Chitown

I remeber an incident during the MPC contest at the World of Wheels car show in Chicago in the early '70s. They were using those cafeteria-style tables with the legs that fold under at either end, about 8 feet long. Not sure what happend, but there were officials around it when one set of legs folded under on atable full of entries, creating a ramp sending everything sliding to the floor. About the only way I can describe the sound is to imagine a giant box of uncooked rice spilling onto a large plate-glass surface... and then silence. Not a pretty sight.

Very cool!

That would be awesome! I had both of them when they were first released. Unfortunately, I never got them built before the end of my first go-round with model building. I sold them as part of a small collection of unbuilt kits in the early '80s, thinking I was done with models. I still don't like to think about what I got for them. Was Buster blonde???

Does anyone know if the McEwen rail is a re-issue of the mid-'70s Monogram releases of the Snake/Mongoose R.E. dragsters? The fact that it's listed as being 1/24th scale and has those Super trick-style front wheels makes me think it might be. I don't recall those ever being reissued and they were pretty cool kits that came with extras like driver/starter(covering his ears!)figures and a Christmas tree!