a
1939 Chevrolet Coupe Pro Sportsman, built from a Revell kit. He pro street flair thanks to shaved door handles and badges, an
channeled the body for its racy stance. Amazingly, this beast started aftermarket resin frame, and rear tires on narrowed wheels from a
life as a glue bomb with six coats of paint on it. That’s SIX! 1980s Indy car. Its finished in Dupli-Color metallic blue and white.

Mike Gilliand’s 1969 Mercury Monarch comes
from an AMT kit joined with a Jimmy Flintstone
body. It’s got a hodgepodge of unique parts,
like a ’34 Ford Vickie engine, metal flake seat,
and a ‘53 Ford truck grille.
AMT’s 1951 Chevy convertible was gorgeously built by Ed Edwards and James Farrell chopped the top and lowered his 1932 Ford Sedan built
finished in Dupli-Color Light Driftwood Metallic and Medium Garnet Red from a Revell kit. There’s an exposed 426 cid blown Hemi V8 in the
Metallic. He shaved the bumpers, sides, and hood, then added rims and nose, and the car is finished in a custom pearl using PPG and Krylon
a steering wheel from a 1962 Chevrolet. paints.
This thing could definitely run “Flat Out!” John White’s Revell 1957 Born from an Ertl kit, this 1970 International Transtar CO-4070A was
Chevy was built as a gasser and has a scratchbuilt front axle and wired built by Dale Bartley. He shortened his truck’s frame, added electrical
engine. It’s finished with Martin Senour automotive paints and clear. wires and photo-etched parts throughout, then finished it with ABF
Dark Forest Green acrylic enamel.

Life Savers may be a part of living, but Ken Collins had to scratchbuild a lot of this project to piece it together as he desired. This starts with
AMT’s The A-Team Van but was creatively transformed into a Life Savers Racing Team hauler. Collins added a custom roof, reversed rocker panels,
and a scratchbuilt 454 cid V8. The drag boat and its trailer are both vacuum-formed, but where are its life savers? Kidding!
Ken Hart’s 1929 Ford happened by joining a Revell “Slingster Dragster” This thing is hot! James Farrell’s Revell “Beatnik Bandit” has a cut
kit with an Altered Styles resin body. There are fuel and ignition wires, windshield, lowered suspension, custom exhaust, and wired carbs. The
and it’s finished using Tamiya clear red over Tamiya Silver Leaf. roll bar is scratchbuilt and it’s finished in PPG copper and silver.
Pat Sluzas’ Revell 1949 Mercury is a sure winner. He’s always wanted to Charlie Clark loves his fastbacks and Hemi engines so he built Revell’s
create a lead sled, so he built this box-stock and finished it in a ’67 426 Hemi Charger Revell kit box-stock. There’s Bare-Metal foil trim
“Radiant Red Metallic” automotive paint. and a cool finish from Scale Finishes.

Southern Nationals NNL
Smyrna, Georgia · November 4, 2017 · by Robby DeGraff
Texan Sheldon Rothwell used Jimmy Flintstone 1/25 scale resin bodies to create his scratchbuilt 1950 Ford Hauler and rat rod. The truck’s body
tilts forward, and he spent a couple months painting and weathering both rides. Further details include resin parts from Outlaw Speed Shop.
Bill Cunningham knew it was worth taking seven years to scratchbuild Randall Walker of Jacksonville, Fla., used a Monogram Kurtis Kraft
his ‘53 Lancia D24. First he hand-carved the body for the master form Indycar as his base, but made plenty of mods. He moved the gas filler
from Corian then created a vacuum-formed body. The racer is finished and exhausts, added injectors, a roll bar and bumper, then detailed the
in Testors Model Masters Flame Red. In fact, the carbs are the only dash. The beautiful blue color comes from Tamiya. He says total build
parts he didn’t make. Wow! time was just six weeks.
Tired of red Ferraris? Henry Trent saw an F430 blast past him on the Purple was Zach Mickel’s grandma’s favorite color, so he honors her
interstate and decided to model Revell’s F430 with a glorious Tamiya with this Model Master purple AMT 1962 Chevy Bel Air. Zach flocked the
blue paint scheme. He opened the car’s grilles and used G-gauge interior, added heater hoses and photo-etched details to the dash with
chainlink on the model. Oh, and added a license plate too. custom controls, then wired the battery and plugs.

Pico Elgin spent about a year scratchbuilding a beautiful 1938 Bugatti This rat rod from Matt Gedert started as a 1930 Ford Model A kit from
T57 “Shah of Persia.” The original, designed by Parisian coachbuilders, Revell. Matt drilled speed holes in the panels and made the spider web
was a wedding gift to the Shah. The finish here is black enamel and roof from styrene rod. The rear wheels are resin from Scenes Unlimited.
inside, its seats, dash and inner doors are done up with red leather. He also used AK Interactive’s true metal finishes and acrylic craft paint
sponged on, plus a wash.
Who doesn’t love the “Little Red Wagon?” Preston Holcomb does, and Florida’s Patrick Merrill needed a change of pace, so went all out on
used Tamiya rattle can metallic red for the body. But there’s a lot of this “Blazing Bison” Puller Tractor from AMT. The orange paint is
detail here, including a scratchbuilt fuel injection and ignition box, plus Testors lacquer using soft masking to fade the finish. All the engines
a parachute cable made from guitar string. Preston added fuel lines, have pre-wired magnetos too. Better lock your old John Deere in the
plug wires, battery cables, shocks, blue-streak slicks, and modified the barn!
front brake drums.
Here’s a big rig-inspired 1941 Chevy, courtesy of Josh McCall.

It took about 4 months for him to convert a Revell kit and
bathe it in custom silver and green automotive paint. He
molded in extra rear fenders and scratchbuilt the exhaust
stacks, bed sides, bumper and visor. The light visors are made
from sheet aluminum, and its head and taillights work, too!

Graeme Marsh built this Revell 1959 Cadillac for Mike Roberts. Graeme added a custom white paint job, lowered the car, and added Supreme wheels
to create this flashy land yacht.
William Rider of Middletown, Ohio, loves Revell’s 1956 Ford pickup kit Nissan’s R32 Skyline is hot no matter what form it takes. Alabama’s
and this great, box-stock build only took a month to finish. He used John Stancliff wanted a drift car and went to town on Tamiya’s 1/24 kit,
Testors One Coat Lime Twist and Wet Look clear on the gorgeous body, using a Factory Eighty One body transkit, chassis, interior, engine, and
then added some flames to dress it up. fuel cell, plus photo-etched parts from Dirtmodeler. John also added
hinged doors, wiring, and seat belts.
Terry Love of San Antonio, Texas, saw an old salt flats motorcycle that Jeff Metzger traveled from Montrose, Colo., to show his colorful 1976
inspired him to build this 1/9 scale ESCI model of a 1937 Triumph racer. Chevrolet Caprice Classic, an AMT kit. He used a DuPont base coat and
He painted it Tamiya mica red, added wiring and plumbing to the engine PPG clear to make this yellow beauty shine. Detailing included a set of
and then for weathering used Vallejo snow to simulate sand. JPS Customs wheels and a big LSA engine under the Chevy’s hood.

The Lotus 49 with a Cosworth heart, debuted at the 1967 Dutch Grand
Prix at Zandvoort. Andy Sapiro of Rhode Island scratchbuilt this
masterpiece of Jim Clark’s winning car. He says it took “forever” to
build, but Andy got a little help from a couple Heller 49B kit pieces.
That perfect finish comes from Model Car World acrylic enamel in a
sucessful effort to replicate its famous British Racing Green body.
“I could only work on the checkered wrap (Scale Motorsports) for a few Sometimes simple is most effective and that’s the approach Tim Hulsey
hours at night or I got cross-eyed,” says Jay Savarese of New Jersey. took with this Tamiya Nissan 300ZX, which took a month to build. He
He’s seeing better now that his 2014 Revell Chevrolet Corvette C7.R started with Dupli-Color Chrome Yellow followed by Dupli-Color clear,
test mule is finished. He fully detailed the engine and added photo- added aluminum exhaust tips and Aoshima wheels and bingo, a hot Z
etched and turned-aluminum parts for realism. car for the show’s Asian Invasion theme.

This year’s prized cover car was built by the talented
Brendan Glover, who took Tamiya’s Mercedes-Benz
300SL and replicated it as a tribute to the modern day
SLS AMG GT3 No. 35 car that raced in the 2014 24
Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. He added Studio 27
decals, a scratchbuilt roll bar with Tamiya tape padding,
and finished it in a spicy Tamiya bright red.
Jorge Ramos of Belleville, N.J., lowered and slammed this Tamiya 1999 We don’t see a lot of detailed Heller kits, but Chuck Easton of Fort
Mercedes-Benz SL600, painting it with Tamiya black and smoke gray. Worth, Texas, took a year to make this special 1951 Renault. It includes
He added custom Aoshima wheels with aluminum lips by Buckeye Scale a scratchbuit frame, suspension and interior. He also added a Corvair
Auto. engine and hinged the doors so they open “suicide” style. The paint is
Dupli-Color.
Boomers rejoice, there’s another

GMC motorhome on the roads,
but this one is 1/25 scale and the
baby of Roy Lingefell. Roy
scratchbuilt the interior, made
extensive roof and headliner
mods, and added Monogram Ford
F-350 wheels and tires. There’s
also a complete roof rack, spare
tire holder, and roof vents. Looks
like its ready for a major summer
vacation outing!

This Le Mans Miniatures model of the 2001 ALMS champion Audi LMP Dupli-Color Storm Gray Metallic gives this Revell 1949 Mercury a deep
car is painted with Dupli-Color and includes aftermarket seat belts. Its and interesting finish. Fred Henry of Hirem, Ga., says it’s pretty much a
builder, Frank Muller, recreated the decals in Photoshop to represent box stock build, but he added Parts by Park salt flat disks to dress up
this one-off livery that commemorates 9/11. the wheels. He also flocked the car’s seats and floor.
Clearwater, Fla.’s David Knight went

all in with Tamiya Chrome Yellow to
create this 1/32 scale Isuzu BXD-30
Bonnet Bus and Testors Alky Saltzer
salt flats racer. David scratchbuilt
the racer’s trailer and detailed the
bus interior. He personalized it with
his club’s decals.
Rob Holfers built these Fujimi Ford GT40s, the Mk. I and Mk. II, simultaneously. That’s Gunze Sangyo Super White lacquer and Tamiya yellow spray
can paints for the finishes, and he slapped on sleek aftermarket decals, added seat belts, and modified the wheels for a correct stance. Both
builds took him two months!

Frankfurt Model Car Show
Frankfurt, Germany · November 4-5, 2017 · by Hartmut Christmann
Michael Kroeger built this detailed Mercedes-Benz 190SL

from the vintage Revell-AG kit. He scratchbuilt the engine
compartment and trunk, then replaced the interior. Its
wheels and grille come from a Heller kit and the finish was
made using original Mercedes-Benz automotive paint.
This Ford LN600 was built by Juergen Amberg who took an AMT kit and Mathias Rossman built Revell’s 1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon right out
scratchbuilt a complete garbage truck bed. Broom, bucket and all, this of the box, and finished it using Revell model paints and numerous
waste hauler has been weathered to mimic its hard use in the bustling photo-etched scripts for added detail.
city of San Diego.
Straight from the box, Chris Mueller built this 1930 Ford hot rod to Simon Lang built a wild hybrid hypercar, the Porsche 918, out of the
mirror its box art. For its subtle green finish, he used Tamiya spray box, adding unique aftermarket wheels with aggressive brake rotors.
paint. Its polarizing Electric Blue finish comes from Zero Paints.

