Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

June 2010 Greetings GSL Championship Enthusiast! The Twenty-Third GSL International Scale Vehicle Championship and Convention is less than a year away! The GSL Trustees have prepared another great event. Please check out the GSL Review/Preview just published: http://www.gslchampionship.org/News/GSLReview-Preview.pdf In addition to the best competition anywhere, we’ve got three days of seminars, Museum tours, a Trade Show, the Museum-benefit auction and the Sunday morning Awards Breakfast. You’d have a great time! Please check back often at the “Late Breaking News†for the very latest news on the Twenty-Third GSL Championship and Convention: http://www.gslchampionship.org/News/news.html If you have any questions, please e-mail Mark S Gustavson at msgsl@xmission.com or Paul Anagnostopolous at paul@windfall.com We hope to see you in Salt Lake City next April 28 to May 1.

The Classic Plastic Model Club is pleased to invite you to our 17th Annual Model Car Exhibition, held at the Elks Hall in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on October 4. Get all the details here: http://www.classicplastic.org/events.html Please come join us for some great models! ~~ Paul

Dear GSL Enthusiast: We are pleased to announce that the Twenty-Second GSL International Scale Vehicle Championship and Convention, presented by the International Model Car Builders’ Museum, will be held at the Sheraton City Centre Hotel in Salt Lake City (the same location as in 2007). As you may know, the Championship no longer mails documents to everyone because of the high cost of printing and mailing. We’ve just published three web documents so you can learn more about GSL-XXII: the GSL Convention Manual, a picture-rich “GSL Highlights,†and the tentative GSL -XXII Schedule. These documents contain all the information on the twenty-second Championship, and can be found on the website: http:/www.GSLChamiponship.org and then click on “Late Breaking News†where you’ll find all three documents under the February 1, 2009 date. The PRE-REGISTRATION and PRE-ORDER forms are also there as links. We urge you to download and read these important documents about the upcoming GSL Championship. See you here in April! Cheers, Mark S. Gustavson

When: October 4, 2009 Where: Lawrence, MA, Elks Hall Adults: $5 entrance fee, $3 each additional model 17 and younger: $3 per model 28 classes, 1st through 4th prize 12 "best of" awards This is our 17th annual model car show, held at the Lawrence, MA, Elks Hall on Sunday, October 4. One large exhibition hall with models, vendors, raffle. Food and drink available outside. 2009 theme class: Corvette, any year, any style. For more information: show: Del Paone, 603 430-9377 vendors: John Davison, 603 458-1716

Come one, come all! The Classic Plastic Model Club is pleased to announce its 16th Annual Model Car Exhibition on October 12 at the Lawrence, Mass., Elks Hall. For complete details, visit http://www.classicplastic.org/ ~~ Paul

We are pleased to announce the twenty-second GSL International Scale Vehicle Championship and Convention to be held April 30-May 3, 2009 at the Salt Lake Sheraton City Centre. We’ve planned the best and most collegial competition anywhere, along with three days of seminars, Museum tours, evening activities, the Museum-benefit auction, a Trade Show, and the Awards Breakfast. There will also be a special display of the Best of Show winners going back to GSL-I in 1979! Please visit the GSL website at http://www.GSLChampionship.org and download from there the GSL Preview http://www.gslchampionship.org/News/GSLXXII_Preview.pdf that will give you full details of this great competition. Please e-mail me with any questions or comments that you might have. Cheers, Mark S. Gustavson msgsl@xmission.com

I made a reservation at the Wayne Inn, which is right nearby. Has anyone else made a reservation? At the old Parsippany Holiday Inn, perhaps? ~~ Paul

I'm looking at the Crazy Modeler decal sheet. I understand the four license plates, the CHMSL, and the two "722". What are the rest of those decals? I'm particularly fascinated by the eight clear dots. ~~ Paul

Has anyone used the Crazy Modeler photoetch and decal set for the Tamiya SLR Mclaren? If so, can you explain the decals? They are not described in the otherwise excellent instruction booklet. ~~ Paul

Well, what do you know! Bill and I are working on the same model at the same time. I just started building the Magnum a couple of days ago. I'm planning a simple build with just a few extras. Bill, did you find any good photo collections of the engine online somewhere? I can't locate much. ~~ Paul

The wheels are ridiculous. Can we stop with the 37" monster wheels, please? Pretty soon the entire car is going to be inside the wheels. ~~ Paul

You're quite welcome, Simon. ~~ Paul