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Want to learn how to scratchbuild using brass and solder? Roger Lee shows us how. In a very indepth article Roger shows us how scratchbuild a ProMod chassis in brass! Steve Hinson's Wild Coupe, Revell's '49 Mercury Woody is built, and we share tips on how to paint it! We also show you Revells '50 Oldsmobile Custom, and how to do the panel paint job on it! Plus more WEB TIPS!

This year's coverage includes: Friday Fun with tech inspections and pit set up! Saturday's car show, feature cars, swap meet, and of course drag racing coverage! Special look at this year's class winners! If you loved last year's RPM Pictorial, you're going to love this one even more!

This issue is jammed with great events coverage! We have the Grand National Roadster Show, Billetproof, Race N' Rods, and Danville d'Elegance! Plus art work by Rich Boyd, and more!

Pulleys. Adding pulleys to your model is another great way to add realism to your motors. In this issue we will take a close look at the pulley kits available, and then show you the best way to attach them to your motor. Our Box Stock build in this issue will be Don "Grumpy" Jenkins Pro Stock Chevy Vega. BIG Modeler's Gallery featuring the work of Bill Stillwagon! Some truly Kool cars! Speaking of cool cars, Tim Kolankiewiez' roadster will knock your socks! This beautifully detailed street rod just won the Hot Rods & Customs class in the ACME 25th Annual Southern Nationals Model Show and Contest! Roy builds another 300! This time a custom featuring a Windfield fade paint job. We finish up the Pro Street '55 Chevy project car, and we build a red roadster for Santa!

Great events coverage in this issue including the world famous Grand National Roadster Show, the Goodguys All American car show, the Nova Nationals and the SCCA Sports Car Nationals! We check out new super cars from TRION and Chip Foose---yes, Chip Foose. Plus we visit the Blackhawk Auto Museum, and more...

Been working hard to get the new "pictorial" issue done. Not really a contest coverage issue, but a scrapbook of how-tos and feature cars that didn't fit in the pages of Model Car Builder magazine. Highlights include Steve Hinson in our "Builder's Gallery", A how-to on sectioning, detailing a Revell 1/16th scale dragster, and my table top coverage of this year's model car contest from the Grand National Roadster Show and Pleasanton Goodguys show. Plus several more cool feature cars.

The highlight of this issue has to be DAVID THIBODEAU'S MARTINI MUSTANG REPLICA! David shows us how he created this fantastic replica. I finally finish the Gilmore Tanker project. The box stock build for this issue is Revell's T-Bolt. There's a special edition of Web Tips where we focus on some workbench tools. We show you some cool things we found on the web. Then there's FIVE pages of NNL West coverage. Don't miss this special number 30 edition of MCB!!

Some of the nation's best model car builders gather each year for the NNL West model car convention held in Santa Clara, CA. This yearbook features 44 packed pages of some the countries best model cars!

60 PAGES of full color racing action from the 2021 RPM Nationals! The car show, the drags, and the Winner's Circle! Vintage flathead drag racing at it's best!

We have two very nice feature cars in this issue, Stan Pinnick's replica of the "Golden Indian" Pontiac, and Dave Mehelich's '34 Ford is replicated by Michelmore Rod & Kustom. We build the new Foose Corvette by Revell, and try to finish two BRE Datsuns in time for NNL West. Other how-tos include aging wood and building a twin turbocharged big block! Rodney builds a Lambo, and there's a few picks from NNL West.

The 2018 RPM Nationals was an amazing event that brought together dozens of some of the best historic, vintage drag cars in the country! Our 48 page pictorial is the next best thing to being there! Full color! NO Ads! This is vantage flat head drag racing at its best.

1st Annual "Reader's Gallery" issue! Over 20 pages of some of the coolest models on the planet! Special how-to on the proper way to plumb brakes! More cool products off the web, plus more web tips!

In this issue Steve Morgan with a 14 page (!) how-to article where Steve shares all his building tips for the Henry "J" Led Sled on our cover! Hinging doors, building engine bay covers, custom headers, and more! Peter Matheil's 1/43rd scale STP Special is our feature car--you won't believe the detail on this tiny car. Stan Pinnick tells us how he built the "3 STAR Texaco" gas station diorama. Project updates: Big Buck Build, Ferrari 512, Gilmore Gas Truck, and more! Our special centerfold will leave you speechless! You don't want to miss the this issue of MCB!

We are now 48 Pages! And published four times a year! In this new, bigger issue we have 14 PAGES of GSL coverage! The very best GSL coverage you'll ever see! Then there's 6 pages of NNL East coverage, we take a look at Mark D. Jones award winning collection of Caterham sports cars. We build four Ford GTs!! One Tamiya street version, the Revell 2017 Le Mans race car, and then two GT40s from over fifty years ago. Our editor discuss' Builder's Block and the the last Toledo NNL. Special race car version of "Cool stuff I found on the web"

The RPM Nationals is some of the best vintage flat head drag racing in the country! This year's coverage includes: Friday Fun with tech inspections and pit set up! Saturday morning sunrise pictures, and of course drag racing coverage! There's a "gallery" section where we spot light some of the coolest cars. Special look at this year's class winners! If you loved last year's RPM Pictorial, you're going to love this one even more! Buy a copy for your friend's Christmas stocking!

