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I spoke to him only briefly when I met him at the Mid Atlantic NNL many years ago....think he had an Isetta model that he had turned into a dragster. Seemed like a real jovial character.

Starbird's Futurista is pretty rare...especially in unbuilt form...almost never see one on e Bay..been looking for years. Same for the Uncertain T...its the plastic kit equivalent of Big Foot...or the Loch Ness monster.

Ditto. Sounds like you shared great times together.

Wow....its a grown up Annette of the Mouseketeers!

Dave Dickash....wasnt he a member of L.I.A.R.S. modeling club on Long Island? He passed away in 2004. His motto went something like "anyone can collect old model car kits, it takes a real man to cut them up". Met him at a NNL in Towson Md many years ago...built some crazy stuff. R.I.P.

From where I'm sittin looks like a super nice clean build. Agree about the wheels...the yellow on wide whites really makes it stand out.

At the height of the hot rod / car model craze of the early 60s it seemed you could find car model kits for sale everywhere...not just hobby shops but five and dimes, grocery stores. Stocking shelves with car kits was like printing money. I also recall vending machines that sold trading cards with pictures of famous show rods...

I like the low slung look. Any more pics?

One of my all time favorite kits...in all its variations. And not as easy as it looks...a bit finicky.

Lovely concept....Nicely realized.

It's a hot date ...cruising Mullholland Drive.

How about a vinyl L.P. car?

Cool color...what paint did you use? And those wide whites...where were the tires/wheels sourced? A really nice clean looking build!

I think Tim Sickle has some long standing issues with MCM so I don't think he would be putting together photos for them, but he might for that "other" magazine.