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  1. For 27 years the Smyrna Community Center served as home for the ACME Southern Nationals and during those years our show grew from a local to a regional and to a national show. The 2019, 2021, and 2022 shows averaged 110+ entrants, 550+ models entered, and 23-27 states represented by those who entered. Pretty amazing. Thank you for supporting us and for making our show what it is. Over these years ACME worked to find ways to improve the quality and enjoyment of the show for entrants, vendors, and attendees. 2022 provided some challenges regarding the host hotel as well as at the Community Center. The issues included quality of hotel, the parking situation at the Community Center, and decisions by the City of Smyrna making it impossible to schedule our show on the same weekend year after year. During the show we took a critical view of the items we control and those we do not have direct control over. Our conclusion: physically the Smyrna Community Center could no longer support our show. It limited our ability to expand vendor space as well as to accommodate the number of models on display. It provides challenges people with mobility issues to attend and enjoy the show. The hours of access make it challenging for everyone as vendors try to setup, Early Birds desiring to shop and place their models on display and for ACME to set up for registration and running the show. In order to keep providing the experience you expect from us and the ability to improve our show as we move forward it became apparent – we need a new home capable of meeting our/your current needs as well in the future. So after 27 years the ACME Southern Nationals is moving to the Clarence Brown Convention Center in Cartersville, GA, our new host hotel is the adjacent Courtyard By Marriott. We looked at six different venues and four of them did not meet our requirements, one provided the space but not the atmosphere you expect from ACME. Some of the highlights of our new venue include: 12,000 square feet of event space (triple what we have now) 450 parking spaces on a flat parking lot Separate loading area and parking for vendors Vendors may set up on Friday if desired Separate entrances for Vendors and Early Birds Enlarged display area for models with wider aisles More vendors (we typically turn down 15 vendors/year) Choice of two airports (Chattanooga & Atlanta) Multiple year scheduling The host hotel is 2 years old and directly adjacent to the Convention Center Many family-friendly attractions in the area which are easy to attend/enjoy Along with the change in venue we are changing the date to the last weekend in October. Moving to this weekend provides the least amount of disruption/conflict with other shows as well as issues associated with the World Series. The dates for 2023 are October 27th & 28th. The themes are: 100 years of LeMans; 70 years of Corvette; and NASCAR. We know change is challenging but I guarantee you that all of us at ACME are working and will continue to provide you with an excellent experience with an emphasis on fun and a better way to share your work with others and vice-versa. As we move forward we will provide updates via e-mail as well as via Facebook and on our website. As soon as we have the booking codes for the host hotel you will be the first to receive them via email so you may book your rooms. Thank you for your continuing support and all of us look forward to seeing you in Cartersville. Cartersville is an outer suburb on the northwest side of the Atlanta area, it’s right alongside I-75 with far better access and far fewer traffic issues, especially for the many that travel long distances from the north via I-75. We will periodically update maps to help you navigate to the show from the south and northeast so if you want to avoid the Atlanta traffic you’ll have good options. Conference Center Conference Center – Virtual Tour
  2. The ACME Southern Nationals NNL is on November 5th 2022! This year we are enhancing our Web Theme to include an online category. This year’s web theme is Vintage NASCAR. All of the normal ACME Show rules apply, and a special Web Theme award will be presented to the entry that receives the most votes. You must register before you can enter your model(s), but it’s a simple procedure. We ask you to register so that we can tell whose model is whose. We ask for a valid email address so that we can notify the winner. You will automatically be logged in when you complete the simple registration, there is no need to click a link in an email to confirm your registration. DO NOT Worry, we will not spam the email address you supply. It’s only for winner notification. Voting is simple. Just hover your cursor over the image you wish to vote for and select the star. The same rules we follow at the actual event apply here. Voting is by popular vote, the club will not be judging the models. The winner will be announced along with the winners at the show and the online winner will be notified soon after. The trophy is the same as the on-site winners and it will be mailed to you after we contact you for your mailing address. The Online Theme category is open to builders from any country, so everyone is eligible to participate. Just follow this LINK and click on the 2022 NNL Web Theme Contest Menu Item Good Luck and Have Fun!
  3. Hi, Yes our show is on for 2021. I will post a flyer for more info, but it should be a great show as we are celebrating our 25th show ( a year late).
  4. The original issue, and maybe the reissues of the 64 Thunderbolt has a nice set of Radirs. I’m nit sure what you would need to do for the bat center caps, but they are flat so they should be easy to come up with. ***Edit*** I just checked out one of my Tbolt kits and if you are looking for deep dish, you may need two sets of the rears.
  5. I looked at this master at the NNL East in the 90’s. Marshall Buck was looking for someone to cast it. At the time the configuration of the rear of the tub was basically uncastable. It’s hard to remember the details after all of these years, but the rear seems to have been redone. I wouldn’t hold my breath for this, Marshall doesn’t have the best reputation or track record getting kits out or even finding people to produce them. The list of people who have tried to work with him and got burned reads like a who’s who of the model car aftermarket.