Mighty Mopar! Robert Eiber took this vintage MPC kit and built a nice Hartmut Christmann used a plain motorized Japanese kit to create this
model of Dodge’s 1973 Charger Rallye. Its vinyl roof was scratchbuilt Le Mans racing Chevrolet Corvette. He scratchbuilt the non-existent
with tape, and the muscle car’s green finish was sprayed on using interior with plastic sheet, then added wheels, side-pipe exhausts, and
Multona automotive paint. fog lights from his parts box. The finish on this hot Vette was done with
Tamiya spray paint and homemade decals.
Have you ever seen a Land Rover hot rod? Thomas Ludewig transformed Here’s a cool creation! Subaru’s Legacy station wagon was built by
Italeri’s Defender kit by lowering its suspension, then finishing it in a Stefan Heine from an Aoshima kit. He added its cargo-eating roof box
used, weathered look thanks to Tamiya spray paint and pastel chalks. and mountain bike from a Fujimi Garage & Tool Series detail set, and all
We dig it! the decals from Scale Production. The two-tone paint on this long roof
is Tamiya primer and automotive primer.
Mirko Golinski started with a Heller kit to build this Renault 4CV. It’s Axel Deist loves cars from the 1950s and this year brought his
box-stock and the only modification he did was lowering the stance a customized 1956 Ford Victoria built from a well-known AMT kit. He used
bit. The little French car’s aged patina look was accomplished using only the included custom parts and lowered the ride height before
Revell Aqua Color paints. finishing it with Tamiya Candy Green over Tamiya gold under a
polyurethane clear coat.

Spirit of Speed 3
Pomona, California · November 5, 2017 · by Scott Hess
Load it up! Paul Rowe built this 1975 Chevy ramp

truck from a Revell kit because he loves ‘70s
Funny Car racing. The ramp itself is scratchbuilt,
and don’t miss the detailed 427 cid V8 that slides
right out of its storage compartment!
Paul Cadwell built this 1/12 scale Tamiya 2005 Yamaha YZR-M1 Laguna We love this little scene, complete with a cactus! Jim Bunch’s AMT 1925
Seca Edition bike box-stock apart from adding rider Valentino Rossi Ford T-Rex is finished with Tamiya flat black, has a paper “wood” floor,
decals. He loves Moto GP racing and finished the bike with Tamiya hood weathered with chalk and pastels, and a cast miniature T-Rex skull
yellow from the spray can. he got from an aquarium shop! It fits neatly in the bed.
Ebbro’s Lotus 72C was built by Paul Cadwell. This 1/20 scale racer has A popular kit to build lately, David Weise did a spectacular job on
aftermarket Gold Leaf Tobacco decals and finished in Tamiya bright red Revell’s new 1948 Custom Cadillac Eldorado “Foose Design.”
decanted and applied via his airbrush.

Scott Kapellusch won an award for his AMT George Barris’ Surf Woody Another masterpiece by Scott Kapellusch is this wild, custom Jack
kit built more than 20 years ago! He took this original kit, added hand- Ditmar’s “Lil’ Screamer” Ford altered coupe. He took a Speed City
cut treads in its slicks, and vintage white tire stripes and stickers. It’s Resin model that was modified by correcting an AMT ’34 Ford roof and
finished in a pearl white base with custom mixed Candy Gold and gold reshaping the hood and grille. Then he added the front windshield and
pearl fade-aways. He also hand-painted the wood grain! cowl from a ’37 Ford, and narrowed its whole frame by 8 scale inches.
We like the American Torque Thrust mag wheels!
This 1948 Chevy Woody wagon was kitbashed by Frankie Briseno using a Check out the engines in Ken Cornett’s “The Invader” from Eldon. He
’48 Chevy from Galaxie Limited along with a Monogram ’48 Ford Woody. made many corrections to the kit’s body and replaced the kit’s engines
It has a custom roof rack, hinged doors and hood, and is finished in with resin Pontiac 400 cid V8s that were further detailed. He finished
House of Kolors Burnt Orange. the model in a pearl white mixed with white paint over Tamiya white
primer, than a sleek House of Kolors Brandy Wine.
Haul this beastly

Kenworth to the
track! Terry Kale
built this AMT kit of
“Tyrone Malone’s
Papa Hauler and
Super Boss.” All the
doors have been
opened up, interiors
widened, and both
rigs were finished
using various Tamiya
spray cans.

Southlandz Swap Meet & Show
Dunedin, Florida · November 11, 2017 · by DeLaun Fifield
Using the Revell 2012 Chevrolet Camaro kit, Mark Moorehead took this Built on a 1958 Corvette chassis, this “Bone Shaker” 1953 Ford F-100
model “to the moon,” in his words. The muscle car touts a ton of was brought together by Patrick Van Natten and painted flat black. It
custom detailing, including turned-aluminum velocity stacks, and a features a completely wired and detailed engine and chassis.
fully-plumbed engine under its custom hood.
Jim Gillespie’s IMSA Series Chevrolet Corvette was built using a Revell “I wanted to get away from shiny paint for once,” says Matthew
kit, covered in Tamiya white, and enveloped in the decals included with Cunningham about his weathered and detailed Revell 1941 Chevy pickup.
the kit. Very patriotic! It’s long on rust and grime from top to bottom.
“You don’t see many turbocharged models in the pro street category,” Appearing in the fall show’s Star Cars class was Thomas Santiago’s
Francisco Bringas says about why he built this Tamiya Mazda RX-7. The “Fantasy Island” dream-to-reality car. Using a Revell Chevelle kit as a
project combined a Chevy Corvette pro street chassis and its requisite starting point, he created the car’s opened-up look by making a custom
turbocharged engine. cloth top, complete with jams.

Using lime yellow and white lacquers, Matthew Cunningham created “I was trying to model the fastest Model T I could think of,” says Jim
this Revell 1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch, also treating it to a completely Wells of his AMT 1925 Ford Model T drag car. Check out its unique wing,
wired engine and chassis, and a detailed interior with readable gauges. and fully wired and plumbed engine.
Painted with Testors Lime Wire Green, Jim Sheppard entered this sexy This unanimous “Best In Show winner,” a large-scale 427 Cobra also
and shiny box-stock Tamiya kit of the street-legal Ferrari FXX K. That K was created by Jim Sheppard. It’s completely wired and chock-full of
stands for the kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) used to maximize photo-etch and turned-aluminum details. Looks like it’s ready for some
performance. track action!
“Almost box-stock,” is how Pete Corral describes his AMT Early You don’t normally associate the words “lowered” and “stretched”
Modified kit, decked out in “Bug Stevens” livery with a custom front with a Peterbilt semi, but that’s exactly what builder Francisco Bringas
screen ahead of this beast’s engine. did to this truck before finishing it with a satin red paint.

Euro Scale Modeling Contest
Houten, the Netherlands · November 25, 2017 · by Jean-Paul Spa
The famed Hasegawa kit of this classic

Lamborghini Miura SV was built box-stock
by Sipke Brandsma.
Sascha Kandler from Germany built Tamiya’s late 1990s VW New Beetle Monogam’s 1970 Ford Torino was built by Jean-Paul Spa. Its finish was
to replicate an older, original Beetle from the groovy ‘60s. Nicely done! impressive, plus there’s a detailed engine under that long hood.
This great lead sled 1940 Ford was built by Wim Laenen from Belgium. Carel van Kuijk build this old 1/20 scale Factory TZ resin-metal kit as a
The basis was Revell’s kit of the 1950 Ford, which was then kicked, tribute to a great Formula 1 hero, Ronnie Peterson, and his Lotus Ford
lowered, and widened. Its hood recieved a “pie cut” and the engine 79 that won the Austrian Grand Prix in 1978.
block is detailed in an array of resin aftermarket parts.

Look at this sexy wagon! Co Grimwis built Revell’s “Tom Daniel’s This Studio27 model of the Ford GT was built by Rinus Middelaar.
Streetfighter.” That striking orange color flew straight from a Tamiya Equipped with extra antennas and photo-etched pieces, the model
spray can. rewarded Rinus with a lot of admiration and appreciation. He won a
silver medal with this lovely Le Mans racer.
This Gunze Sangyo kit of the Ferrari 250 GTO was built by Rinus Rene van der Bent intricately built this 1965 Chevy Impala. Its classic
Middelaar, who chose to modify it in an “El Camino style,” adding a finish was sprayed using Silver Gray from Zero Paints. The Impala was
pickup bed that’s covered with real wood from a cigar box. lowered, and equipped with a set of bad boy aftermarket rims.
Michael van der Bent is the builder of this gorgeous motorcycle that This abandoned Fiat 500 was built by Eric van Wanrooij. A photograph
stems from a Tamiya kit. He added a photo-etched detail set from Top taken in Italy during a vacation served as his inspiration for recreating
Studio. the roadside scene.

This winning hot Toyota GT86 “Rocket Bunny” was built by Sacha Jan Visser is the builder of this retro, wild, and accurate Alfa Romeo
Muller from Germany. Aoshima’s kit was modified with a Hobby Design 155 covered in thirsty Jägermeister livery.
“Bunny set” and is equipped with working LED lighting.
Tamiya’s Honda SM-X was built by Stefan Blaut from Germany and Filip Tersago from Belgium crafted this 1/12 Ferrari 312 T4. The added
finished in a cool Zero Paints blue as seen on Yamaha motorcycles. The scratchbuilt parts, extra details, and finish are all top-notch, and won
boxy little ride also sports aftermarket Japan Racing rims. him a first place prize. The Ideal Red comes from a Tamiya spray can.
Beemax from
Macau sells an
excellent, fully-
detailed 1/20
scale kit of Niki
Lauda’s McLaren
MP4/2 Formula 1
car from 1984.
Carel van Kuijk
picked one up
and built it in a
stellar fashion.

Look at the details! The Cragar style wheels,
opening, front windshield, wow! Hans de Witt’s
VW T1 Transporter is a rusty, tattered gem!
An excellent replica of an obscure car comes from Sipke Brandsma who Jean-Paul Spa built this iconic Italian rally car. Hasegawa’s kit of
made this box-stock BMW Z1. Notice the doors? That was how the 1:1 Lancia’s wedge-shapped Stratos features a Zero Paints finish topped
car came from the factory, they slid downward into the door sills! with a Renaissance photo-etch detail set.
Sacha Muller built this BMW M6 GT3 from the new Platz kit. A Platz Michael van Bernem from Germany, is the mastermind behind this blue
photo-etch set also found its way to the model to make it pop even Honda NSX. The model was sprayed with original Honda factory paint
more. Wunderbar! and a 2k clear.

