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Cant wait to get chat back Gregg, it'll be awesome! I loved it for those few days it was there

This is a HELLA old post, but one I'd not seen before...way cool Jairus! Absolutely amazing work!

many thanks to Gregg for letting me continue to post about this here! Anyway, all the builds have been submitted, and the entries are here: http://public.fotki.com/theflame/car-stuff/2009-worlds-most-be/ Check 'em out! Then, vote for your favourite here! http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2429256/ Thanks fellas!!!

I'd take a few too!

Here you go Bob: http://www.automodelling.com/forum.php?id=2&tid=55919 And regarding the Ridler-type contest....... http://www.automodelling.com/forum.php?id=2&tid=55921

Curt, this is absolutely amazing - what a wonderful build, and a great display of your amazing talents. I hope you dont mind, but I posted a link to this thread on my AutoModelling forum Cant wait to see more...best of luck with this beautiful build!

All those horses and all it can run is a 9 second quarter?

A lot of the cars I've looked at for research seem to collect it on the front too. Not sure how - surely it doesnt get moved until they roll over it with the front wheels, but it's there!

That's kinda of what I thought Harry - maybe a little on the underside like you say, but there's absolutely no detail under there whatsoever so that's going to be as dark and hidden away as possible. Good to see that some agrees with my assumptions anyway

I'm building this ting at the minute, and I wanna give it a bit of weathering, like it's been on the salt: Thing is, I cant work out where this thing would actually get 'salty'. I'm guessing behind the wheels makes sense, but they're all covered over, so that wont add a lot to it. Would it get salt up the sides too? Anyone got any pics of a salt-weathered streamliner, fresh from Bonneville? Need some ideas. Once I've got those ideas, I need to work out what to use - Tamiya flat white acrylic, unthinned, through an airbrush, to give a fine mist perhaps? Help! Also, I'm trying to work out what class this would run in. Any ideas anyone? Gonna post this on a coupla forums to get some ideas...

Awesome!!!

This is an awesome thread, enjoyed reading this. I oughta share all mine up, shame myself into finishing something....

He Terry, is that a little lathe on your bench there? What make is it, if so? Looks cute!

Any way of getting a copy of this mag out to the UK, do you know Tim? I always love reading your articles...

Awesome! Glad to have ya involved 'zoot! Yeah, the more coverage the better - how about it Gregg/Darryl?

That's a darn sexy A!

I'm not gonna split hairs guys; what difference is there between a 38 body and a 37 anyway? Davkin is right, I'm going for th SPIRIT of the rules mainly (but they're a good basis for discussion), more than copying them, so use your common sense and you'll be fine. Glad to see so much interest in this this year, I'll have to work hard to keep the momentum up.

Hey 'zoot, how's it going? The official rules for the AMBR (at least, the ones I found) state that it's meant to be pre 37 or earlier style. That said, it can also be a body style 'in the style' or something pre-37, s there's some leeway there. I wont split hairs... Last year was for bragging rights, although we had a sponsored trophy that sadly didnt come off. if my financial situation is cool at the end of the year I'll pony up for some trophies myself, but really, you ought abe shooting to just make a gorgeous build for the pleasure of it. I'm sure everyone would be though... Slant6, check here for this year's thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17633

