Jason Rothgeb

Thanks for taking this picture Dan. Getting this car finished, only #2 for the year was a big motivation for me to get to this month's Silent Traffic meeting. Not to mention I missed the last two opportunities to hang out with my East Coast modeling pals, the Super Sept. Showdown, (made possible through the hard work of Mr. Peterson and his fellow CPMCC members) and the NNL of which a sizable delegation from PACM attended. For anyone interested in details of this car, it is the Yenko Camaro with additional detail decals from the Revell Convertible RS/SS kit such as the battery decal and the Valve cover decal. The redline tires are from Americam Satco and the wheels are from Replica & Miniatures of Maryland. They are a one piece wheel the I first painted Hugger Orange, and then painted the hubcap Testor's Silver and blew on to really bring up the shine. This is a trick I learned from Drew Heirwater in his Benchracer column years ago. The final touch are photoetch emblems from the Model Car Garage. The Bowtie Maniacs out there will probably notice that the engine block and heads are aluminum color and not Chevy Engine red, thus letting you know that this car replicates one of the 69 ZL-1 Camaros made; the ZL-1 option was perhaps the wildest engine ever to end up in a Chevy car and it did not come cheap. A last informational note about this car is the fact that the paint is Tamiya Rattle Can clear over Testor's Rattle Can Hugger Orange Laquer. For those looking to build a "Carousel Red" 69 GTO Judge, don't let the different names fool you, they are the exact same color code. A historical note about this model: I built one almost identical to this car in 2004 for my brother. It was so cool that I decided that I wanted to build one for myself as well. It took almost two years to finish the clone, but here it is. Dan and Steve, sorry I did not get more of a chance to speak with you but I'm sure both of you are aware how quickly the hours of those Silent Traffic meetings slip by. Steve, I think I did get a chance to speak with you a couple of meetings ago correct? You were the guy who brought a large number of well done factory stock cars, right? Well, here's hoping I get a chance to see and speak to the both of you at November's Silent Traffic meeting.

The joy of laquer was made clear to me once again this weekend. Why? I had an outdoor laquer painting festival. I got two bodies, an engine, and a couple of seats painted thanks to the quick drying nature of laquer and a big assist by the drying power of direct sunlight on a dry (low humidity) autumn day. Every time I use enamel anymore I wonder to myself "How did I live like this?"

:oops: Nope I did not make to Super Sept. Showdown, though I was closer to going than in years past. My daughter's soccer games account for most of every Saturday morning for the rest of the fall; I've made way too many trips to the dentist for a disintegrating tooth; I had one rat trap of a Trans Am shipped from the Midwest; I drove the other former rat trap of a Camaro halfway across PA to complete the sale; and am now engaged in the long arduous task of get the T/A legal to drive. All this is a very wordy way to say I've been busy and had very little time or money to devote to the little cars. Aside from missing SSS, I am also missing the class trip that all the Philly Guys are taking to the "Big Show in Ohio". That is the second year in a row that I've had to pass on that road trip. I am hoping to reverse the trend by traveling to Atlanta for that show in Nov. P.S. I will post some pics of the 1:1 cars as soon as I can get my Adobe Fotki issues resolved.

Laugh if you will, and all the PACM guys did for minutes on end at the meeting, but it DOES work.

Actually you know me too. We spoke at this year's NNL East. Your Mecury Cyclone was one of my favorite cars at the show, and at the '05 Mamas show. You were giving me building hints for the Porsche Carrera GT. I can remember all of that, but still not know my in-laws birthdays after ten years of marriage. :roll: That was you right? I have got the right guy?

Greetings to all Model Cars Message Board Members! I feel this introduction is kind of a waste of time because I recognize so many of the names here from other message boards, model car shows and swap meets, or my model club here in Philadelphia (Hi Mike), but since I do not know everyone My story is not that different from a lot of other modelers who were a child of the 1970s. I was crazy about cars for as long as I can remember. This led to an extensive collection of Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and even a handful of Tomica pocket cars as a young one. In addition to the diecast cars, I also had a couple of forays into the world of plastic. These early attempts did not go so well. The kits I had were cool cars that I had an interest in, but not the skills to really complete. The worst part about it is that all these cool kits that got me started down the road of car modeling fetch a pretty high price these days including the Richard Petty Transporter and the Jim Hurtibese Chevelle. One day I’ll actually obtain the required elements to build those two but it’ll be a while and I’ll build a lot more of the stuff I already have before I drop large coin tilting at those styrene windmills. Despite the fits and starts of my early years (four or five years old), I stuck pretty much with the Hotwheels cars until I was 12 or so. At that time, I rediscovered car modeling and supported it with newly obtained job as a paperboy. It was this “phase†of my modeling career that I was pretty much signed on for life although I did go through a prolonged dormant period after high school until I finished law school. During this period, the early 80s, I bought and built such kits as MPC’s “Long Shot†Chevy Monza and their Pro Street Datsun Pickup, Monogram’s ‘70 Malibu and 70 Boss Mustang amongst other kits. One kit from this era that I recreated within the last few years was Monogram’s 1969 Z-28 kit in all its Multicolored striped, mini-tubbed, ladder bar equipped glory. Another one that I called “do-over†on was the 1970 Chevelle. I have others planned, but those two are the only ones that have been built so far. After law school I got a job to pay the bills while I looked for something in my field. That job helped me REALLY get back into the swing of things. Why’s that? I was working in a Hobby Distributor warehouse. Every night I had dozens of kits that I wanted to build in my hands. To make things even better, I got an employee discount that let me buy the kits at the same price they were sold to the retailers. Since that time, I have built, if not finished, models at a pretty steady rate. Two things that fostered my interest in model building even more were joining a model club when I moved to Philadelphia and discovering online outlets to talk with other modelers. I have learned and shared more than I could have ever imagined when I got back into the hobby ten years ago. And that is why I finally heeded the advice of my modeling friends and checked out things here: to learn and share about all things styrene. I also hang out at the Hobby Heaven Message Board and will log on to PSAB on occasion to chat with my modeling friends. If there are modelers in or near the Philadelphia area with nothing to do on the 1st Friday night of the month, I highly recommend checking out the Philadelphia Area Car Modelers. We are a group of two dozen or so car modelers whose interests cover just about the full spectrum, NASCAR, Hot Rods, Light Commercial, Exotic, Replica Stock etc. Check us out in the club listings section of Model Cars Magazine.