“Hope it Don’t Snow!” Show
Spartanburg, South Carolina · January 20, 2018 · by Tom Valenta
Taking just seven days to complete, this 1968

Chevelle Pro Mod built by Casey Melton, features a
fully wired and plumbed big-block V8 and a supremely
detailed interior. Finished in Dupli-Color Stellar Blue
Pearl, the Chevy sits on a highly modified 1955 Pro
Mod chassis to accommodate the massive rolling
stock taking up real estate under the rear.
A contest class for S.C.M.A. members only, was this Dukes of Hazzard Not to be outdone by his son’s Street Outlaws models, Brian Gentry
snap-fit kit. It was a blank canvas for members to build something “as built a replica of Boosted GT’s Ford Mustang for the show’s television/
you see fit,” starting everyone on a level playing field. Ronnie Nodine movie theme. He plumbed and wired the engine, scratchbuilt the
plays in a different field all together, as his entry featured a Hemi V8 suspension, roll cage, and turbochargers, then sprayed the Mustang
behind the rear seat, plus a grafted Indy car suspension and dash. This with Model Car World’s eye-searing Corvette Yellow paint.
general is finished in Tamiya Metallic Orange to update its wild look.
Shane Harrold’s 1949 Mercury custom woody wagon has its heart Sadly not sold in the United States, this Nissan Skyline 2000 was
pirated from a Foose FD-100 pickup kit. His PPG Swiss Aqua painted faithfully reproduced by Ernest Harmon in all its Japanese glory. He
Merc’ features hand-painted wood, Frenched lights, and it rolls on built the GT-R box-stock, and added a sleek House of Kolor Orion Silver
Z-Man wheels with Hobby Design brakes. paint job to this replica of a highly sought after pocket rocket.

Being his first time weathering a vehicle, Erik Larrison worried he was Big rigs were well-represented at this year’s show, and Jason M. Davis’
going to take it too far! On the contrary, Erik’s weathering is spot-on Paystar 5000 log truck was just one of the heavy haulers seen on the
with accurate rusting on the top of the bike’s fenders, faded and fuel- tables. Jason’s weathered and well-used International features a cut
stained paint, and a masterful capturing of what a bike looks like after and hinged hood, opened doors, and a scratchbuilt shotgun resting on a
sitting idle for a long time. With just a dash of TLC, this Honda CB750 scratchbuilt gun rack in the rear window.
would appear to be ready to hit the road in no time.
Cast in Viper Red, Jim Padgett’s bold 1973 Dodge Charger pro street Tyrone Malone was the famed driver of the “Super Boss” drag racing
features an MPC body over an AMT Pro Street 1970 Coronet chassis. He Kenworth, and Earl Barnhardt’s replica perfectly catches all the
machined the air cleaner, used a 1971 Charger hood with a hood scoop attributes of the “World’s fastest diesel.” Earl rebuilt the correct
from his parts box, and added Chevrolet dually wheels from an AMT kit interior from scratch, and used Tamiya red, white, and blue paint to
for this “great tomato” to roll on. match the graphics of the 1:1 truck.
Michael Ramp took a different approach to AMT’s Caterpillar D8H “Danger Will Robinson, Danger!” was the cry of the robot from Lost in
Bulldozer by giving it a Testors Plum Purple finish. The big purple earth Space, and many times the escape from impending doom took place in
pusher features scratchbuilt hydraulic rams and an exhaust stack. the Chariot mobile space rover. Marshall Fazzone built this replica of
Adding on all the necessary hoses plus a mix of different pigmented the iconic transport box-stock from a Moebius kit for the show’s
material creates a well-worn, muddy look. television/movie theme.

NNL West
Santa Clara, California · February 3, 2018 · by Robby DeGraff
We love the classy, elegant look of Mario

Briseno’s 1960 Lincoln Continental drop top,
built from an AMT kit. This onetime glue
bomb is finished with custom paint fades
using Testors colors.
Scale Auto columnist Andy Kellock showed a 1927 Ford Model T from an Dave Campbell’s ’67 Chevelle pro street was built from a Revell kit and
AMT kit that’s got a channeled body, an Offy engine, and a scratchbuilt has a blower from his parts box, custom valve covers, blacked-out trim
front suspension. “The Race of Gentleman” inspired his build and he and a scratchbuilt roll bar. It’s finished in Tamiya Dark Gunmetal paint
finished it in light aircraft gray enamel. with Tamiya smoke on the wheels.
David McGowan showed us a wild creation made of a Freeman Cars kit. Roy Sorenson made a 1934 Ford gas tanker truck using an AMT ’34 Ford
His single-track VW started as a resin Volkswagen drag truck body, that Pickup kit. He stretched the original frame, added a Mack gas tanker,
he then added a rear canopy, scratchbuilt “slammer” chassis plate, and and extensively weathered it using red primer and Rustall products.
various track assemblies from a small-scale airport tractor. It’s
finished in Tamiya medium blue and weathered.

We love the Gulf livery and it looks great on a bike. Hossain Salimi Take note of the subtle, bad dude look of Paul Mackie’s AMT 1941 Ford
proves that with his Revell Chopper. He added a scratchbuilt front end, “Woody” pickup that started its life as a wagon! He removed the rear
exposed the bike’s drive belt and housing, then installed wiring and “wagon” section, added a tailgate and windows to the cab, then
exhaust tape. It’s finished with Testors enamels and parts box decals. slammed it. It’s finished in Testors flat black and has reversed wheels
out of his parts box.
Model Factory Hiro’s 2017 McLaren Andretti Honda Indy Car was built Drop the top for some Cali sunshine! Julian Martinez Jr., 14, was raised
by Doug Drummer. He’s an avid fan of two-time F1 champ Fernando around lowriders and built Revell’s 1955 Chevrolet Convertible. He
Alonso, who drove the car at Indy. Doug added seatbelts, carbon fiber added fuzzy fur decals to the interior and finished it in a classy
decals, and finished it in Gravity Colors Papaya Orange and 2k clear. metallic blue and white.
Stan Pinnick built this “weekend pleasure,” combo using a Revell boat kit and a Dodge Ram HD promo truck that’s been repainted and upgraded
with a utility rack and bed box covered in Bare-Metal foil. This pickup is ready to head to the great outdoors and is finished in Tamiya red and
silver. The mostly box-stock boat is painted a heavy metallic blue.

Kevin Wight’s “The Assassin” dragster came from an AMT kit and has
J.D.S. fuel injectors, scratchbuilt wire wheels, a Detail Master magneto
and wires. It’s finished in Tamiya metallic purple and clear with decals
from Slixx.
Nick Stegeman’s tricked-out ice cream truck was scratchbuilt and Singer is a shop that revives the passion, excitement, and love that
finished in a tasty, Tamiya paint job that screams “Frozen grape pops, vintage Porsche 911s bring about, but in a modern way. Fabio Curti took
please!” this Fujimi 1967 911R and replicated a 1:1 Singer, lowering its
suspension, then adding custom decals, leather door inserts, and front
lamps. The finish is Singer’s Light Blue.
Patrick Hile loves and gets inspiration from the Initial D Japanese Another build from Roy Sorenson, this 1932 Ford Roadster is made from
Manga comics that depict the life of Takumi Fujiwara, who drives a a Revell kit. He built it box-stock aside from wiring and plumbing the
Toyota Trueno AE86, modeled here from an Aoshima kit. It’s built box- engine, then finishing it in a fine Testors metallic green.
stock and finished in Tamiya pure white and black.

Dennis McWilliams wowed us with his 1937 Packard that came from an The interior of Chris Norgaar’s 1952 Hudson Hornet convertible is a
Entex Industries kit. It’s finished in DuPont’s Chromabase and showpiece. While the Hudson was built mostly stock, he extensively
ChromaClear. detailed it’s cabin, plus applied a subtle exterior finish of Krylon paint.
Peter Martin’s classic ’47 Chevrolet Fleetline, from Galaxie Limited,

had its roof chopped and sectioned. He added an exhaust made from
aluminum tubing with aftermarket mufflers, then finished it in DuPont Doug Midkiff’s Revell Volkswagen New Beetle has been chopped and
ChromaOne auto paint. Zero buffing was done to accomplish that shine! raked, its cowl extended, body shaved and filled, and sports wheels
added from a Plymouth Prowler. The lowered bug has a dual aluminum
tube exhaust, and is finished with Testors enamels and a candy root
beer blend. The pinstripe graphics came from House of Kolors.
Curt Raitz took Minicraft’s 1931 Ford Model A Roadster and made
it into a sandy “The Race of Gentleman” entrant. He shaved the
fenders off, removed the headlamps and added a 3-D printed
flathead V8 with a S.Co.T blower. It’s finished flat black with
Rustall weathering.

Greg Plummer’s Hasegawa Jaguar XJS seems
somewhat of a sleeper. He deleted the
bumpers, added a race-ready interior,
intercooler, and custom wheels. Plummer, an
actual Jaguar mechanic, finished his model in
a mix of Testors Olive Drab and aluminum.
Another Hudson bringing buzz to the show was Brad Diemer’s Moebius Keith Brumbley’s Ferrari 550 Maranello came from a Fujimi kit and has
Models 1950 Hornet. He wired and plumbed it, added poseable front aftermarket wheels and tires, tinted windows, a lowered ride height,
wheels, carb linkage, and flocked carpet. That quality finish is Tamiya and a Tamiya white finish.
Intermediate Blue and Pure White, with a clear lacquer.
Rick Goar’s 1936 AMT Ford hardtop racer is

finished in a weathered Dupli-Color gold and
red. He removed the fenders and running
boards, enlarged the door windows and
bumpers, and grabbed the frame and interior
from a Revell 1940 Ford.

Another two-wheeled delight from Hossain Salimi is this Ducati 900SS Emilio Guiterrez built his 1941 Chevrolet Pickup from a Revell kit for
that came from a Tamiya kit. He built it box-stock, stripped the “the love of the hobby.” He added skirts, lowered the rear suspension,
exhaust, and painted it with Testors lacquer and automotive paints. and opened the doors and hood. It’s finished in a House of Kolors
Galaxy Gray and silver base with Organic Green.
Another quality build by Doug Midkiff is his ’59 Oldsmobile 98 Wagon,

built from an unknown resin manufacturer. He took this mysterious
body, slammed it, and added wheels from a 1966 Chevelle. The finish is
DuPont’s Hot Hues Twilight Blue and a custom mixed white pearl.
Art Laski’s patriotic 1970 Mongoose Indy car driven by

Lloyd Ruby, came from a Lance Sellers Resin kit. He added
IndyCal tires and scratchbuilt the brass rear bumper, rear
pan and roll bar, then finished it with a House of Kolor white
base coat and 1 Shot red enamel.

