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Nice looking trio there.....

Its funny what some novices or people totally unfamiliar with the hobby call the sprues that all the plastic parts are attached to....on EBay I've seen used kit sellers call them "frames", "skeletons".

Thats a nice looking build Tom.....so much so I thought Ken Hamilton mightve done it!

The attached photo is of a Monogram Little T kit...original 1964 issue I found on EBay years ago...for reasonable money since it was started and abandoned. I liked the look of the white plastic interior & pick up bed cover contrasted against the exterior I had painted gloss black so I decided to just clean the white parts ( including the white wall tire inserts ) with a mild liquid soap and an old toothbrush. I entered it in an "Out of the Box" category at a recent IPMS show in N. VA....and anyone who has seen those events know how tough those judges can be. It won 2nd Place automotive...guess they didn't care it was unpainted plastic.

Spielberg? I think not.

Well Done!

Like I mentioned to you at the show JC....I was into TROG before there even was a TROG. My first builds as an adult modeler returning to the field back in the 90s were subject matter that wouldve looked at home on the dry lakes back in the post war period. Guess that makes me a bona fide TROGlodyte!

Looked around for you Bill...but didn't see you...thought you might've left. Understand why you best not push it...you did after all make the Big One up in Jersey just a few days earlier !

I heard your name mentioned during the awards...saw you get a trophy...but not sure which model earned the accolades. I think I was suffering from sleep deprivation that day.

Which one won you the Rally Car theme?

Thanks JC. The reason I was running late that day was because I was working late every night leading up to the event trying to bring three or four TROG themed builds to completion ...didnt get there...the twin four banger needs wiring . But it was a good building lesson. Maybe I'll finish it for the February IPMS show.

Tom...which model of yours won the TROG theme at the Mid-Atlantic NNL?

Tom....which model of yours won the TROG theme?

Indeed it was Brad. Sadly I arrived 3 hrs after the show opened so it was everything I could do to grab a few shots and hit some of the vendors before people started packing stuff up. It was well attended...with a good variety of builds. If interested in seeing more you can go to the Maryland Automotive Modelers Assoc website and check out links to some of the member's Fotki photo albums...prez Tim Powers took a lot of pics.

This was the trophy for the TROG - "The Race of Gentlemen" theme, an Offenhauser valve cover turned into a wall clock....donated by vendor Ron Bradley. It was won by modeler Tom Geiger...who posts regularly on this site.

And some more....

A few more ....

Well...nobody else seems to have posted any pics of the MAMA ( Maryland Automotive Modelers Assoc ) show on Sat May 11th...so I guess I'll post a few. Themes were TROG - the Race of Gentlemen....and Rally Cars. ( I arrived late so unfortunately I wasn't able to get pics of everything and get to all the vendors ).

That Sizzler dragster kit was certainly a classic back in the day...albeit a weird scale...1/20th? The recent Slingster re-do seemed smallish in scale to me.

Those Revell Double Car Kits were big in the 60s....extremely hard to find now. Basically a collection of their Parts Packs put together in the form of a kit...youd think they could re- do them if the molds still exist. As for extinct kits never to come back...I suppose the Uncertain T must top the list? And what about that companion kit to Revell's relatively recent '29 2in1 Model A roadster ....the '30 Coupe? Were the molds really stolen/vandalized in China?

Didn't this kit start out ages ago as the stock version 29 Model A in the famous Ala Kart kit ? I think that T body style with interior and pick up bed you are referring to may be the A la Kart parts. Subsequent releases only featured the stock Model A with a few hop up parts. The 4 banger engine is not as detailed as the Revell engine in their classic 29 model A and 31 woody kits, but the AMT 29 is a nice enough build.

As usual Greg...seems like you've got them all covered. Now...how about the 70s? 80s ? re - treads of those classic Roth kits...somewhere I saw " The Outlaw " released as " Canned Heat "...and " The Mysterion " re released as " Dual Jewel". Same for his monsters.... " Mr Gasser "released as " Mr Smog".........." Mothers Worry " released as " Heavy Head ." Talk about a company squeezing the last buck outta something...think they might've been made in Japan. Wonder if Roth ever saw any of that money!

Looking forward to it....last spring's show had a great variety and some fantastic builds. Met a northern modeler...Vince LoBosco...he had a gorgeous late 50s T Bird convertible on display and an equally stunning Aston Martin ( loved his Rat Rod too ). JC Reckner ( aka "afx" ) had a collection of great Cobras. Hope to bring a couple of TROG theme entries myself.

You certainly nailed the topic at the top of the thread with the "Tweedy Pie" and all its variations. How about the "Orange Crate"...think it was re released under the moniker "Chopped Deuce"...or something like that. Basically the same kit with a couple of minor tweaks...headlight shapes being one of them. And Revells classic '29 Model A Roadster / Cab pick up kit ....re released under the "Rat Rod" name...with wide white walled bigs and little for tires.

Absolutely stunning. What scale is this? 1/1?