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Rick it was great to meet you and briefly chat...i hope we can chat more next year thanks for getting in on the photo outside, i was glad to see you already out there ....because it was not complete without you.

it was nice to meet you guys! thanks for sharing the pics. the pic of Gary's bug shows my mug in it

I have not heard any bad news yet, i am still praying for him that he can hang in there and get well! Bud Ellis took these photos earlier this summer, he is such a nice guy and we stayed friends after this show. I still have messages and emails , we have not finished our talks. Bob schooling me on welding plastic....

this is just too much. first Elden and now Bob. i am seriously feeling beat up right now. i am praying as we sit here for Bob. he is a hell of a nice guy and friend! thanks for the note Dwayne.

thanks Charlie

I too want to thank everyone for sharing photos, i always like to recap shows! As for my photos, it's not just my pleasure....it's my ADDICTION to take photos, ask my wife how much i drive her nuts

Well i had my fun, the comments made by names were all in fun! I hope you all enjoyed the photos and if you were there, had as good of a time as i did! SEE YA NEXT YEAR!

sounds good, i will be able to tell you a bunch of them by the way, this is the full version of the photo http://images41.fotki.com/v1347/fileFNxY/4...08/100_9329.jpg

Man, i don't know where to start. It was a nice 12 hour drive haha! Got there with my Great Uncle about 7:30 am , just in time for the end of the flashlight sale. When the show got going, it was INSANE! I met many people i already knew "online" , saw many familiar faces again and just plain had a BLAST! Who did i meet and re-meet? I will attempt this..... Bob Dudek, nice to hug my bro-inlaw again.....i missed you Lyle Willits, stuck my tongue out at him twice, he is a heck of a nice guy! Bud Lefevre , spit on me and farted severely in my personal space, but it's ok i like him Charlie Kroll, he is a good little boy, i don't care what anyone says Ed Fluck, great to see him and meet his new wife Julie , congrats! Gary Kulchock, nice guy , beauty of a VW ya got there Bill Geary, great guy , nice to talk to and builds amazing stuff! Mike Hensley, great to meet you and your nice wife, she was a lot of help with photos! Gregg Hutchins, nothing but smiles....you already know he is great! Anthony Rios, my homie from the WEST SIDE MR. 1/16 real nice guy, great to meet ya! Don Splitstone, always a pleasure Viper Dave, nice to meet you! Bruce Hall MN! Daniel Lynch, my French Connection, thanks for the plates! Rick Forrester, nice to meet you thanks for all you do! Michael Garrett, great to see you again! Tom Jackson, glad to meet you , loved your models, hope ya slept! Nelson Fontanez, good to see you again bro! Tom Kren, you little rascal, glad to see you again! Bill Clark, i hope you had a great time, glad to meet you! Bob, not really gay Bob, from Minnesota, glad to see you again! George Hernandez, glad we ran into each other, nice to meet you! OMG.....there are many more and im sorry i can't think right now after another 12 hours drive home haha! I really had a great time and so did my Great Uncle whom was responsible for funding the trip. I want to especially thank Roger Lemay , which is his real name! Roger is getting back into building models, was a trucker for over 40 years and is really getting into this and wants to build some big rigs like he drove. He knew where all the stops were along the way and we stopped into the WORLD'S LARGEST TRUCK STOP in Iowa and i took a bunch of photos for him and my own sickness.....i love taking photos! Below is a group photo i organized, but i KNOW at least 5-10 guys didn't make it in time or didn't hear about it until it was too late.....sorry guys, next year ok! TOLEDO PICS http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc...ationals-maume/ BIG RIGS TRUCK STOP http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc...80-the-worlds-/ that's my sexyness on the ground Hosted on Fotki

Gary, it was nice to meet you and see your bug in person, it's immaculate! Congrats on winning the theme too!

YOU GO TOM! NICE BUILD, WELL DESERVED!

Gregg is a good boy in my book too! I can tell without a doubt, money has nothing to do with what he does for US....he loves the hobby and what people are involved.

Billy, it was nice to see you again! The show was great!

www.titusbrothers.com i took this photo as well as another guy at KKOA this July. George Barris, Ellis Kendrick and Elden Titus. me sitting behind wheel cars he was building, built and had hands in.... me on the left, Elden in the middle, the car is his creation called "Vibrasonic" "Vampyre" i took these here in Omaha at the world of wheels Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki maybe you didn't know his name....you probably DID hear of or see "him" in lots of kustom cars and models over the years though. each time you look at a kustom model, you will see a piece of Elden. if you heard of the Kustom Kemps of America...then you have at least brushed knowledge of Elden Titus. His brother Jerry started the KKOA and it's the BEST rod and kustom show in the world as far as i am concerned! Elden was producing what was becoming one of the best model contests at this show. you didn't get trophies and ribbons...you got $500 for top prize and awards just like the REAL cars got. I have been told this model contest will live on through Ellis Kendrick and the KC Slammers. the show MUST go on in his Honor. here are my photos from this July http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc...m-kemps-of-ame/

If you didn't know , if you knew him then you should know about a great man who passed on yesterday. I am not the kind of person to "carry mail" , but Elden was a HUGE influence on kustomizing real cars as well as model cars. Most importantly a very nice guy and best friend to MANY. I feel it would be an insult to not mention him on here. I have updated my blog which is all i have to say at this time. RIP http://rodburner.blogspot.com/

thanks! the paint is Oriental Kandy Blue by Black Gold over Silver Metallic the car is further along now, polished and foiled. the caps on my car are Oldsmobile. Chrome Fiesta Hubcap (second one down on the right) '56 Olds Fiesta style spinner hubcaps are chromed metal with tri bar. Available in 14" and 15", and sold in sets of 4. Both the 14" and the 15" is currently IN STOCK. http://www.thehotrodgirl.com/hubcaps.html another site with the Fiesta http://www.hubcapmike.com/53-54-55-olds-wheel-covers.html i think you are thinking of the Lancers, which are not on my car. i have those also. (bottom on left) http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/t...l_2020_24694000 i know what you mean by some tires, but the ones on my Ford are Modelhaus T170. i really dig them!

Modelhaus fiesta pretty close

geez! here i thought i was your elder even though we met!

I have a hard time trying to remember when i started building. It was 1978-1980 somewhere in there. For a long time i thought i was 8 when i started, but i was about 5-7 years old. I would estimate i have been building for 27 years at least. During the whole time, i simply never did quit or slow down. No matter what i was doing or got into over the years, i always came home to models. I have always had models. Maybe i didn't touch a model for a few months here and there....but i never stopped, not any different than i am today when i get burnt out and take a break for a couple months or whatever......i always have them and always build every year. I go through phases. I get to a certain point where i am maxed out on a few techniques, then i start learning and trying more things....when i get better at other things, i look back at my old builds and used to throw them on ebay cuz i didn't want them near my newer builds haha! Sound stupid don't it? I should have kept them all, but i was disappointed in them. I doubt i will do that again though, I would rather have 200 built models in various conditions than 200 unbuilt kits to show for when i die. One of my biggest goals is to build as many vintage kits as i can WAHAHAHAH!!!!!

bummer! well at least i heard and smelled it run last year

you got it

34 here and i know several hundred modelers online.....i would guess about 10-15 of them are under 21. running my forums i see birthdays and i would say almost all members were born before 1970 and a large chunk of them are born before 1960.

i will wash your car? haha.... i am hustling though.

man i am glad i am not the only broke ass around here! makes me sick to think i am going there and broke. i might not be able to enter models to boot!

now i really like this! looks just right