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About me: I've been a modeler since 1953, and doing exclusively car kits since about 1959; now I'm finishing up my builds and if permissible, announcing a series of young adult/historic-fiction nostalgia stories I've published on Kindle (Amazon), the A PLACE ON MARS Series.  Six books (eBook or paperback) comprising three full novels and three 'novelettes', about teens growing up in a small Western town from the late 'fifties through the early 'sixties.  Asking the modeling community: folks, I need some readers who can do ratings, and reviews.  Kindle lets an author's books literally get buried beneath newer releases without either ratings (even poor ones) and review action!

These stories are about five teen-agers, as we used to be known, who are good friends, and who play in a struggling garage-band.  Cars are a very big part of their lives, of course, as easily accessible as decent rides were back in those dear, dead days!  The group is, like our society, very diverse and all have distinctive personalities.  Dean, who is a ranch kid, plays football, and is the drummer for 'The Crusaders' band.  Ramon (or Ray, as he prefers) plays lead guitar, plays shortstop on the Ferris Bridge High team, and helps run the family Flying A Station, with attached shop -- and dismantling yard!  David, the president of the HS Honor Society also plays classical music on his Bechstein baby grand, and Little Richard/Jerry Lee on the school's old upright; he's also the only Jewish kid in town.  'Rabbit' is likewise the only black teen in little F.B., and though a year younger is rapidly becoming a good bassist, though he'll never be able to date girls at FBHS.  And Shirl is the pretty, sensitive and resourceful gal in the mix; one that suffers from the mixed-blessing of being the daughter of the tough but understanding County Sheriff!  Plus, she has the younger brother from hell, Kippy.  There are other characters throughout the tales, some good, and a few really awful.

The stories and years depicted are:  'The Flood', 1959; 'The Wildfire', 1962; 'The Explosion', 1964, all novels, plus shorter novelettes: 'The Hazardous Hunt', 1960; 'The Hit and Run', 1961, and 'The Deadly Derby,' 1963.  Dare I mention it? But, all are 2.99 for eBook on Kindle, or 5.99 for paperback (for now) on the same site.  All, of course, involve events of which I personally have had some experience, directly or indirectly; all are probably considered at worst PG-13 for content.  They begin as Sophomores, and finish as college undergrads; and have all the typical issues that we faced in that era, including having to earn the respect of adults and their community!  No wizards or witches, no 'personal electronic devices', and though some street-racing and dangerous adventures, I omitted drinking, drugs, and overt sex.  

I also have a longer novel called "Bird of Ill Omen" on Kindle; more adult, and about a pioneer aviator in war and peace that is just being released.  It's closer to an 'R' rating.

Please don't think I'm exploiting our forum; but besides models, this is what I'm into; with more to come.  After all, in the first story, Ray is considering the cost of taking a date to the Sophomore Hop, and complains that 'Heck, I can get an AMT 3-in-1 model kit for about that much money!"   Wick Humble

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