Performance Model Club Show
Mount Vernon, Washington · February 25, 2018 · by David Kaneshiro
Gerry Chevalier’s lowered 1966 Ford Fairlane built

from an AMT kit, had its hood replaced with one from
AMT’s ’66-’69 Falcon, shock towers removed, plus
Bare-Metal foil and Molotow Liquid Chrome pen
detailing. Its finish is PlastiKote’s purple over black and
silver. Don’t miss the dual-quad 427 cid V8!
Wayne Yip took Monogram’s Predicta and added a Mica Red faded over We’re quite the fan of Jody Tesch’s classy Monogram 1930 Packard 734
Inca Gold from the can. Both front and rear sections have quite a bit of Boattail Speedster that’s finished in Testors gold and white, plus six
putty work. FYI, the 1:1 car was actually based on a 1955 Ford coats of acrylic topcoat from a rattle can.
Thunderbird! Watch for more on the Predicta in a future Scale Auto!
Bill Ayer’s AMT 1973 Diamond Reo has a Tamiya orange lacquer finish, Here’s a flashback from Trevor Bowers, who showed his Revell 1980
stretched frame, chrome Mercury sleeper, and an exhaust from a Revell Pontiac Grand Prix NASCAR stock car driven by Roy Smith in the 1982
Peterbilt kit. Many of its chrome parts were taken from a Revell- Daytona 500. Trevor lowered its stance, opened the grille openings,
Germany Peterbilt wrecker. then added ignition wires, seat belt harnesses and a scratchbuilt
exhaust.
We love Gerry Chevalier’s 1966 AMT Ranchero based on a Mini Exotics Revell’s 1949 Mercury was built by Trevor Bowers with a Jimmy
resin body. He cut a hole in the hood for a 428 cid “Shaker” V8, Flintstone resin body and a woody wagon chassis. He loves lead sleds,
lowered it, and added decals from Mini Exotics’ Torino King Cobra decal and its wheels and tires are from his parts box while the interior is
sheet. It sits on wheels from an AMT 1968 Shelby and the finish is a scratchbuilt. The finish is a mix of pearl white and metallic blue.
Tamiya orange basecoat, clear orange, and clear.
Revell’s 1960 Kenworth W900 was built as a log truck by Lary George. We’re geeking out over Gary Dycke’s Revell 1950 Thames Panel Truck
The rig has a two-tone paint job of Krylon and Testors enamel. He that seems ready to fly down the drag strip. He opened its doors, used
removed the larger sleeper and added a large tool tray in between the a mix of Testors Wood, Humbrol Brown, and Tamiya clear orange paints
frame rails. The truck’s wheels are from Moebius Models. to mimic the interior wood floor. Its finished in Humbrol bright green
under Testors green pearl.
If the Duke boys ever needed a ride for an off-road jaunt, Arden Doug Rutherford’s JoHan 1966 Cadillac Hearse was built box-stock, and
Donker’s 1980 Dodge Ramcharger would be their choice. He took this even includes a resin casket. “Don’t let your first ride in a hearse be
Revell kit, added wheels, a pushbar and decals from the MPC Dukes of your last!” Doug says.
Hazard 1969 Dodge Charger. The finish is Testors Competition Orange.

A resin FWD cab from Illini Replica Conversions atop a stretched Ertl This Revell-Monogram 1953 Chevrolet Corvette was built by Doug
International chassis makes this 1980 FWD 10x10 cement mixer a Rutherford, who while a Canadian modeler, wanted to build a “Good 4th
reality by Bill Ayer. He added a resin front drive axle from Auslowe of July dragster.” Its patriotic finish is sharp, but he also added a pre-
Model Accessories and suspension components from his parts box. It’s wired distributor and a custom straight axle.
finished in Tamiya red and black.
Another build by Trevor Bowers is this 1959 Chevrolet El Camino from Gerry Chevalier’s Revell 1965 Shelby GT350R “SCCA B-Production
an AMT kit. Besides the desert turquoise finish, he scratchbuilt the Racer” is finished with Tamiya white and blue lacquer spray. His fine
interior, added a turned-aluminum piston shift knob, then slapped on build has scratchbuilt door panels and vent windows, homemade fender
Pegasus wheels and tires. decals, and Bare-Metal foil and Molotow Liquid Chrome details.
Bill Ayer also cranked

out this 2010 Inter-
national Lonestar
wrecker, made by using
the cab from a Moebius
Models International
Lonestar kit and the
wrecker body from
Revell’s Peterbilt
wrecker. The frame had
to be spliced and its
height adjusted to
match. He even made
an extra scratchbuilt
conversion hood for a
“Lone Shark” nose
version inspired by
Baldwin shark nose
locomotives from the
1940s and 1950s. The
finish is Testors Ruby
Metal Flake.

Doug Rutherford built a 1949 Mercury from an AMT kit along with an
accompanying scratchbuilt trailer. The Merc has the roof from a ’58
Impala, headlights from a ’58 Cadillac and homemade Buick side
trim. The flathead V8 comes from a ’50 Ford and it’s finished in PPG
Plasma Yellow and silver, with a PPG basecoat clear.
AMT’s 1963 Chevrolet Corvette convertible was built by Gary Dycke and Rico Firmino impressed us with his build of Revell’s 2006 Audi R8. He
finished in a perfect red enamel. added scratchbuilt seat belts and added aftermarket photo-etched
Audi logos, before finishing it in Dupli-Color red.
Rico Firmino also created this Funny Car using AMT’s 1/25 scale 1967 Ingrid Johansen’s AMT/Ertl “Mummy Machine” is quite the spooky and
Mercury Cyclone and a 1/24 scale Monogram cast-off kit. It took him unique sight. It’s been built box-stock and Ingrid told us she “wouldn’t
eight weeks to complete and its finish is Rust-Oleum red enamel. be caught dead driving it!”

Showdown 2018
Farmers Branch, Texas · March 5, 2018 · by Len Woodruff
Revell-Monogram’s ‘37
Ford Pickup was mastered by
Coby D. Robinson. He removed the top,
then scratchbuilt the windshield and a grille made
of brass rod. Its tinted green headlights came from a 1950s
Chevrolet Corvette, its paint was airbrushed, and the frog in the bed
hand-painted. The pickup’s dazzling finish is DuPont ChromaPremier.
AMT’s 1976 AMC Gremlin was built and aggressively modified by Curtis Brian Kirby’s Tamiya Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was built nearly box-
Sanchez. There’s a full hand-built frame and suspension, custom resin stock on the outside, including its finish. The improvements he made
engine, nitrous bottle, and beadlocks for the rear wheels. He finished it included detailing the interior and then wiring and plumbing its mighty
in Dupli-Color blue. engine.
Here’s a rad sports car from junior builder Denver VanCleave, who took Junior builder Landon Lambert built this sweet Revell Dodge Challenger
this Revell Porsche Boxster SnapTite kit, and worked on it with his from a SnapTite kit too, and hand-painted it that bright red finish! His
father. Nicely done! dad inspired him to work on this muscular American icon!

Larry Litoborski’s Revell Jaguar XK-120 is one sexy
sports car, with a detailed engine and dashboard,
photo-etched windshield wipers from Detail Master
and a sleek Tamiya dark blue finish.
Scott Henkes built AMT’s 1932 Ford and cut its roof open. He finished Revell’s popular Ford Bronco kit was created tastefully by Jay Henning
the project with scratchbuilt aluminum components in the engine bay, and finished with Testors Deja Blue and automotive clear. He added JDS
aluminum seats, and a detail of Bare-Metal foil. The rod’s finish also Racing slot car wheels, a custom dashboard, straight axle, and a
was treated to a wash. modified interior.
Jeff Brown’s Datsun stems from an Aoshima kit, was lowered, has a Catch the wraparound rear window? That’s the work of Rusty Price, who
custom roadster top, and was finished to look like an old-school 1980s wowed us with his AMT 1955 Chevrolet Cameo “Phantom” Stepside
minitruck. He added wheels from his parts box, a Fujimi wing, truck. He shaved all the emblems and handles, used a Corvette front
scratchbuilt rear box, and 3-D printed speakers. The finish is Tamiya’s suspension, added braided lines, JPS wheels, and photo-etched brake
Coral Blue and Pure White outlined in orange striping. rotors. The tasty finish is a mix of Testors Turn Signal Amber over
Chevrolet Engine Orange.

Jason Nikl took Meng’s Hummer H1, and designed his own set of AMT’s 1955 Chevrolet Cameo was built by Larry Boothe. Finished in
aftermarket wheels, tires and a rear bumper for it. We love the rocky MCW lacquer and fully plumbed, he heavily modified all of the truck’s
base the GM giant is traversing too! multiple body panels to create a clean, unique one-piece shell.
Jerry Zabel loved the box art on this Italeri Ford 9000 LTL kit so he Larry Boothe also showed this Monogram 1966 Cobra with a modified
built the big rig box-stock and finished it in Krylon spray paint. engine compartment to fit its big 427 cid V8 and all the plumbing. The
blue finish is MCW lacquer.
Brian Kirby finished

his unique AMT/Ertl
Dodge A100 in Dupli-
Color’s Patriot Blue,
converted the cab to
a four-door crew cab,
shortened its bed,
and overhauled the
interior. He also
lifted the suspension,
then added an amp
and subwoofer.

Here’s a wild, fun build! Daniel Hollingsworth once saw a 1:1
1930s Packard converted into a tow truck at a museum, so he
did the same with his 1931 Cadillac kit from JoHan. Using a ’34
Ford’s bed, a scratchbuilt winch, wheels from Jimmy Flintstone
and a Tamiya finish, this idea became a perfect, stunning reality.
Coby D. Robinson’s flaming 1939 Lincoln Zephyr started out as an AMT Corey Beier’s Porsche GT2 came from a Tamiya kit. Take note of its
1941 Lincoln Continental convertible. But he graphed the AMT Slammers riveted wide fender flares, RAUH-Welt Begriff decals, and silky flat
“Black Force” windshield, roofline and trunk area to it. The finish is black paint job.
DuPont ChromaLusion Aqua Purpleen Prizm. That’s a mouthful!
A mesmerizing build from Dedrick Brady, this 1962 AMT Chevy Impala A project car Rusty Price saw in Car Craft magazine inspired him to
was inspired by none other than pro wrestler, The Undertaker. Peek replicate a ’55 Chevy Pro Sportsman, from a Revell kit. He added a
closely at the immensely detailed, custom airbrushed paint. “bikini” hood, wired the engine, and finished it with Testors Aluma
Yellow Pearl and Grape Pearl.

Go Team Beetle, go! Junior builder Denver VanCleave built this sharp Coby D. Robinson wowed us repeatedly Here’s his Revell 1965 Buick
Revell Volkswagen New Beetle SnapTite kit, added flames and finished Riviera built to pay tribute to his 1:1 car that this 1/24 model closely
it in a deep purple. replicates.
Corey Beier again impresses with a modified Revell Datsun 720 pickup. Wes Salazar’s Revell 1929 Ford Roadster was mildly channeled, has a
He threw a load of fun into it. There’s a roof rack with fairing and set of machined pulleys, and a photo-etched steering wheel. Everything
stickers, an intercooler on the chin spoiler, and its bed is filled with a has been de-chromed and painted with Tamiya green. Coachbuilt
cooler, umbrella and surfboard. Looks like a good day at the beach! modern-style hot rods inspired this neat creation.
Here’s a rarity, the

International Race of
Champions triggered
Tony Jenkins’ drive to
build this special
“Dale Earnhardt”
Chevrolet Camaro
I.R.O.C. racer. Starting
with a standard Revell
Camaro Z/28 kit (with
T-tops), he modified it,
scratch-building the
fender flares and front
chin spoiler. The finish
is Testors Model
Master paint.

What the ...? Dedrick Brady, a fan of wild 1990s minitrucks, combined The detail on Russell Butler’s Revell NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo,
two kits to make his AMT 1990 Nissan truck dance. He even added a piloted by Denny Hamlin, is excellent. Spending more than 100 hours on
Bluetooth speaker to pound out some tunes! this build, he added detail bits from Pro Tech Model Parts, Detail
Master and Arrowhead Aluminum Accessories. The finish is automotive
urethane. A Davey Allison full-detail build article in a past Scale Auto
that Russell read as a child, inspired this build!
We dig the creativity that went into Tony Abston’s 1990 Cadillac Deville. He opened the doors to this Revell kit, and also added hydraulics,
photo-etched Detail Junkeez parts, TVs and a steering wheel, before finishing it in Honda’s Formula Red paint. Tony won this car in a bet, and
built it as a replica of an actual 1:1 caddy featured in Lowrider magazine.

