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Here's a pic of this year's awards. I really enjoyed putting the TV/Movie Vehicle award together. Fun putting this one together for its' obvious theatrical appearance.

Awards for our show are hand made or re-purposed from older used trophies/plaques. I've been doing this since re-establishing our show event. It can be a bit consuming putting these awards together, but I usually try to have the award reflect some aspect of the theme it is to represent. Here's a pic of all the awards that were presented last year. Our Top Five awards are given to the best 5 models based on contestant voting.

We had a great time yesterday with an increase in attendance as well as models on display. I want to extend thanks to those who attended, especially those who learned of our event throught MC/Forums. We look forward to next year and will post here once I have all the pertinent info.

I'm putting out a call for vendors. Seams my 2 biggest vendors have cancelled on me 19 days before the event. If there is anyone in the Des Moines, IA area who has an interest please contact me at 515 803-1628.

25 days away from Glue Brothers MIME 4 NNL and we look forward to everyone who can attend this year.

Excited to announce the return of Mid Iowa Modelers Expo NNL here in the greater Des Moines, Iowa area. Glue Brothers look forward to everyone that can attend this year's event. Looks to be another great time for us modeling enthusiasts to gather, make some new friends or enjoy the day with existing friends, as well as make a purchase or two from our event vendors. More info as we get closer to the day of the show.

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Last update as we are a couple days out from Glue Brothers MIME 3 NNL event here in Des Moines and wanted to share our Trophy package for this year. Hand made, unique awards as well as a couple of re-commissioned awards that were donated from various sources. Big thanks to Randy Baker out of Omaha, he had one trophy left over from his Nebraska Challenged event that takes place in the spring and donated it to me after the show. Lots of materials have been donated from a variety of businesses including some trophy shops and plexiglass suppliers. Printed License plates for our TOP 5 entrants, based on entrant voting. Always nice to get some recognition from your peers. Everyone stay safe out there and the Brothers look forward to those who are able to attend this year's event. Mark Johnson

Looks like a good lineup of vendors for this year's show. A/K Collectibles, STAR Models, Futurattraction Scale Products, Parts by Parks, and more including a club table. Glue Brothers look forward to seeing all that can attend on Saturday, August 20 here in Grimes, Iowa. It's a Northwest suburb of Des Moines, easy to access from Interstate 35/80 exiting North on Hwy 141 to Grimes. It's a great way to spend the day with fellow enthusiasts, display your models and maybe make a fine purchase or two.

Had such a great time last year MIME will continue again this year. All new lighting has been installed in the hall and no kidding, it is quite bright. We have a great line up of vendors this year. As well as those who vendered last year we have added a couple more. Very happy to announce that Scott Popham - Futureattractions will be joining us this year. Star Models will also be joining our group. Want to invite everyone able to attend to come to Des Moines in late August. It is the last weekend of the Iowa State Fair for those who may want to slip out and get some of those fried foods the Fair is famous for. Maybe one of the last model events before the next School season begins in the fall. Come and enjoy the show, share your projects with like minded enthusiasts and maybe make that purhase you've been looking for.

In regards to any possible re-issue of AMC subject matter; I don't believe the can of worms with JoHan will ever be resolved. From my sources, and I could be wrong, but the rights/licensing in the hands one individual, and the molds are in another's possession. Can anyone say legal battle? From what I understand, the owner of the JoHan has the rights but not in possession of the molding. Worse yet, he is old and doesn't have the funds needed to go to court to get the molds back in his hands. Anyone out there have any clarity concerning this then please give your added info. With the obvious success that Mobius has had with all the pickup kits they have done, I don't understand why they wouldn't venture into the AMC void of kits out there. If, and it is a big 'if' Mobius was to decide to produce a line Mavericks they would kill in generating that much needed profit margin producing them. Success achieved, Mobius could move on to produce more AMC vehicles. I have come to the conclusion that none of us should look forward to any JoHan kits ever being reproduced.

As of today we will have 6 to 7 vendors, using 14 tables. Glue Brothers are looking forward to everyone who can come and have a great time sharing the day with like-minded modeling enthusiasts. Hope to see you there.

Posting an updated Flyer. Change in the admission line. Want to encourage Juniors to participate by being admitted for free.

Invite to all who can attend. It's been a long time since Glue Brothers - Des Moines, IA has held an auto model car event. Check out our flyer here on MCM Forums and hopefully this show may fit into your busy summer schedule. We look forward to all who may attend.

Jesse Chavez - been a long time since YahooGroups. I moved over to Facebook's Dedicated to the Preservation of Drag Racing Models. I check in periodically here to keep abreast of things. Good to hear you are still around.

Jesse Chavez - still have any of my resin engines? My knowledge is that Atlantis has people working on the issue of making new tires. However, it is my personal hope that the new tires won't be a 90's or newer style slick put on a 70's FC. Everybody hates those old kit slicks that came in the kits. I would fill them with a foam donut to ensure a proper inflated look as well as to keep them from collapsing. Here's another concern: If Atlantis makes a new slick for the 16th scale kits and this is seen in the new Elephant FC kit release, are they also going to use the same slick for say the FE dragster kits. Cause that would be inappropriate for use on the FE kits. Garlits brought the inovative RE dragster to the scene in '71 right around the same time the Slicks were undergoing a lot changes. Do a google search and compare the size of the slicks used in 67-69 and then those on RE dragsters after 71. So, will Atlantis make the same decision that Revell did and run with a one-size fits all approach or give us 2 different slicks to better represent the eras that these kits deserve. Revell did it to conserve on costs. Afterall, it would cost Atlantis more to produce 2 different slicks, having to produce 2 molds that will equally fit into the production process. We will have to wait and see.

