Our Tip of the Month started out as a question from Dwayne Yarema of Villa Park, Ilinois:“Is there anybody in the aftermarket field that makes wheelie bars for drag race cars? Either that, or is there an easy way to create them myself? The Magic Word
... Read more » | This kit is the “pure edition” of the stock R35, with full engine
detail. It’s nice, yet not as accurate as its competition in the body
design department. It has a slightly boxy nose, and the wheels and tires
are undersized when compared to the 1:
... Read more » | Joe Scavotto's 1/16 scale Shelby Cobra was featured in "One Great Model" in the June 2013 Scale Auto. Download this wallpaper to your desktop now!
| Mark Gustavson has been associated with Scale Auto since its
beginning. His Ford was the cover subject of the first issue, May/June
1979. He also wrote a column called "The Putty Thrower" in the early days
of the magazine. He's the founder of the
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| The three basics of building custom cars are chopping, channeling, and sectioning. We’ve shown you the basics of chopping and channeling before, but sectioning – which involves removing a horizontal slice of your model’s basic body shell – is a far-m
... Read more » | Q: When our club holds its annual judged shows, the first thing we look at are the "basics" of building: removing mold lines and ejection-pin marks, sanding seams, etc. Sometimes a car has a ton of aftermarket stuff, and nice paint, yet loses out bec
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