FAST Club Model Contest
Ocala, Florida · March 10, 2018 · by Jim Stepanek
Flames and all, a 1941 Chevy pickup

was chopped, channeled, and then
lowered by Mauricio Foreru.
There are all sorts of scratchbuilt parts on Norman Hager’s 1950 Chevy This 1948 Chevy Sedan Delivery from a vintage Galaxie kit was built by
tow truck. Apart from its box-stock cab and chassis, the rear deck and Tom White, who finished it using Tamiya paint and added dazzling
boom come from a Lindberg kit and its welder’s tanks were taken from Pegasus wheels.
a Monogram stock car.
More Mopar madness! Mark Gregory converted this tasty yellow 1966 Roger Brancieki actually built his gorgeous deep blue 1970 AMC Rebel
Plymouth Belvedere hardtop into a white-topped convertible. Check “The Machine” on a 1967 Plymouth GTX’s chassis. Its engine also comes
out that detailed big-block! from the Mopar donor.

Surf’s up! Mike Alvarez used a chassis borrowed
from a Testors QuickBuilder CheZoom by Boyd
kit, added custom wheels, and finished his 1948
(and surfboard!) in a two-tone paint scheme!
Tom White added bold fender flares, roadster doors, a suspension lift, Rick Scott built this sleek 1949 Mercury “Copperhead.” Its unusual
resin bumpers, and seatbelts to his 1971 Ford Bronco. We dig the KCs! finish was achieved through stripping.
Patrick Parnell’s Chevrolet El Camino finished with nail polish, has a Mauricio Foreru’s mean-looking 1923 Ford Model T has a custom
molded nose and rear valance, and was lowered for a better stance. dashboard amidst a myriad of other modifications.
There’s also a custom interior and air intake under its cowled hood.

Inaugural NNL Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · March 10, 2018 · by Tommy Kortman
Tim Suchora’s Tamiya Mercedes-

Benz 300SL looks daring in
Tamiya US Navy Intermediate
Blue under a layer of Testors
Gloss Coat. The gullwing’s
engine is wired, and its plaid
interior has decals from Scale
Motorsports.
John Dell’Osa replicated this 1933 Cadillac “woody wagon” by Carmin Guzman’s 1950 Ford F-1 Pickup came from a Revell kit and was
converting Italeri’s ’33 Lincoln Town Car kit with scratchbuilding weathered with craft paint and hairspray. Look closely and you’ll see
thanks to Evergreen styrene strips and sheet stock. Then, he finished it skulls for its front headlights along with a personalized front vanity
with a custom mix of Tamiya Mica Red and Micro Blue. Its woodgrain plate!
was made using Minwax’s water-based oak stain.
We don’t know a ton about Rex Turner’s Ford GTP J Car, born from a Revell’s 2015 Chevrolet Corvette C7-R was built box-stock from a Revell
vintage IMC kit, but it looks like a fantastic machine! kit by David Anderson. After seeing it race the Rolex 24 (hours) at
Daytona, he replicated the Vette and finished it with a sinister Tamiya
black paint.

Chip Wamsley did something special here, taking Monogram’s 1953 Revell’s Mazda MX-5 Miata was customized by April Ham, a member of
Chevrolet Corvette and paying tribute to the legendary 1954 Carrera the Diversified Scalerz Model Club. She swapped in a rotary engine,
Panamericana race. There are photo-etched details from Model Car added a custom wing, hood and hardtop, wheels, splitter and adorable
Garage, Bare-Metal foil trim, a lot of scratchbuilt add-ons under the googly eyes for its pop-up headlights. Its finish is Tamiya Olive Green.
hood, and wire wheels from a Mercedes-Benz.
Irvin Arter went wild on this 1969 Chevrolet Corvair, adding a front Dave Hebler mastered Revell’s 1953-1954 Chevy Sedan Delivery by
spoiler from a Camaro Z/28, and shaving its doors and hood. It’s been wiring its engine, adding brake lines and modifying the suspension. The
lowered and has photo-etched license plate frames, aluminum exhaust finish is a simple yet joyful Testors turquoise.
tips, and a Honda Hampstead Green Metallic finish from Dupli-Color
with gunmetal stripes and PPG airbrushed clear.
David Shaun converted Moebius Models’ 1965 Plymouth Belvedere into Another scratchbuilt masterpiece is Pico Elgin’s 1914 Panhard Levassor.
a wagon by using a Chevrolet Chevelle’s longroof. He then added a Under the black enamel is a body carved from basswood, there’s cherry
modern, powerful engine from a Revell Dodge Magnum SRT8 wagon, and veneer and the headlights and grille are made from brass. He hand-
aftermarket wheels from Steve Zimmerman bearing Plymouth hubcaps. strung the wire wheels and vacuum-formed the fenders.

Pretty in purple craft paint is Carmin Guzman’s 1941 Chevy Pickup that Leroy Hartley’s wonderful 1949 Ford Coupe, from an AMT kit, has a
started off as a Revell kit. If you ever were tailgated by this truck, that Tamiya gloss black and Testors orange finish with a curvy green stripe
chrome skull resting on the front chrome bumper just might give you a adorning either side. He also added photo-etched wheel centers and
scare! tires from his parts box. What inspired this build? A poster hanging on
his basement wall!
Here’s a rare build! Converted from AMT’s Gremlin kit, this 1980 Michael Turco built his classic 1939 Chevrolet Coupe from a Revell kit
American Motors AMX was created by Karl Sheffer, a fan of AMCs. He right out of the box and added white tire decals. The finish, absent of a
added a scratchbuilt grille and taillights, opened the rear hatch, and clear coat, was done using Tamiya spray lacquers from the can.
stole the six-cylinder engine from a donor kit. There’s also a
distributor from Replicas & Miniatures Co. of Maryland.
This gorgeous 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 came

from a Scalecraft kit. Pico Elgin intricately
detailed this sexy streamliner with brass
windshield wipers, custom chrome decals,
and Montana Cans maroon and U-Pol clear.

Open-wheel enthusiasts will enjoy Michael Turco’s 1/12
scale 1968 Matra MS-11 from Tamiya. He built it out of
the box, adding only seat belts, and completed it with
Tamiya lacquers and metalizers. The ornate engine
detailing on Tamiya’s big-scale kits fascinates him!
JoHan’s 1962 Dodge Dart was crafted by John Dell’Osa, who then went
on to drop the roof two scale inches, add an AMT Parts Pack 1962
Dodge grille in new housings, taillights from a 1968 Charger, and modify
its rear wheel wells. The finish is Tamiya gray primer and Italian Red
with Wet Look clear.
Inspired by hot rods from the late 1950s and early ’60s, Greg Nichols We love a good fire truck, and Zoli Honeczy wowed us with his
scratchbuilt his stunning “BackDraft” show car with more than 2,400 recreation of a Pierce Heavy Rescue truck used by the Glenn Dale, Md.
parts. It’s finished with Tamiya paint, and all the machined parts, apart Volunteer Fire Department. It’s 100% scratchbuilt and finished in
from the front axle, were made using a Sherline lathe and milling Tamiya Camel Yellow and gloss black.
machine. See more about this car at www.gregnicholsstudio.com.

Buckeye Classic
Hilliard, Ohio · March 17, 2018 · By Jim Casassa
Inspired by a love for early drag racing, Dave Johnson built this “M/S Jim Hill turned Monogram’s 1941 Lincoln convertible into a custom
Jr. Stocker” a ’55 Chevy Sedan Delivery that started as a resin Chevy roadster by adding the interior, windshield, and side scoops from a Ford
Nomad body. He used MCW resin headers and made his own traction Mustang Mach III kit. Next he shortened its trunk and extended the
bars, then added decals he created. The paint is Testors. front fenders, before painting it with nail polish and two-part clear.
James Schultz built his 1961 Chevy Impala street machine from a Scott Stoner had to cut the roof off his Galaxie Chevy about 13 times to
Lindberg kit, adding the LS8 V8, bucket seats, and console from a achieve the desired chopped top look! He painted it with House of
Pontiac Trans Am. Its wheels and tires came from Pegasus, and he used Kolors tangerine and used the scallop decals included in the kit. Its
paper clips to hinge the trunk. Dupli-Color Gunsmoke Gray finishes it. engine compartment has been wired and plumbed too.
Vintage 1960s show rods inspired Eric Ritz to make a far-out Moebius Don Poling Jr. won the lowrider class with his Lindberg 1961 Impala SS.
Models Mercury Comet. Eric pie-cut the body and used the bubble top He lowered the suspension, opened and hinged the trunk, and made his
from a “Beatnik Bandit.” Its dual engines with quad blowers are fully own hood hinges. On the 409 cid V8, all pulleys, radiator hoses, and
wired using MAD distributors. The chrome is airbrushed Molotow. battery cables came from Detail Master.

This weathered shop truck was built by Conner Taylor. He
substituted the V8, grille, and interior from a 1971 into an
earlier 1969 Moebius F-100. He added plug wires and battery
cables, and its weathered appearance was created using the
hair spray method and Valspar turquoise paint.
Jerry Keller has been building models since 1958 and remembers Vern Heizer said his Revell 1966 Chevy Suburban “Surf Wagon” was
seeing cars like the ’57 Ford when he was a kid. All of the enamel paint built just for fun. The body was chopped, sectioned, and channeled
on his Revell Ford flew straight out a Testors spray can onto bare during the eight months he spent completeing this project.
plastic. The glossy finish was achieved without clearcoat or polishing.
Todd Wingerter’s Trumpeter 1963 Chevy Nova represents a late 1960s Teen modeler James Schultz used scratchbuilt and aftermarket parts
topless funny car. The chassis from Revell’s “Miss Deal” was modified to transform a Trumpeter 1964 Ford Falcon into a sharp street machine.
to fit the Nova body, and a big-block Chevy V8 from AMT’s 1937 Chevy. He added a resin Coyote 302 V8 out of a Mustang, and Pegasus wheels
Scratchbuilt parts include the tonneau cover, headers, and hood scoop. and tires. He built his own suspension, drive shaft, and exhaust.

Moebius Models’ 1965 Comet Cyclone was this
year’s Buckeye Challenge kit. Rob Smorey went all
out on his drag car, tubbing it, then scratchbuilding
the interior panels and roll cage. Aftermarket
detail parts include RB Motion rear shocks, Micro
Nitro wheels, and a Scale Repo’s bug catcher.
“I’ve always been a fan of NHRA door-slammers” is Craig Cochran’s Jerome Santora converted a Revell 1966 Pontiac GTO into a Tempest
reason for building this model of a real “E/MP car.” AMT’s 1953 Chevy that replicates his brother’s first car. He removed the hood scoop and
Corvette has Speed City slicks and a fully wired and plumbed Blue used the back seat from a second GTO to make a bench front seat. The
Flame Six. The intake and exhaust manifolds were scratchbuilt. Tempest taillights were custom decals created by a friend.
Desireaux Smock built her Moebius Models ’65 Mercury Comet, to Jason Foster built this “Two Much! Dragster” from an AMT/Model King
compete in the ladies only class. This is only her second model, and she kit. He shortened the nose, scratchbuilt its zoomie headers, added rear
painted it with Testors Model Master paint. The chrome details look tires from a parts pack, and finished it in nail polish with hand-masked
excellent! flames.