Revell Tires. Hear's a bit of info about my involvement with Revell's kit wheels/tires. Been a 1/16th Drag Race modeling enthusiast for 30 yrs now. Have had many chances to interact with Ed Sexton at Revell over the course of that thirty years. Started slow with personal contact meetings at events like IPMS National Conventions and sometimes a Regional, a Milwaukee NNL event, etc. Communication between myself and Ed progressed over time where I felt I had his ear, (even if that was very limited) and he became interested in the information I wanted to share. Often those disucussions involved what Revell could/can re-issue in 1/6th scale. I have always hoped that my involvement in encouraging Ed to convince Revell to release more of their 1/16 Drag Race models. More front engine dragsters please, so out comes the Tony Nancy, Beebe & Mulligan, and eventually the California Charger. Prior to each of these releases, I would send Ed some reference materials as well as some more discussion of encouragement to go forward with more releases. Unfortunately, 1/16th scale is esoteric at best and doesn't always equate to a money making venture for Revell like other more common scaled model production runs. Always planting the bug in Ed's ear, like all the other 16th enthusiasts out there who also voice their likes with Ed especially at public events. We all wanted to see some more parts in these kits. Best scenario would have been a whole new kit using a newly tooled body, like a Cuda or Camaro. Never going to happen, said Ed so many times I quit asking. I found out through some discussions that Revell (Group of individuals who decided what Revell was actually going to produce) wouldn't even cut a new proper Hilborn 4-hole injector and intake scoop for the Beebe and Mulligan kit release. Said it was too expensive to do considering the margin Revell works with on 16th scale kit releases. What a disappointment. Back to the Tires. Ed contacted me for some info regarding their upcoming release of the new '72 Hawaiian kit. I was very adamant about Revell doing the 71 Hawaiian as Roland Leong repeated his Winternationals win with that car. Ed informed me that there was a need for doing new wheels and tires for this new release. Apparently, the tires that came in those 1/16th Drag kits came from an outside contractor and they were no longer able to provide those tires anymore. This also opened the door for the opportunity do new wheels for the kit as well. BANANZA!!!!! Ed wanted information about possible sources he could explore during his research. Names started flying off his screen as I replied in earnest for possible contacts. Tom West already has the drawings for those wheels and tires from when he worked at Aurora and he eventually chose Steve Reyes for the box art photo. Ed knew of my involvement in producing resin parts in 1/16th scale and wondered what I might have. I sent him examples of what I had done as well as some other items acquired from other individuals like Paul Rowe. I also sent him info regarding tire size measurements from that era in drag racing. The previous tires were always undersize for the Funny Car kits so asking for a better, more correct tire would be paramount to this new release. As you all know, when the '72 Hawaiian kit came out, the new wheels and tires that came in the box is what we got. Now here is the remainder to this info. Revell was going to do another release, only this time that kit would have Halibrand slotted rears and kidney bean fronts. The question that remained was what kit to do that used those wheels. It was a real research challenge because Revell only offered the Vega, Charger, Grand Am and Duster bodies. So finding a race car/team that was using these wheels on their car during this era. Those ET Trick wheels became very popular during the early 70's and that is what comes in these kits. I proposed 2 cars to consider; 1) Braskett & Burgin Vega or 2) Drag-On Vega. Unfortunately, Revell never got to do this other follow up kit release because of the bankruptcy of Hobbico, which owned Revell at the time. Revell has since been sold off to a German investment group and those 1/16th Drag kit molds have been sold off to Atlantis. Where are those newly tooled tire and wheel molds? I suspect that they reside in China and according to my sources those molds now belong to the Chinese Govt. So there's my story. Hope it helps in some way. P.S. Haven't had much contact with Ed in almost a yr now and Atlantis has made no effort to contact me even though Ed said he would pass my name along as a source contact.

It is a shame we can no longer acquire Ambroid's Pro Weld liquid cement. However, Micro-Mark sells a new product, unbelievably called 'Same Stuff' and claims to be the same formula as Pro Weld. I have purchased and used this new Same Stuff cement and it is just like Pro Weld.

Have fun with the engine. You have the Ford 9" sent to you following your latest purchase. Just to let you know I finished the later version of the Ford 9" and now have both early and late style rear ends. Revell's 34 Ford is a nice kit, however I wish Revell would have opened the doors and trunk like other large scale kits. I spent a lot of time getting that detail into the 34 and yet it sits in the 'never to see the light of day' stack of unfinished kits. Good luck with your project, I will be following along.

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Maybe one of the 3-D print creators could endeavor to make some front ends and rear tail light/bumper panels so the 76 - 78 Trans Am version could be done using this model. Hmmm??? Interior options aside, having these parts would greatly increase the interest in this vehicle. How many of you modelers out there would pass the opportunity to have a Bandit Trans Am in 1/16th scale. Shame on Round 2 for not updating this model to include the iconic Bandit 77 Trans Am in 1/16th scale.

Mike - AMT would have to tool up a new mold and we all know that won't happen....too bad too. I intend to create a 1/25 version now that the Snake Wedge kit is out, combined with the Mongoose RE kit recently released. Would look pretty cool having one in 16th and 25th scale sitting side-by-side.