Billy Kingsley
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My apologies for not posting this sooner, but the world's largest model car show is being held today, Saturday, April 22nd, in Wayne New Jersey at the PAL building.
It is expected that over 2000 hand built model cars will be on display by builders from at least three continents.
I am bringing seven of my own builds to show. (Although mostly race cars)
There are also three basketball courts worth of vendors and quality food available on sight.
This is the scale modeling equivalent of Hershey.
The website is nnleast.com where you can find directions, pictures from past events and much more. It's something we all look forward to in the hobby. I'm headed out the door to go there right now myself...I will share some pictures tomorrow.
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I remember a few years back the parking garage at the Poughkeepsie Galleria shopping mall collapsed due to the weight of snow piled on to it. They rebuilt it but don't let cars park on the top level in that area.
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Oh yeah, we'll be exploring. We are driving out so will be exploring all along the way too.
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Unfortunately I'm going to miss it this year...there's a very important model car show I have always wanted to attend, and this is my last opportunity since the people that run it are calling it quits. So I'll be in Utah that weekend.
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I saw this at the last Hemmings Concourse back in 2019 in Lake George NY.
It's a 1911 Waverly and is all original save tires.
The interior looks like you're driving around in your living room...it was very impressive to me. I believe this is the only tillared steering car I've ever seen at a car show in my life, although I can't remember everything I've seen since I've been attending shows my whole life. I've certainly seen others in museums.
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As long as people keep paying the inflated prices they will keep on raising them because they know we will keep buying them.
I'm guilty of this too but I need my paints for my modeling projects...I'm not going to quit a major part of my life because some bean counters want another ivory backscratcher.
And the cycle continues...
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I believe I've listened to AM radio exactly 1 time in my life, when the NASCAR race that week was on a TV channel we didn't get and it was broadcast on a local AM station. That would have been around 1998.
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Sorry for your losses, both of you. I am medically fragile myself (a term new to me but I like it) and I'm trying to make as many memories as I can now while I can. Last year was a "bucket list" item of seeing Mt. Rushmore.
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I hope the thread brings her some comfort knowing how much we respected him and enjoyed his company, either in person or online.
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Darn it, that stinks. Enjoyed his posts and his experiences with his Studebaker.
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Now THAT was worth turning the sound up on my phone at 3:22 in the morning for! Congratulations!
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That metal with the Gateway prison and gun on it appears to be a printing plate. Based on the size of the image I'm guessing from a magazine rather than a newspaper. That is a cool find in and of itself and even in that condition you could list it on eBay and make some of your money back that the car has been sucking up. There are collectors for those.
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I use Excel extensively for my hobby stuff. Primarily making lists. I keep copies of my work in three separate places and I won't leave my computer without backing it up.
I've entered almost 200,000 lines of information into one file alone, in a file I originally created in 2003.
I don't have the information or knowledge of your project but I would recommend using Excel for it.
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I'm not sure if this will work, but I'm going to try. Many years ago the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs NY had a Brass Era exhibit. It was my favorite in the museums history. I took this video and posted it to Facebook, which I am attempting to share here. It's public so you do not need a Facebook account to view it...if the link works.
Edit to add: I have still pictures of every car on my website. I have more photography skills now and a better camera than I had in 2009 so I wish I could do it over again. https://public.fotki.com/ElCaminoBilly/automotivephotography/car-museum-trips/saratoga-brass/
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I also like the looks of the 42 Olds.
Of course there's not a single car from the 50s or older I dislike...
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Our Edge has the keypad on the door but we haven't used it once, other than the one time when it was brand new just to see how it worked.
Not having a key in the ignition while driving feels weird and wrong to me.
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I'm not sure if things are "not popular" or we just don't have the option to buy them anymore.
I know in the diecast world we had been told that 30s cars don't sell...but they never even made the effort beyond a heavily customized 1932 Ford. Suspect it's much the same 64 times larger.
They just decide what they think would sell, or they just think about what would be the cheapest for them to do.
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The Rivian prototype trucks have golf bag areas. The door can double as a seat (albeit not while driving!)
I miss traditional station wagons. I love our family Edge, and I know SUVs are just tall station wagons, but it's not the same.
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I really don't hate any cars, I love pretty much everything that ever existed and, knowing myself, will exist in the future.
With that said, I've sworn off Mopars. Throughout my life we've had 4 of them and all of them were nothing but trouble. They were a 78 Cordoba, an 86 Reliant K, a Horizon of year I don't recall, and a 94 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
The whole point of having a car is so you don't have to walk everywhere and I found myself having to walk home often with them.
Unfortunately I think they make the best looking modern cars, so I will just admire them from afar.
I know lots of people have had vastly different experiences than we have so maybe someone cast some sort of curse on us or something, haha.
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Here's me in October of 1986 with a Hot Wheels in each hand. You didn't say they had to be real cars! 😉 Yes, I still have them.
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Is that on a race car? I could see it being placed there to prevent it getting knocked off by another car.
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I read this thread in full when it was new but didn't comment. I had a picture I wanted to post but couldn't find, but I found it today. This is not me but it sort of led to me existing. In 1968 my dad hit a brick wall with this Chevrolet. He met my mom while he was in the hospital recovering. They ended up getting married two years later and were together up until cancer claimed his life on February 5th, 2002...21 years ago today.
This accident occured either in or around Peekskill, NY. He had the same license plate on the 55 Bel Air he drag raced at Dover and also daily drove for a while. I believe the 55 replaced this one. The 55 he had was probably not the one barely showing in this photo since his was a dark brownish maroon color with white back half.
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It's new for us plebians!
I'm on my third smartphone and I consider them new, too.
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This technology is still so new and so few people are working with it, but imagine in 10 years time when the technology progresses...it's going to be a lot more advanced and prevalent.
It is currently beyond my knowledge on how to do it but I could see myself learning it in the future.
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World's largest scale model car show Today, April 22nd, Wayne NJ
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I ended up being the official photographer and shot a whole lot of pictures...I'll get them processed tomorrow, too exhausted tonight.
Terry, I moderate a group on Facebook which is nothing but model show flyers. If you send me a pm with your home region I can let you know when I see any. There are some in almost every state, although the northeast, Ohio and Indiana are the most populous with shows.