Jim Hill finally finished this 1962
AMC Rambler wagon after working on
it “off-and-on” for 15 years. He modified an
AMT Rambler snap kit by adding the roof from a ’55
Ford panel truck and wheel openings from a ’64
Pontiac GTO before painting it with automotive spray
paints. The interior came from a Dodge Sidewinder!
William “Big Will” Rider described this as his own take on the Foose This Revell 1932 Ford 5-window coupe was inspired by a car Tom Kren
Design Ford FD-100 pickup. It’s built basically out of the box with saw on the cover of a magazine. He modified the front frame cross-
Testors Lime Ice paint. The flame and bed decals came from a 1966 member to lower the stance, used the wheels and hood from a “rat
stepside pickup kit. roadster” kit finished with MCW paints.
Al Hoffman likes to take old kits that were tooled with multipiece All of the detailing on Dennis Tull’s Revell “Steve Kinser Quaker State
bodies and bring them up to today’s standards. According to Al Sprint Car” was done using only paint. Dennis loves Outlaw racing!
building many of these vintage kits requires a lot of cleanup and this
life-like 1912 Hispano-Suiza is a good example of his hard work.

NNL Milwaukee 26
Waukesha, Wisconsin · April 7, 2018 · by Robby DeGraff
Can a cup of coffee inspire a build? It did for Joe

Quiles who made this NASCAR version of a
Monogram Pontiac Grand Prix in Maxwell House
livery. That’s Testors Canary Yellow with stock
decals, and there’s aftermarket wiring
under the hood.
The bright graphics drew Elliot Doering to build this 1953 Hudson Remember when AMC was racy? Rob Schmidt does and created this
Hornet from Moebius Models. It’s based on a stock car that ran at the Matador stock car for a club build. This is an AMT kit, but he
Milwaukee Mile, not far from Elliot’s home in West Allis. He hinged the scratchbuilt the grille, spoiler, and fuel filler. He used Tamiya paints and
hood, wired the motor, and used Testors Classic Black and Ivory with aftermarket decals to replicate Bobby Allison’s car that raced in the
Ace decals to finish it. 1975 Daytona 500.
Larry Boileau is a big NASCAR truck racing fan, so it wasn’t a stretch Chris Juno made this wonderful 1969 Mercury Cyclone in Cale
for him to create this sharp No. 99 Exide Battery Ford from a Revell kit. Yarborough’s livery from a Polar Lights kit. He built this several years
He used Bob’s Paints black for the body and pink decals from the kit. ago and says what he recalls most is all the sanding it took to get the
He spent three months creating this box-stock beauty. wheel wells right. Funny too, Chris says he rarely builds race cars, but
this one’s a winner.

Vic Rood created this weathered hot rod
from an AMT 1936 Ford Coupe and based it
on a real rod he’d seen on YouTube. It’s John Anton took this Revell 1941 Willys gasser to a new level by
wired and plumbed with a resin Cadillac 331 creating a blue velvet interior and fully wiring the exposed monster
cid V8. He scratchbuilt the interior and the engine. After six months of work he finished the exterior in candy blue.
entire build took him just two weeks. Check out the precisely detailed engine!
Neenah, Wisconsin’s Rob Schmidt used PPG Harlequin base with a After seeing a picture in Hot Rod magazine, John A. Pawlowski of
urethane clear that’s wet sanded and polished to create this sparkling Illinois created this hot 2013 Dodge Hemi Challenger from a Revell kit.
1968 Chevy El Camino. This is an AMT kit and is mostly box stock, but He machined aluminum rims for those fat wheels and put screens in the
uses wider rear tires from an AMT ‘57 Chevy. The bed uses a custom hood scoops too. Mike’s Decals were used and Testors black chrome for
woodgrain finish. the trim.
Stock cars appeared everywhere and were

the theme of this year’s show. Elliot Doering
showed this fabulous 1956 Chevy Del Ray, a
Car guys love the old Steve McQueen movie, Bullitt. Jesse Boyajian and Revell kit. Elliot did this up in Testors Pacific
his 8-year-old son Bennett, worked on recreating that iconic Mustang Blue and Classic White to honor Jim Reed, a
from a Revell kit. It took two months, but they stripped the chrome off NASCAR legend from New York. The
the wheels and used a Molotow Liquid Chrome pen to give the chrome exhausts are scratchbuilt along with the roll
wheels’ trim a more realistic look. cage. Its wheels are from a ‘62 Chevy.

Scott Palmer took a couple months to replicate Jack Sprague’s NASCAR Snowmobiling can be fun, so how about adding tracks to a Ford pickup
truck series ride from a Monogram kit. He used photos and info from a for off-road adventures? Troy Riley used an AMT kit as his base and
stock car racing magazine to make sure all his colors and markings then made it 4WD with tracks scratchbuilt from tank kit tracks. He
were factory perfect, and finished his project with Testors paints used button snaps from a big box store for the boggie wheels, and
throughout. He built the truck as a birthday present. finished the weathered F-150 in Krylon red and white.
Tom Piagari says he has never seen this rare 1973 Land Rover kit from Details highlight this 1967 Chevelle pro street from AMT. The 454 cid
Monogram built, and we think his example is stellar. There are special V8 is wired and plumbed, and has fuel lines, poseable front wheels, dual
switches on the dash and he used custom mixed lacquer paints for the 4-barrel carbs, and a race interior. Elliot Doering tubbed the chassis
body, then sealed it with a two-part urethane clear. and used Metallic Russet acrylic paint for the body.
Rick Shepard of Racine, Wis., created a memorable chopped 1932 Ford The old Ronald Reagan movie, The Killers, (1964 version), inspired Frank
5-window coupe with a beautiful faded mint green finish from Bob’s LuQue to build this AMT combo of a 1961 Ford Ranchero and a 1963 AC
Paints. He also added various Rickie Rod Resin parts, and wheels and Cobra with trailer. All are box-stock, with the Cobra being bathed in
tires from his parts box. The rod is based on an AMT model and took Dupli-Color Dark Blue Metallic. He added a tool box, jack stands, extra
him about a month to complete. tires, and wheel blocks to complete his display.

Seven months of work went into Kerry Ingram’s custom “MacAttack” Peterbilt
wrecker from an AMT Ertl kit. He narrowed the wrecker’s bed, “Z’d” the frame,
relocated its fenders, and made the boom from a John Deere backhoe. The V12
engine came from a Super Boss drag truck and the stacks are drinking straws.
That captivating color? Tamiya Lime Green.
Many of us have tried to replicate our family cars and Doug Everhart Al Stout loves the old TV show 77 Sunset Strip, and Edd Bynes designs,
did with his 1995 Ford Bronco. This is a combo of various kits including so he spent several weeks making this AMT 1925 Ford hot rod, Kookie’s
a couple F-150 pickups including the rare Lightning, and a 1980s Rod, that appeared on the show. Al cut out the floor and raised it so
Bronco. He scratchbuilt the sunroof, exhausts, 4WD, and made his own the body could be channeled over the frame. The box was shortened 14
license plates. scale inches, and those are Offy valve covers with four, 2-barrel carbs.
Surf’s up in Sheboygan. Well, maybe when the wind is right, but Michael Britain’s Barry Sheene was a brilliant Grand Prix motorcycle racer in
Kreager, who calls it home, added the surf board, board supports and the 1970s and Chris Clark built his Yamaha YZR 500 race bike to honor
plug wires to this chopped Jimmy Flintstone 1937 Ford. The subtle the former champion. This is a box-stock build using Tamiya’s black
paint is Tamiya Olive Drab, and he customized the stained wood in the paint on the 1/12 scale Tamiya kit. Cycle fans, rejoice!
truck’s bed.

Milwaukee is snow country, as is Fond du Lac, where Chris Newton calls This 1969 Chevy Malibu convertible is a muscular grocery getter, per
home. So it makes sense he’d add a big ol’ plow to the nose of his the kid’s seat in back and groceries on the front seat. Tom Piagari says
Rustoleum red 1950 Chevy pickup from AMT. He reworked the kit’s he modified a bucket for the child’s seat, bought dollhouse groceries,
wheels and added snow tires to the rear, and scratchbuilt the plow and scratchbuilt a column shifter and turn signal stalks, and used Model
brakes. It’s modeled as a dealership parts runner and plow circa 1966. Car Garage photo-etched scripts and emblems.
What if Dale Ernhardt and Jeff Gordon tied in a race? That was the This is the year of the Impala, Chevy’s iconic car, being launched 60
question Kerry Ingram’s son asked, so dad created “Split Decision” years ago. John Ostrenga created this Super Stock version of a 1963
from a Revell kit. Making each half look realistic came down mostly to Impala from Revell. He polished the body, created a bench seat,
decal work Kerry says. He used Tamiya and Testors paints as each half’s swapped in a 409 cid V8 and stratchbuildt the traction bar. He used
base colors. What a fun idea! Fred Cady decals and Scale Motorsport’s interior decal patterns.
If Pete Altwies had his way, every car would be a T-bird with manual Revell of Germany’s BMW Z8 never looked better thanks to Stew
tranny and a big engine, like his Monogram 1958 model. That’s Dupli- Edwards’ box stock build using Krylon Brushed Aluminum paint and
Color Red Metal Specks and Krylon white paint, plus Bare-Metal foil and Testors Wet Look clear for its handsome finish. Inside is a red interior
a Molotow Liquid Chrome pen for the trim. The engine is fully wired. covered with Pledge Floor Gloss.

NNL East
Wayne, New Jersey · April 21, 2018 · by Robby DeGraff
Richard Smith took AMT’s 1940 Ford Sedan

Delivery and added a four-link rear-end, balsa
wood floor, skull fuel pump, and Pegasus wheels.
Inside are beer keg seats and he opened its doors,
made the firewall out of license plates, and
weathered it for a sinister look.
Yuan Nunez took his Revell 2018 Ford Mustang GT snap kit and added After he saw famed British auto journalist Jeremy Clarkson test the 1:1
18-inch wheels and a jaw-dropping Tamiya jet black finish. The overall exotic, Bob Dudek knew he had to build Fujimi’s Ferrari F12. It’s box-
effect is racy indeed! stock and features a sleek Tamiya Mica Blue finish.
Larry Ritz’s old ’74 Chevy Suburban came to life from combining a resin Richie Carbal, from Top Notch Model Cars, showed off his wild ’73 Chevy
Modelhaus 1981 Suburban kit with a Monogram Chevrolet Sport Pickup. Caprice that started as an MPC kit. He added big JPS custom wheels, a
It’s a clone of a 1:1 race car tow vehicle, and has scratchbuilt diamond Corvette’s engine, a nitrous bottle, then finished it with a fine PPG
plated running boards and mud flaps. Notice how he converted the Royal Blue paint and clear. Richie tells us the 1:1 car goes by the name
standard barn-door rear tailgate into a single door. “Blue Magic.”