Ohhh, good discussion guys. OK, responses in no particular order: Last year's winner was George Lombardo's gorgeous 1936 Auburn Cybele Special: http://www.automodelling.com/news.php?id=5&s_id=31 The definition of a roadster is kinda hazy, even in the 1:1 contest's rules. A T-top wouldnt count in my opinion, but pretty much anything else without a roof probably would. I've seen plenty of WMBR entrants that dont QUITE fit the roadster definition exactly, and I think they leave it a little hazy on purpose. So, I'm gonna do the same I think I trust my fellow model builders to use their judgement here... As for the large scale debate, this one only really got raised last year on MCM, not on any of the other forums, and again, it's only here that I see it being debated. Which I guess means more latrge scale builders hang out here on MCM than anywhere else. My logic last year for excluding large scale builds was that there was more scope for adding detail. Take Mark Jone's Superb 7, for example - its that incredible metallic blue Caterham build with scratchbuild and hyper-detailed EVERYTHING. Now, you couldn't get that kinda level of detail into a bi-scale build, realistically. Also though, as rightly pointed out in this thread, you cant get the parts as easy either. So, yeah, what the hell, lets get some large scale builds entered too, I think you've made a good argument there guys. For the record though, there's no snobbery or bullet-dodging going on here; I've just never built a large scale model, dont know anything about them really and thus didnt feel very comfortable promoting a contest for a genre of modelling I know nothing about. After all, the WMBMR contest is for the most BEAUTIFUL model, not the most highly detailed. That said, I'd like to keep The Joker contest bi-scale, as that one really IS intended to showcase engineering lots of interesting details into a small package. Yes, a roadster pick-up counts Al - after all, the Ala Kart won the 1:1 prize and it's one of the most recognisable winners (to modellers anyway) that there is! That one you posted is a more than worthy entry. Onto Lyle's point, and as a man and modeller I respect very much it's one I've been pondering particularly hard. Last year I ad some interesting promotional opportunities lined up that ended up never happening. i tried to get the magazines involved after announcing it, but to no avail. I posted up on all the sites I could think of (that would allow me to do so) but had to be careful not to plug the contest too hard in case it looked like spam. It IS hosted on another site, after all (though that's mainly due to the simple fact that I have a website and thus the resources to create a virtual 'home' for this contest). I had the support, after some delicate negotiations, of a well-known 1:1 designer/builder who was doing to judge the contest and award a prize for their pick, until said individual sadly passed away before the contest was over. Past that, and replying positively on every build I saw, I was at a little of a loss as to how to best promote the contest, and I'd love to hear more ideas. This year I'm going to be posting WIP threads whereever I can to try and encourage more people to get involved, and try again to get the support of the magazines and people in the trade to make this something special. Finally, onto the pre-38 thing that Hizoot raised; the rules that I found when I was originally researching this contest back in 2007 rreferenced "1937 body styles or earlier", hense the resoning behind that. it'd be hard to judge a trad Deuce against a showroom stock BMW Z8, for example... Anyway, I REALLY hope you guys will get involved and that we'll all have a great time building for this one - I'm really excited about this year and I'll keep working to make this a success Thanks for the interest!

This one was bi-scale only last year - large scale models kinda present themselves differently and could be argued to have an advantage...although at the same itme I know there's less aftermarket bits available for them...

Here you go CH! http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17633 There's actually TWO contests this year, check it out. If one of the powers that be could unsticky this topic and sticky the othre one, that'd be just swell :)

Well, we're back, with a new contest for 2009. After the terrific response we got last year we're hoping to have a tonne of builds included in this year's comp, and to build the competition even more. Here's the deal, ripped from last year's post: "Here's the deal: Build a 1:24 or 1:25 roadster of any body style of 1937 or older, or design a body all of your own of a similar look. Build it full detail, curbside of slammer style. You got until November 30th to get it done and submit your five best pictures. Voting will be done by the members on a few participating forums, including this one and will run one month. The first three weeks of voting, which runs all of December, will be followed by a 'final' for the 10 highest-placed cars. Of these ten, the award will be voted for the best received car of the ten. If you wanna post WIPS, which I'm gonna seriously encourage, or discuss the contest, this is a good place to do it! If you're stuck for inspiration think Oakland Roadster show (or Google it!)" Also, we've got a new comp that we're running for this year: "The Joker is a new for 2009 award that rewards creativity, engineering and workmanship. The vehicle that best represents these three areas will win the Joker Award. The vehicle must display minimal operability. It must be able to theoretically start, move forward and backward under its own power, turn left and right and stop. Need more ideas? Check out winner of the 2008 Ridler award, Ferrambo: http://jalopnik.com/365688/ferrambo-wins-2...etroit-autorama Or, how about this Viper powered 32? http://jalopnik.com/365695/1932-ford-wille...rise-powerplant Think 'modern parts making up a classic looking car' and you'll be on the right lines. Or, check out Tommy May's 'Red Hot Chili pepper - which I hope he'll agree to enter into this contest. Perfect example of engineering ingenuity and great looks." Have at it fellas!

And the winner is..... Peter Lombardo's 1936 Auburn Cybele Special, with 32% of the votes! Congrats to Peter!

You can enter them for this years though! Details on that shortly...