Brian Austin

Event, an Automobile Racing Club of America race, is said to be in Wayland, MA. Further research found it to be located on the Alan C. Bemis estate, but was unable to find much else. This may be the track layout. image from https://revsinstitute.org/news/automotive-treasures-selections-from-the-joel-e-finn-collection/

https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/1404/rec/35 Info: Filmed on October 7, 1934. Content Description Automobile Racing Club of America holds first race on new dirt track. Shows race with cars turning over, drivers crawling out and cars being removed from course. Includes close-up of winner Langdon Quimby driving a Willys 77.

Tamiya also made a plastic body kit in 1:10 scale in their R/C line. ?

You can go down a long rabbit hole researching half-scale cars and trucks. Some custom built, some available for purchase. There were even racing series involving children.

Slot car guys like 1:32 kits.

https://www.usdimestore.com/store.php/americandimestore/pg14121/plastics-museum

I wonder how many kits in this series had been released with period-correct decals for a yellow/red color scheme. The 1950 Chevy pickup seems to be one. I also wonder if the license includes other Coka-Cola brands. I have seen pictures of Sprite trucks for instance. I was also just reminded of the old Monogram Car In A Bottle dragster kits that included a full-scale replica of Pepsi or 7Up bottle.

Jimmy Flintstone appears to have a resin body available.

Lots of Jeeps after the war got special bodywork. Sometimes sporty, sometimes not so much...

A Willys-shaped Monopoly game token would have been fun...

Zephyr coupe drawing from above link. (To read the notes and dimensions go to the above link and zoom in. I can't download the highest resolution image).

I didn't attempt to speak with him, but I did literally cross paths with him on the grounds of a concours event in Newport, RI a decade ago or more. ?

How about RC Cola? ? https://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/rmx-6668.htm

I was reminded of the Spitfire episode as well. Then there was the one where he attempted to run a model train along a 10-mile rail-trail segment. He failed that attempt, but some time later he did another episode where he tried it again with lessons learned from the previous episode (titled "James May's Great Train Race"). (There was also a completely separate production hosted by someone else that ran a larger live-steam powered locomotive across a 71-mile course tracing the route of a long-gone railway line in the Scottish Highlands. This was a miniseries called The Biggest Little Railway In The World, and aired in 2018 or so.)

A decade ago James May had a series where he profiled popular toys. In the Scalextric episode he recruited townsfolk to recreate the 3-mile track around the Brooklands curcuit using slot car track, racing two 1:32 cars. Since half the Brooklands property had been redeveloped after racing was shut down in the late '30s or so, they had to traverse many obstacles. Hour-long episode split over four parts on Dailymotion. 1. 2.

Tractors https://wisemanmodelservices.com/O-Scale-On3-On30/O-SCALE-CASE-STEAM-TRACTOR-DOZERS-CRAWLERS-TRACTORS

Trucks (mostly Jeffrey Quad and Klieber, along with an early Fruehauf trailer or two.) https://wisemanmodelservices.com/O-Scale-On3-On30/1-48-O-SCALE-TRUCKS-AND-PARTS Cars (mostly Model T) https://wisemanmodelservices.com/O-Scale-On3-On30/O-SCALE-NATIONAL-MOTOR-MODEL-T-FORDS-1-48 Posted for reference. I have not ordered from this website or seen any of the products in person.

FWIW, the official website lists the price at only 1,099 (Brit Pounds) for all the parts at one go in one package, so yeah, this offer would appear to be a little overpriced...

This show aired in the UK, and profiled several different model types. Model cars in this case were represented by R/C racers. Some of the model builders show their techniques. The segment showing figure construction was particularly interesting (first part). The other parts of this video are also on YT.

This series aired on PBS in the 1980s-90s era. The host's dialog style might feel a little forced today, but that's the way it was done then. From what I've read, the host was an accomplished builder. The show was aimed at novices. Other parts of the show are on YT.

Which year Zephyr? Conversion to a '40-'41 Lincoln from the Monogram Continental would be pretty involved. Continental front fenders are longer, the cowl moved towards the back and the hood is lower than a Zephyr. There also is an apron over the running board on the '40s Lincolns. Illustration below is a '40-'41 convertible. IIRC there was a resin kit for a Zephyr coupe.

Here are some nice drawings of a Lincoln Zephyr coupe to compare against the Continental. I'm not fond of the image viewer. You'll have to zoom in to read the details. https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/378504/

Raymond Loewy (pictured below) and Frank Lloyd Wright each redesigned their personal Continentals. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2017/08/09/who-built-it-better-loewy-v-stevens-v-wright-on-the-lincoln-continental

The Lincoln Continental by OCee Ritch, published by Floyd Clymer, 1963. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002060484&view=1up&seq=5

I have always hoped for a '36-'39 Lincoln Zephyr couple plastic kit.