Jim Boulukos’s Aston Martin DBS was built out of the box from a Robb Shelby’s 1950 AMT Chevy Pickup has wooden bed extensions,
Tamiya kit and is bathed in a Gravity Colors finish. Inside is a sexy custom graphics, a trailer hitch, detailed interior, and a resin
contrasting Testors rust interior. After seeing James Bond escape in a stationary gasoline engine in the bed, which he learned Cushman
DBS in Casino Royale, Jim had to have his own in 1/24 scale. actually built once!
Tamiya’s 1964 Morris Mini Cooper was built by Randy Kern and includes Angel Arroyo avidly follows El Humilde Racing, and built Fujimi’s Toyota
aluminum exhaust tips, a vanity plate with a photo-etched frame Sprinter AE86 Trueno as a tribute. He modified its front end, chassis,
around it, Bare-Metal foil detailing, and a Testors Mythical Maroon engine, and added all the decals seen on the impressive 1:1 racer.
lacquer finish.
Makayla Ashe, 13, wanted her Revell 2015 Ford Mustang to replicate her Tom Decker took AMT’s 1985 GMC K3500, added an 8-inch bed, fully-
“pop-pop’s” 1:1 car, so she finished it in Grabber Blue from plumbed engine and chassis, and scratchbuilt a Dana 60 front axle. The
Scalefinishes, added chrome on the wheels and parts of the interior, finish is PPG acrylic enamel GM No. 29 blue, and Tom built this as a
then scratchbuilt its rear spoiler. Check out that license plate! replica of the 1:1 truck he once owned and wishes he had never sold!

Hang on for dear life, or death! JJ Provance’s 1926 Ford Roadster came Charlie Contreas’s 1969 Chevrolet Camaro is a special build, with the
from a Revell kit and has a scratchbuilt frame alongside a swapped-in body from C1 Models, a scratchbuilt interior with black leather, and a
Mazda rotary engine. The headers are scratchbuilt, there’s a mailbox Corvette racing engine. Its finish is House of Kolor automotive paint.
air cleaner, skeleton behind the wheel, and of course, a rusted,
neglected paint finish.
Donald Poling Jr.’s Revell 1966 Pontiac GTO Wagon is a wonderful Ryan Leach built MPC’s 1984 Dodge Shelby Charger into a rally car,
custom build, with wheels from his parts box, aluminum pulleys, fan adding a raised suspension, front fog lights, and a scratchbuilt brush
belt, hose clamps, and battery cables. The bright orange finish was bar. Inside there’s a roll cage, and the burnt finish was accomplished
accomplished using nail polish and a two-part clear. using Testors small bottle enamels with a Testors Dullcote flat lacquer.
Donald Poling Jr. also showed us this Revell 1953 Chevrolet Panel David “Mr. Minidreams” Shawn took Hasegawa’s Nissan Sunny, added
wagon that he transformed it into a station wagon. It boasts an the front clip from a C1 Models transkit, and a resin engine from an R35
Oldsmobile bumper up front, and a light taupe metallic finish. Skyline. The engine bay even has watch parts for fine, intimate detail
and its finished in automotive paint and clear.

Patriotic power is what Mike Salemme’s Revell 1970 Chevy
Nova Pro Mod screams. He added a resin cowl hood, big-
block V8 with a resin blower, scratchbuilt wing,
and custom headers. The sparkling finish is
airbrushed pearl blue and a metal flake roof,
all under 20 coats
of clear. Count ‘em!
Charles Glass’ 1948 Ford Coupe was built from a Revell kit, finished in
Tamiya aircraft colors and a wet look clear. It sports a pair of skirts
from a similar 1948 Ford Custom Coupe kit.
Barry Fadden of the Classic Plastic Model Club, made this unique 1960 Bob Graham’s 1977 GMC from a Revell kit, has done its time in the
“Merchero” using an AMT kit and a Modelhaus resin. There are snow! The bed came warped from the box, so he left the bed that way
American SATCO tires, wheels from his parts box, and a one-piece and then roughed it up, adding rust. The weathering was all done with
hand-painted chassis. There’s real wood in the bed integrated with acrylic craft paints, and he also added a dangling chain on the plow.
photo-etched bed rails. The finish is House of Kolor’s Copper Pearl and
Testors Wet Look clear.

We always enjoyed seeing builds from the late Del Paone, especially his rad Chevrolet SSR street machine.
He took a Revell kit and rebuilt 90% of its chassis and suspension, then swapped in a big-block 16-plug Hemi
V8. The finish is black gold galaxy metallic and lime green, with Slixx graphics and flames, and a Gas Monkey
decal out back.
Jay Savarese finished his new age muscle, AMT’s 2017 Chevrolet Bill Spencer converted a Revell 1959 Ford Galaxie Skyliner into a ’59
Camaro SS 1LE, in Tamiya bright red and the polished it. “No clear!” he Ranchero using a scratchbuilt rear box, interior, and a Jimmy
tells us. Jay added an aftermarket brake set to this aggressive, Flintstone roof. He added Bare-Metal foil, ignition wires, and an aging,
powerful bowtie he loves. damaged two-tone look.
We’re wowed by the Tamiya finish on John Goschke’s 1959 Ford Smokey Fegley made this cool tribute to The Rockford Files, complete
Thunderbird. He added bumpers from a ’58 T-Bird onto this AMT kit, a with a Revell “Deal’s Wheels” Pontiac Trans Am. The front and rear
scratchbuilt radio antenna, wheel covers from a ’59 Dodge and a Larry clips came off a ’78 Firebird, wheels from a 1/18 die-cast, the television
Watson-style paint job. is scratchbuilt. Behind the wheel is a Rockford figure — actually a
modified Fonzie doll head.

JJ Provance saw a build like this on the Internet and that got his Robert Cucchiaro built a beast, Tamiya’s 1987 Ferrari F40. Its massive
wheels turning. Using Revell’s Mk1 VW Rabbit kit, he made this “Rusty engine is plumed and wired, and there are carbon fiber decals for the
Rabbit,” complete with a lowered and cambered suspension, custom interior floor. The rear molded screen on the rear hood has been
deep dish Mk2 VW Golf wheels, a chain-link steering wheel and replaced with a mesh one for a clear view of the engine. He also drilled
scratchbuilt Coke bottle overflow container. The rust all comes from the brake rotors, used craft ribbon for the seat belts and guitar string
Rust-Oleum cream with Testors brown sponged and dabbed on. for the interior door pulls. The finish? Tamiya Italian Red, of course.
Here’s a vintage kit from Pyro. Brendan Gourley built this 1937 Chevy This 1953 Ford “flip-nose” custom pickup was built by Marcos Nanita
Custom Convertible and hand-painted its trim and tires. The exterior is from an AMT kit. He opened the suicide doors, added resin dominator
molded in a classic light blue and the finish inside is Testors Model carbs with full linkage, a fuel tank, resin Optima battery, and a photo-
Master Military Brown. etched interior detail set. The finish is Tamiya Racing Green.
Joe Marteusz wowed us

with his 1/16 scale 1963
Chevrolet Corvette that
had its body completely
chopped up, and sections
added to the roof, rear
quarter panels, and doors.
There’s complete brass
tubing and rod for the
chassis and everything on
this car is scratchbuilt,
including the 3-D printed
engine and transmission.
The finish is Dupli-Color
black with Testors Pearl
Purple and metallic green.

Southlandz Swap Meet & Show2
Dunedin, Florida · May 12, 2018 · by DeLaun Fifield
“We see these cars on the drag strip here all the
time,” says Puerto Rico’s Carmello Nieves Sanchez of
his Revell 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe. It
comes with a completely wired motor, plus custom
drag wheels and tires.
Tamiya Indy car kits are a rarity at shows these days. Joe Montalbano “I made my own spider web graphics,” claims Ryan Johnson about his
built this Newman/Haas Lola chassis box-stock. gorgeous JoHan 1960 Cadillac Sedan DeVille.
Tamiya Bright Blue Metallic was used by Ruben Tirado on his box-stock The rust just seemed to be falling off Sean Neals’ 1937 Chevy Pickup!
Tamiya Subaru Impreza. We love the look of this ‘90s Japanese icon. What’s surprising, is that it started as a clean Revell kit initially.

“This is what an accurate comic book 1940 Batmobile looks like,” says “No one has an ‘alumina coupe’ like this one!” says Steve Key about his
Herbert Dumas about his AMT 1939 Ford with a greatly modified “bat” Testors kit which features a blown small-block V8 and is coated in a
front-end and towering rear dorsal fin. delicious Testors Metallic Green enamel.
“I call it my ‘Farmer’s Helper’ which was really a parts box special!” Wearing Slixx decals over Tamiya yellow paint and featuring a custom
says Herbert Dumas about his scratchbuilt tractor. hood ready to suck in air through its scoop, Bernardo Mangual’s Hellcat
started life as a much more mellow Revell Dodge Challenger.
This Revell 1932 Ford complete with a ConnKur Model Accessories pre- Here is Jim Sheppard’s incredibly well-detailed 1963 Cobra, from an
wired distributer, Model Car Garage grille, and Testors lacquer paint, obscure Model Factory Hiro kit that’s painted in Tamiya’s Ferrari Red.
was built by Larry Fischer.
Hoosier Model Car Association
Franklin, Indiana · May 20, 2018 · by Wayne Montgomery
MPC’s 1973 Plymouth Duster dragster

was turned into the “Mopar Missile”
by Steve Shelton, who fully detailed its
engine compartment with added fuel
and brake lines. That stealthy finish is
Duplic-Color black.
Chris LaFuze’s wild Lindberg 1934 Ford Pickup sits on a 1/24 scale John Henry took AMT’s 1992 Ford Ranger and made it a unique step-
dragster frame that’s been shortened. He fully detailed its relocated, side masterpiece! He opened up the grille, added plug wires and
massive engine with Detail Master parts and a Hot Wheels die-cast finished it in a House of Kolors Cobalt Blue candy paint with silver
model inspired his build. metal flake.
JoRo Pope’s 1934 Ford tow truck, birthed from a Lindberg kit, has a We can’t help but be in awe of Don Poling Jr.’s 1955 Chrysler 300 from
Buick engine, brass stacks, an extended bed, and die-cast wheels and Moebius Models. This Mopar beauty has been lowered, its top chopped,
tires from his parts box. That matte black finish really helped this and engine bay fully detailed with Detail Master parts. The Gravity
truck stand out from the competition! Colors finish is AMG Hell Green Magno.

Tony Martin is all fired up after building Revell’s 1957 Ford! It’s mostly Ed Powell’s patriotic representation of the 1967 Sox & Martin Plymouth
box-stock, but spiffed up with an impressive hot red finish created with GTX came from a Revell kit and has numerous details inside and out.
a custom mix of automotive paints. From a photo-etched fan and dashboard plus nuts and bolts from Pro
Tech, to Keystone Mag wheels from Model Car Garage and Slixx decals.
The trunk opens and he finished it with Testors Model Master lacquers.
Marty Schneiders’ 1963 Chevrolet Corvette from AMT, started as a Jeff Myers made this nice 1950 Oldsmobile coupe by combining a Revell
promo-based kit which he then went on to improve with careful detail kit and a Jimmy Flintstone body. Apart from filling the fender skirts, he
painting. The tires came from a 1970 Corvette, and he used Bare-Metal used chrome foiling for further detail, wired the engine, and cast the
foil for chrome accenting. Dupli-Color lacquers cover the exterior, and interior in a tasty two-tone paint. Its finish is a Testors lacquer with a
inside the cabin, its carpeting was done with flocking. pearl coat.
This bonkers pink

“Rat ‘o’lac” is a
creation from David
Hites, who combined
portions from
Revell, Monogram,
and AMT kits with a
Jimmy Flintsone
resin body. There’s a
slimmed dash and
taillights from a
1959 Cadillac, plus a
grille, headlights,
and shell from a ‘33
Cadillac. He loves
rat rods and their
patina!

