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  1. Super September Showdown XVI Model Contest & Vendor Show Presented by Len Feinberg and The Central Pennsylvania Model Car Club When: 9-2 Sunday, September 19th, 2015 Where: Gilbertsville Fire Hall Route 73 1456 E. Philadelphia Ave. Gilbertsville, PA 19525 Admission still just $5 Theme: European Invasion (Any European Car, Truck or Bike) 21 Classes plus Best of Show For show info, contact the club at centralpmcc@hotmail.com Vendors should contact Len at 610-923-7534
  2. The date for the Central Pennsylvania Model Car Club's 15th annual Super September Showdown model contest and vendor show is quickly approaching, and we're looking forward to another great event. The show is at the Gilbertsville Fire Hall1456 E. Philadelphia Ave., Gilbertsville, PA. We'd love to see you there! If you have questions or want to get additional details, you can contact us at centralpmcc@hotmail.com or go to our web site! http://www.cpmcc.org/superseptembershowdown.htm 2014 show flyer_v2.pdf
  3. Thanks for posting the photos, Tom! I'm glad everybody had a good day. Next year's show is already locked in, and with any luck you'll make it there and I won't be in Denmark instead of in Gilbertsville, where I belong! On behalf of the CPMCC, I would like to thank everyone who attended, helped set up, helped tear down, and especially the vendors and those who spent their hard-earned money with them! We have some things in the works to make next year's show even better...more later!
  4. We'll do our best to make you glad you came! See you tomorrow!
  5. The trophies are finished and boxed for the trip to Gilbertsville next Sunday! We're really looking forward to handing them out!
  6. We're looking forward to seeing you all on the 9th. We'll have vendors selling tons of kits, a table full of trophies, and some of the best folks in the hobby to hang out with for a few hours. Remember to go to the CPMCC web site to download your paperwork before the show. It saves time and prevents that embarrassing writer's cramp claw had some of us get filling out registration forms.
  7. And for those of you interested in attending, here's a link to the flyer, registration form, Class definitions and directions: http://www.cpmcc.org/superseptembershowdown.htm We've been flirting with the 500 entry mark for years...maybe this year is the year!
  8. Ira, if there's medication that undoes whatever it is that makes your mind work like this...DON'T EVER TAKE IT!! I love the stuff that comes off your workbench!
  9. Great save! And "hats off" to you for the color selection!
  10. Boy, you sure can make a guy regret missing a club meeting! I would've loved to se this in person!
  11. Sprint Smartcar? Your frame construction is impressive! Great work to this point!
  12. That's insane. But in the good way!
  13. Ira, you said "I think I learn something new each time I build a model... " but what you might not realize is you also teach something new each time you share a progress post. Somebody somewhere benefits from seeing what you do to these unsuspecting boxes of plastic parts...I know I picked up some ideas, and a little courage to try some new things.
  14. While these pictures are very good, seeing it in person was waaaaay better.
  15. Well, in spite of suffering a motivation-free Sunday I managed to get to the bench and wrestle with the fiddly suspension bits up front. The tie-rod needed to be lengthened to match the widened axle. It's a stupid simple process, making it perfect for me. Lop off the plastic rod and replace it with the wire rod. A little careful drilling is all you need to do. Well, that and not losing one of the ends in the carpet. Finished part, and ready for a smidgen of super glue to make sure the metal and plastic stay together. And here's everything mocked up for final fit, except for the shocks which need to be dramatically lengthened... While this was going on I had a handful of chrome parts soaking in some Wesley's Bleche White. More news as it develops...
  16. Thanks for the comments. The radiator idea is a good one, and I need to give that some serious consideration. If I do that, I can't possibly leave the side scoops closed off, which means more work I wasn't intending to do. (Truth be told, I was really tempted from the start to either remove them or do something a little crazy in their place.) As often happens, this began as a simple resurrection of a glue bomb just to shake the cobwebs off my hobby bench, but at each step I find something else I'd like to mess with. In other words, I'm havin' fun. Keep the feedback coming!
  17. I got antsy and rushed into the front axle and managed to break off a mounting pin. On the up side, once I mocked it up I found the front ride height worked out perfectly. Vroom...vroom.
  18. I made a little more progress on the van, which for me is earth-shaking news. The 2-part side door was converted to a single and I decided to move the pivot point so the top tucks into the roof when it opens. I glued a strip of styrene to act as a stop and have some other fiddling to do with the jams before I put the door back on the body. I joined the Hemi and the kit axle. I could have spent a lot more time crafting some sort of fancy adapter plate, but wanted to get them together so I could determine spacing for the radiator and how much material I needed to trim out of the chassis pan. I may just dress up some of the square tube I used to mock up the engine placement and use them as mounts since the engine sits pretty much dead-on as I want it to. From the looks of this photo, it appears the radiator could be supported by the square tube as well...more fiddling to come. Now that I have the basic engine layout developed, I can also turn my attention to building the roll bar.
  19. Top notch! Those Revell Willys kits build up so nice, and especially when built as cleanly as this one.
  20. Man, there is so much more going on in this thread than simply progress photos of a project. Incredible.
  21. The Nova has that "used to run for titles on the 422 by-pass" look about it. Sweet.
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