Category Archives: Model Shows

Rennsport Reunion IV Model Car Concours

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Model Car Concours
Rennsport Reunion IV, October 2011
Laguna Seca

Following are the cars that were displayed at the Rennsport Reunion IV Model Car Concours.

Pre-1964

  

  

 

1965-1975

  

   

  

  

   

  

 

Porsche 917

  

  

  

  

  

1976-1981

  

  

 

  

  

  

  

 

Porsche 956/962

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   

  

   

 

1982-Present

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Large Scale

  

  

Small Scale

  

  

  

 

Support Vehicles

Class Winners

  

   

  

Class Winners in the Rennsport IV Model Car Concours
 
Pre-1964
356 Mille Miglia by Jim Priete
Judge: William Bauer
 
1965-1975
908 Long Tail by Andy Kellock
Judge: John Fitzpatrick
 
Porsche 917
Pink Pig by Henry Trent
Judge: Dave Modderman
 
1976-1981
911 Safari Rally by Michael Quarterman
 
Porsche 956/962
962 Lowenbrau by John Roberts
Judge: Dick Barbour
 
1982-Present
996 by Brendan Howden
Judge: Alex Job
 
Large Scale
935 Martini by Hossain Salimi
Judge: Patrick Long
 
Small Scale
908 #14 by Kent McClure
Judge: Andy Kellock
 

NNL South 2011 – Atlanta

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NNL Southern Nationals
Nov. 12, 2011
Smyrna, GA (Atlanta Metropolitan Area), USA

This year the group visiting from the West Coast included myself, Mike Alvarez, and Derek Collins. The show was great, but lunch with the President, Mr. Henry Trent, was a highlight for all of us.

Mike Alvarez, Kevin J. Stewart, and Derek Collins prepare to taste some of the best barbeque available anywhere.

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So Cal NNL 2011

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1967 Coyote-Ford Indy Car by Russ Bundy
So Cal NNL GPMA Award Winner

So Cal NNL 2011
Event Report

This year’s So Cal NNL was a big step forward for the event, which is run by our member Chris Hale. The attendance was great this year, with good-sized crowds throughout the day. Several race car modelers brought their work to show off, as seen in this brief review of the show.

  

  

Dale King showed some of his 1/12 Porsches, including a 935 and several 962s

   

  

  

It was nice to see Lindley Ruddick, Charles Fox, Henry Gonzales, and Dale King.
George Schaeffer also made it to the show, all the way from Florida.

  

Paul Cadwell showed his Audi and Martini Alfa, along with these impressive GP Bikes:

  

  

Chris Hale displayed his GT40 and amazing Lotus 56B Offenhauser Indy Car

  

  

Chris won the Theme award with this unique model.

  

Russ Bundy displayed several Indy Car models. This is the 1967 Indy 500 winning Coyote-Ford.

  

  

Perhaps the most impressive model at the show was this Pocher Alfa Romeo built by Gary Arnette.

  


Cactus Classic 2008

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Cooper Mk IV F3 car by Chris Hale
1st Place – Competition Category

Chris Hale’s Cooper Formula 3 Car

It’s actually a Herb Deeks resin kit. I scratchbuilt a frame inside it, shocks, roll hoop, brake and fuel lines, accelerator cable, pedals and machined the white metal wheels. Its painted Tamiya BRG.

Herb re-did a Merit kit to make a master, but he hasn’t made this kit for many years. I have been friends with Herb since the 60’s and occationaly he comes up with some neat stuff like this kit that builds up real nice.

I actually found the 1959 Sports Car Graphic in my collection that had a cut-away of this car to help do the build. I also found a manual for building the 1:1 car. Like I said, all the GPMA guys inspired me to do the build.

Chris

For photos from the Cactus Classic, see the Fuelish Spectator (John Hilkert’s) Fotki page:
http://public.fotki.com/JTH109/17th-annual-2008-ca/

ACME Southern Nationals NNL 2008

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Champion Audi R10 TDI Concept by Henry Trent

The Southern Nationals is a great race car show. The variety is good, and the quality is as good as any show anywhere. Some of the drag cars I saw were amazing in their chassis, engine, and interior detailing, and a few were over the top. But there are also awe-inspiring paint jobs and creative subjects. So it’s just a great show.

 

The star of this show had to be Bill Cunningham’s mostly scratch-built Maserati Birdcage. You may have heard of his vacu-formed bodywork and intricate chassis detailing. You can see his model in the ACME Fotki album.

Sacramento NNL 2008

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1/24 Brun Porsche 962C, LeMans 1988 , by William Bauer

This was a fun event, held Oct. 11, 2008 at the Towe Ford Museum in Sacramento, CA. There was a good turnout for racing cars and the usual hot rods and customs. The overall build quality was high.

Our own John L. Roberts was busy organizing things and provides a great photo album here:

John L. Roberts’ Fotki Page

And yes, that’s Yours Truly showing my best side in the first shot. Thanks a lot John!

KJS