Heartland Nationals
Overland Park, Kansas · June 9-10, 2018 · by Allen Smerchek
Robert Perillo
used an Amer-
ican Industrial
Truck Models
resin cab with a
First Gear
wrecker body
and put it on an
AMT Mack
Cruise-Liner
frame. He added
fuel and brake
lines, then
finished it in
Dupli-Color
Engine Blue and
Dullcote rust.
Here’s an old GM F-Body you’ll never forget! Blayne Naw’s replica of the We love Dave Roeder’s scratchbuilt 1968 Custom Speedster that’s
infamous Smokey & the Bandit Pontiac Firebird Trans Am came from a powered by a front-mounted Chevrolet Corvair engine. This single-seat
Revell kit and features tinted taillights, a gold grille, fuel lines, and an street speedster has a Tamiya Chrome Yellow finish from a rattle can.
impressive gloss black finish. What inspired him? He “had the Corvair engine, but no Corvair!”
Brian Nab brought some nostalgia to the show with his Porsche 962 Le Patrick Bailey went bonkers on Revell’s Ford Speedwagon, adding a
Mans racer that came from a Tamiya kit. It was built box-stock and has custom exhaust, flamethrowers, off-road tires, and spikey body
a Testors Model Master finish. protection. Mad Max inspired him, and after chopping off the back
section, he finished it with Tamiya paints and AK Interactive washes.

Brian Nab also created a scene worth a thousand words, scratchbuilding this entire rod shop diorama. His own dad’s shop inspired him to dedicate
seven months crafting this masterpiece. Can you spot the rusted, sun-baked motorcycle?
It’s OK to drool over Jay Sanchez’s sexy Revell 1949 Mercury, but not “Fly Boy” is a creation from Max Thomas, who took a 1939 Ford pickup
on it. The Merc has been chopped, channeled, section and widened. cab, joined it to a scratchbuilt frame, and added a Pratt & Whitney
Apart form suicide doors, a full airbag suspension, plumbing and wiring 9-cylinder radial engine. Everything is wired and plumbed, and he
and a DeSoto grille, Jay finished it with Testors Purple-Licious lacquer finished this crazy build with Testors paints.
with light flakes, under five coats of lacquer clear.
This flaming-hot 1933 Willys

Pickup “Dirty Dozen” is another
creation from Max Thomas and
features two 1941 Plymouth six-
cylinder flatheads, a scratchbuilt
frame, Chrysler front end, and a
truck rear end. After showing off
the aircraft-style interior, he told
us there’s “two of everything!”

NNL North
Bloomington, Minnesota · May 20, 2018 · by Robby DeGraff
Using the kit’s

flame decals over
a beautiful
application of
Testors Blue Ice
paint, Brian
Kummet of Little
Falls, Minn.,
created this Revell
1949 Mercury
pretty much box
stock. Brian loves
1950s hot rods,
and it shows!
Brian Farr of Minnetrista, Minn., spent three weeks building this Revell A lot can be accomplished in a day! Jarred Stahnke completed this
1949 Mercury Woody straight from the box. He used Testors spray can Monogram Dodge Viper in a 24-hour build-off, finishing it with Testors
paint to finish it and says this was an easy kit to build. Model Masters medium green satin paint.
Lily Ann Amburgey is 10, but like her dad, she likes to build models. It Going for a “cool looking ‘34 Ford drag car” Jim Mulligan went big with
took her three days to complete this Revell Hummer using Testors this 1/16 scale Revell kit that he spent 16 months perfecting. He used
paints. Her inspiration was her aunt, who owns a black 1:1 Hummer. an engine from a Revell dragster and added many aftermarket parts for
realism, plus a resin rear end and loads of aluminum parts and braided
lines.

Rick (Doc) Buikema of Clinton, Iowa, showed his rat rod based on AMT’s 1933 Willys panel truck. The body channeled, wheel wells filled,
and a resin rotor airplane engine added. Doc did plenty of scratchbuilding too and created headlights out of ballpoint pen tips. Lumber
riches led to Clinton having the highest per capita ratio of millionaires in the early 1900s, hence the rod’s name, “Lumber Baron.”
No denying the Aston Martin DBR9 is gorgeous, and Nick Amburgey of A Cox 1/25 Cheetah serves as the base for this restoration project by
South St. Paul, Minn., proves it again with his Airfix 1/32 scale kit. The Bob Knudsen. The paint is Tamiya red with a semi-gloss black interior
finish is courtesy of Gravity Colors and the rest is box stock. Looks like and Alclad II chrome on the wheels, headers, and engine. The wheels
it’s ready to race! and tires come from a Revell ‘32 Ford kit, taillights from an AMT ‘32
Phantom and decals from Vintage Racing Miniatures.
This rotting 1980 Plymouth Volare from MPC perfectly fits Troy Deal’s Tom Finch of Wyoming, Minn., built this beautiful 1/12 scale Lotus C-01
idea of a junker from his neighborhood. He used a motor tool to create from Studio 27. This is a white metal and resin kit that took Tom three
the rusted-through areas, a hobby knife for divits in the body to create months to build and finish with Tamiya white paint and Gravity Colors
a peeled paint look, and drilled a hole “too perfect” he says, in the clear. Tom says the bike’s shape is striking and he used aftermarket
windshield. JB Weld (black tube only) gums up the engine bay. tubing to add realism.

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do when this 1990 Mustang LX 5.0 Nick Kulczak brought this 1975 Lamborghini Countach LP400 “Walter
comes for you? Brian Farr turned this Revell ‘Stang into a police car Wolf Special” to the show. The Tamiya kit was a glue bomb when he
just by painting it black and white with Testors spray paints and adding bought it and went to work right away. It includes a scratchbuilt
decals that came with the kit. instrument binnacle, Italeri floorpan, Monogram carbs and heads on a
Fujimi engine. The aluminum wheel sleeves are from Mike Newport.
What’s better than a Plymouth Superbird? A Funny Car version, of While Lisa Czech’s 1971 Hemi ‘Cuda is mostly stock, she’s proud of how
course. Eric Wolf modified a Funny Car chassis to fit the Monogram the custom paint job turned out to create her “dream car.” This is
Superbird body, then painted it Navy Blue with a clear coat. He also did O’Reilly’s Pink Passion paint with a Dupli-Color clear coat over it. Lisa,
some custom tin work on the Mopar’s interior. who has been modeling for eight years, says she also wired the
distributor on her ‘Cuda.
Wisconsin’s Bob Dahl took a Jimmy Flintstone resin 1/25 scale 1939 Lindberg’s 1964 Dodge kit is the basis for Kirby Hughes’ 330 stock
Mercury to perfection, modeling his car after a 1:1 version he’d seen. eliminator drag racer. He started with a Testors silver base then added
The killer finish is White Pearl and gold from Bob’s Paints. candy red, candy orange, and candy gold fades on top for this stellar
finish. Kirby also wired the engine and scratchbuilt the roll cage,
subframe connectors, and traction bars.

The 1955 Buick Phantom wagon is a combo of Revell and resin kits,
plus scratchbuilt items. The model is from Canadian Dennis
Ezmerlian’s creative mind and uses a 1929 Roadster’s
Nailhead engine that’s wired and plumbed. The
chassis, interior and body are scratchbuilt, and
he added AMT wire
wheels. Finally a finish
of Tamiya black
and red was
applied, and
sealed with
Tamiya clear.
Dan Decko of Trimont, Minn., has always liked 1949 Mercurys, so he This 1957 Ford Ranchero started as a Revell Ford Del Rio but uses a
took three weeks to build this Revell version. He used custom flame Jimmy Flintstone Ranchero body. Mike Hartjes added Bare-Metal foil
paint, resin wheels, then detailed the interior to make it his own. The and scratchbuilt a tarp, then installed Pegasus wheels. The body is
sled’s finish is Createx Colors with a DuPont clear. This one adds a Dupli-Color Amazon Green Metallic.
whole new meaning to “hot” rod!
Sticking with his truck theme, Tom Hoffman created this Moebius 1970 Nick Kulczak drove a ways from Gettysburg, Pa., to enter this late ‘80s
Ford farm truck by adding aftermarket tires, real wood side boards, hay Porsche 928 S4 in the show. He took a couple years to create this
bales and slightly raising the rear suspension. He used Minwax wood beauty, scratchbuilding the door panels and dash goodies, plus deleting
stain on the boards and Dupli-Color teal with a clear coat on the the hood’s scoop. A pair of rad Recaro seats were added inside.
pickup’s body.

Tom Hoffman enjoys the freedom building rat rods provides. This tow
truck is a heavily-modified 1941 Chevy from Revell that he channeled
the cab, wired and plumbed the engine with custom parts, and
custom built the tow boom and interior. The “bad to the bone”
exterior finish is Dupli-Color flat black and Mopar Engine Green.
Spooner, Wisconsin’s Steve Sutter doctored up this Revell 1968 Ferrari’s 250 GT SWB is an Italian classic and Tyler Halliday has made a
Mustang GT with Recaro seats and safety harnesses inside. Under the stellar version of this AMT kit. First, he reworked the body for a more
hood he used heads and intake from a 1968 Mercury Cougar 427 cid V8 correct look, then added aftermarket photo-etched wheels with white-
with an exhaust bonded to the headers. The rear suspension was metal hoops with rubber tires. The prancing horse’s paint is an
modified to take red line tires. A Cougar hood scoop was added and the automotive custom blue covered by a Testors Wet Look clear coat.
finish is Testors Fiery Orange with Krylon Antique Bronze.
Tom Finch couldn’t remember the white-metal kitmaker, but is sure Race car in tow! David Cech built Revell-Monogram’s 1970 Buick Stock
this is a 1/35 scale 1955 BMW 500 land speed record sidecar. It took Eliminator complete with an adorable tow van. The big Buick has
him six weeks to create, and he used Zero Paints and Gravity Colors headers, tires and wheels from his parts box, and both rides have a
clear to finish this fast little machine! Testors spray can finish.

Boogity, boogity, let’s go racing with a 1980s Darrell Waltrip Pepsi- What if the USSR had tried to set a land speed record? This racy
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Torben Rothgeb of Minneapolis. He added a window net, seat belts and 1/32 scale MiG-29 kit, but mostly is scratchbuilt by Tim Graf. The hot
an ignition box to detail the car. It’s clad in Tamiya white with yellow paint is Tamiya Red Rocket, (appropriate, right?) with custom decals to
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SPECIAL ISSUE

500+ Muscle Cars,

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Steve Perry learned a

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Doug Fisher took Accurate Miniatures’ detailed

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Terry Doggett thought it would be wild to

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Bill Shoaf built MPC’s colorful “Carl Casper’s Cosmic Charger”

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Bob Baker put loads

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Left: Al Hoffman turned Revell’s Highway

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Above: Built as a box-stock curbside, Daniel

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Revell’s 1/12 scale Chopper built by Ray

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This 1932 Ford from Revell was built by Tom Nowak,

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This Monogram Maserati 3500GT looks gorgeous, and Stew

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Mark Sullivan’s Revell 1966 Chevy Chevelle

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Roll the dice! Rod Beeman’s dropped Chevy convertible

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