Greg L.

The Tidewater Automotive Modelers Society will host their 25th annual model show/swap meet Saturday Oct. 28, 2017. Venue: VFW post 4809 5728 Bartee st. Norfolk, Va. Theme: Fifty years of the Camaro 30 other classes for entries. Starts at 9am, usually ends at 3pm. www.vabiz.com/tams website with photos, fliers etc. contact Jerry Tamsmodeler@aol.com

(if the link doesn't work, try coping and pasting it) https://www.facebook.com/greg.layton.3/media_set?set=a.1316328975044071.1073741945.100000009426743&type=3 This link should work, not sure what happened with the other link.

Here is a link to the photos I took at the show. https://www.facebook.com/greg.layton.3/media_set?set=a.1316328975044071.1073741945.100000009426743&type=3&uploaded=1

The Tidewater Automotive Modelers Society will host their 24th annual model show/swap meet Saturday Oct. 22, 2016. Venue: VFW post 4809 5728 Bartee st. Norfolk, Va. Theme: Moebius Ford pick ups 30 other classes for entries. Starts at 9am, usually ends at 3pm. www.vabiz.com/tams website with photos, fliers etc. contact Jerry Tamsmodeler@aol.com

https://www.facebook.com/greg.layton.3/media_set?set=a.1066277203382584.1073741908.100000009426743&type=3 Here is a link to the photos I took during the show. www.vabiz.com/tams for more info.

The Tidewater Automotive Modelers Society will host their 23rd annual model car show and swap meet on Oct. 24,2015 at the VFW hall on 5728 Bartee st. Norfolk, Va. 9am-3pm The theme this year is 'parts box models'. www.vabiz.com/tams for more info, fliers, photos, forms etc. https://www.facebook.com/events/1190078974343009/ facebook event page

I heard the '80s F 150 'Ranger' will be the regular short bed and not the step side. I have not seen new photos of it yet. I think it only came out once in the '80s. (it's the stepside that is being reissued, I just saw the catalog page)

Matchbox made a diecast 1/24 dually similar to the Meng Ford trucks, maybe the year before Ford changed the headlights. I have one with Campbell soups logos. (they also made a tow truck version, without the wheel lift set up) The cab and bed are riveted together, not easy to take apart. It comes with chrome dually rims with triangle holes in them.

The Tidewater Automotive Modelers Society will host their 22nd annual model car show/swap meet October 25, 2014 at the VFW hall on 5728 Bartee st. Norfolk, Va. www.vabiz.com/tams for more info. The theme this year is 1964-1/2 Ford Mustangs. There will be 30 other classes and an ongoing raffle. 7am-9am vendor set up 9am-1pm contest entries accepted 9am-3pm swap meet and continuous raffle 1pm-3pm contest judging adult entries $10 unlimited entries teen entries(13-18) $3 unlimited entries junior entries 13 and under free walk-ins by donation for more info, Jerry tamsmodeler@aol.com There will be a Toys for Tots drive during the show too.

I found one of these van kits at last years NNL east. Maybe I will have it done for this years show, for their van theme. I tried to research the van that was actually in the Paris-Dakar race. I could not find much but I did find a photo of one similar. The vans were heavily modified for that race, including a 4x4 set up. Im not sure about the rims in the kit, it seems like they need lug nut detail. Still a neat kit. All of the Esci kits I am familiar with have nice tires with lots of detail on them. Also it has left and right hand drive options.

Hi, here is a link to my photos from the Tidewater Automotive Modelers Society's recent show. https://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/media/set/?set=a.512432242100419.123626.100000009426743&type=3 www.vabiz.com/tams for more info. https://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/media/set/?set=a.512432242100419.123626.100000009426743&type=3https://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/media/set/?set=a.512432242100419.123626.100000009426743&type=3

Thanks for the info.

Hi, has the International Transtar CO-4070-A ever been reissued. It was first in the series by Ertl and it has round headlights (without the square trim) The decals have a 1977 date on them, I guess that is when it came out. I got one at a local club meeting, somone was selling their old stuff.

Thanks Chris for the kit history articles. I have been looking for the '80s styleside I think it is # 2257 (non step side short bed) for several years and still have not found a complete kit. Even at the NNL east with all the kits for sale I could not find one. I found the cab and bed in a parts box at a model show and now have enough parts to build one. I plan on using the frame etc from the AMT '93 F-150s.

I bought a can of compressed air (for cleaning cameras etc.) at a Target a while back and had to show my licence to be scanned for their records. (Im 37 too.) I never noticed the bar code on the back of my licence. I am suprised someone found model paint in a Roses. The local one has none, except for the big cans of store brand paint.

Hi, here is a link to my pics from the show. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298285820181730.83673.100000009426743&type=1&l=0bf8e7d850 Jerry took pics for the magazine too.

Hi all, here is a pic of an '80s S-10 that I built similar to the one that was in Terminator 2. Also a pic of my 1:1 '91 S-10 that is another model project.

Hi all, the club(tams) is looking for volunteers to help move tables and chairs for the contest set up Friday 10/21 6:30pm at the VFW hall. And some help after the contest would be appreciated too. The few people that set it up can't do as much as they used to due to age and medical issues. Thanks,Greg.

Hi, I found a photo of a customized Hudson, done in the '50s. It was in an old magazine I bought at a car show. http://photos2.meetu...s_22637802.jpeg ( link to bigger pic) http://photos3.meetu...s_22266971.jpeg a stock one with a different roof http://photos4.meetu...s_22637772.jpeg

Hi all, here is some info for a Norfolk Va area model club. Meetings are posted in the Friday local newspaper Autoweekly section. www.vabiz.com/tams (club website for info,and contest fliers) The Tidewater Automotive Modelers Society has meetings on the second Sunday of the month at the Hobbytown store on 4000 Virginia Beach blvd, Virginia Beach,Va at 2pm. The club also hosts a contest/swap meet. This year it will be Saturday Oct 22,2011 at the VFW hall on 5728 Bartee St. Norfolk,Va. The theme this year is box art models, the model as depicted on the box (must be displayed with the theme entry), there are 30 other automotive classes. This will be the 19th annual contest.