  6. The ACME 25th Annual Southern Nationals Model Show and Contest From the first show in 1996, ACME’s Southern Nationals grew into one of the best-known model car shows in the U.S. with nearly 800 models on display! To keep the tradition alive and well, ACME has teamed up with FineScale Modeler to bring you the 25th annual Southern Nationals Online Model Show and Contest. Enter photos of your models for a chance to win awards and recognition for your amazing work! How To Enter *** There is no cost to enter!*** Share up to three photos of your model in one of the below seven categories from October 1 until October 31, 2020. You can submit as many models as you wish! Need help photographing your scale models? Watch FineScale Modeler editors Aaron Skinnner and Tim Kidwell’s video on how to set up a great background, position lighting, set up a camera, choose a location, and more! The Categories: Closed Wheel Competition Open Wheel Competition Showroom Stock (Domestic & Import) Hot Rods & Customs Street Machines / Tuners / Lowriders Motorcycles Commercial & Non-Tracked Military Vehicles How To Vote From November 1 until November 7, 2020 vote once per category. Anyone and everyone is allowed to vote once, regardless of whether or not you entered a model in the photo contest. Be sure to share the contest with your friends and family, so they can vote too! Awards and Prizes The models that accrue the most votes in each category will receive a Top Category Award. The three models with the most votes that did not win a category will receive a People's Choice Award. Recipients of the ACME Excellence Award and President’s Award will be chosen from among all participants by the ACME selection committees. All award winners will receive a framed photo of their model with the ACME logo and show information included. Sweepstakes Everyone who enters a model or votes in the contest is automatically entered in our sweepstakes for a chance to win amazing prizes, including: Model Factory Hiro 1/12 scale Porsche 935/78 “Moby Dick” - $716.00 Grex Airbrush - $209.00 Splash paints - $50.00 Fisher Chaparral 2F Coupe - $150.00 Tamiya 1/12 scale Porsche 935 Vaillant - $185.00 1-year subscription to FineScale Modeler - $49.95 Mr. Hobby paint — $39.00 Alclad II paint — $106.20 AMT 1/25 scale 70½ Camaro Z28 — $28.99 Tamiya 1/12 scale Kawasaki Ninja H2R Carbon Motorcycle — $55.00 Tamiya 1/20 scale Ferrari F60 - F1 — $94.00 Tamiya 1/24 scale Mustang GT4 - $53.00 And more great prizes! Award and prize winners will be announced on November 13, 2020 on FineScale.com and on Facebook. While we can’t meet in person this year, let’s make this show one to remember. Please join ACME and FineScale Modeler to make the 25th Southern Nationals Online a terrific show! Keep an eye on the ACME and FineScale Modeler Facebook pages for updates.
  7. ACME, in association with FineScale Modeler, is pleased to announce we will host the 25th annual Southern Nationals model show and contest online! Nothing will be able to replace seeing friends, eye-balling models up close and personal, or shopping the vendors. But we went to work looking for an alternative that would allow us to still celebrate scale-car modeling with all of you who have helped make Southern Nationals the amazing model show that it is. Moving the 25th Southern Nationals online means that you will be able enter your models in a number of contest categories and see the efforts of other modelers, too. We are finalizing scheduling, categories, and contest details and will have more information for you very soon. All of us as ACME and FineScale Modeler can’t wait to see you and your models at the show! https://www.facebook.com/FineScaleModeler/photos/a.214503981911776/3682455198449953/ https://www.facebook.com/ScaleAutoMagazine/photos/a.162800307090927/3148461161858145/ #scale_models #scale_modeling #ACME_Southern_Nationals#NNL_contest #FineScaleModeler
  8. I meant the moulded in window trim around the rear window. Only part of the trim was engraved in the body. *Edit*- I just opened my Grumpy's Toy issue of the kit and, yes, the window mouldings are missing on the sides of the rear window. They are very faint on the top and bottom.
  9. Did they ever fix the incomplete moulding around the rear window? The original issue only had about half of the moulding.
  10. Yeah, I bought four plus detail-up sets for each and I don't think I got enough!
  11. So, Hobby Easy in Hong Kong is now showing the 935 K3 kit and detail up set in stock.
  12. Here are some images I shot of Bill's XP-87 at the NNL Southern Nationals last weekend:
  13. True, but Beemax/NuNu has announced a kit of this version also although someone else might have a projected release date for this kit.
  14. Interestingly, the red Hawaiian Tropic car, known as the "Old Warhorse" led a long and varied life. Dick Barbour sole the car to Garretson where it wore the blue paint and the number 9 and driven by Brian Redman among others. Garretson then added a K3 kit to is where it ran as the Apple Computer car. It was even converted (downgraded?) to a 934 to run in IMSA. It really led an interesting and long life life. You can read it's history Here It would be a great project using the two kits to build all of the versions and sponsorships it ran.
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