IN THIS ISSUE: How-To Polish Paint, How-To Do Bare-Metal Foil, How-To Add Brake Details, and detailing a Vintage F/C! FEATURE CARS: Rob Smorey's Pro Mod 55, Mark Townsend's "Butter Dish?", Tyrone Power's Pro Mod 55, Sox & Martin Heritage Cars, Neil Vanzile's "Mooneyes" Dragster, A Wedding Cake Car? And more!

Special EXPANDED issue! We just had too much for this issue, we had to add pages. We take a look at distributors in this issue and start a new series on model paint. We BUILD the new MENG 1/12th scale GT40, a 1/18th scale Bugatti Chiron, and bring back our 1/16th scale Pro Mod Willys! We use aftermarket parts to "Boost a Bronco!" and build a box stock Revell sprint car. All this and much more!

This year's NNL West yearbook is a little different then previous years. I was photographing cars for Model Car magazine but it was understood that we would get to use the pictures in the yearbook as well. So there are several feature cars, and descriptions for a lot of the cars. But don't worry, I kept the popular table shots, event shots, and award ceremony. Everyone who has seen this says it is the BEST yearbook yet!

In this issue we visit Kindig It Design in Salt Lake City, Utah, check out a gorgeous '48 Chevy built by Unser Close Customs from Henderson, Nevada, full throttle racing action for the TUDOR sports car race at Laguna Seca Raceway, events coverage includes the NorCal KnockOut from Valeijo, California and the Fall Classic in our home town of Castro Valley! Our project car gets more wires, Auto Art features Silver Arrow history, and more...

In this issue we take you to some very cool places along Route 66 to show you some of the very interesting cars sitting alongside the road. Then we have tons of racing action from Sonoma Raceway, including: Toyota Save Mart 350, the Historic races (both on and off the track), and then, finally, the NHRA Nationals. Next we have EIGHT pages of pictures from the Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed! Really amazing museum!

In this issue we have some fantastic coverage of the Rennsport Porsche Reuion No. 5 from Laguna Seca Raceway, the Danville Concours d'Elegance, and the grand opening of the NEW Petersen Auto Museum. A rare look at the Sparreholm Collection in Sweden! Feature cars include a Pro Street Datsun 510 and the Moomjean '32 Roadster. We take you on a "Lincoln Date Night" and more...

We've got some really interesting cars and articles in this issue. Brass sprint cars to '37 Ford snowplows! How to use Alclad and how to do 3D printing. Cool HEMIs, and more!

Our Alaska cruise was so beautiful we wanted to share it with everyone. We journey through Tracy Arm, visit Juneua, Ketchikan, and Icy Point Straight. We saw whales "bubble netting", fed reindeers, and stood in front of huge glaciers. It was a fantastic journey, and unbelievable experience. See it all through Roy's award winning style of photography.

Pebble Beach Part 2, Gooding car action, Motorsport Reunion Race Pics, Sonoma Indy GP, Bulletproof, Surf City Garage car show, Doug de Castro Profile, Fremont Drag Strip Art, and much more!!

In this issue: John Teresi's award winning replica of Gary Corn's 1939 Plymouth Air Radial Truck! Special tool section on bending metals (and plastic)! TEN PAGES of NNL West coverage! We build a TALBOT-LAGO Grand Prix car! Our Foose pick-up truck project gets a fancy leather interior, we show you some of the coolest stuff we found for sale on the web, plus share some cool web tips!

TEN PAGES of TROG coverage! Our coverage of Monterey Motor Week continues; Gooding & Co. Auction, Spanish Bay seminars, Motorsport Reunion! Cars & Coffee Blackhawk! Race N' Rods! We check out the World Challenge sports car series. Auto Art by Al Dimauro!

The Race of Gentlemen held in Santa Barbara saw great drag racing on the streets of the seaside town! If you missed it, don't worry, we've got 48 pages of coverage right here! We'll show you the action in the pits, and on the track! Some of the coolest Vintage Hot Rods & Motorcycles! Plus we bring you the "Custom's by the Sea" car show held in conjunction with the TROG race. The Pits! The Drags! The Motorcycles! The Sleds! We got it all! SPECIAL TWO SIDED PULL OUT CENTERFOLD!!

This year's NNL West was another HUGE success and we bring you 40 full color pages of pictures! The "Gallery" feature that was in last year's yearbook returns with close up features on four great models! We spot light the winners and show you picks of dozens of cars. This is a must have photo book if you were there, or if you wanted to be there.

In this issue: We build Revell's new '29 Roadster, Roger Lee builds another brass chassis, Rodney builds a Hudson convertible, and much more...

In this special "As seen on the web" issue of MCB, we'll take a look at some of those great products that has everyone talking about them on the web! We will attend "ValleyCon" at the Petersen Museum, but we'll also visit the Blackhawk Auto Museum and meet Master Modeler Marshall Buck. Tale of Two Porsches continues as we finish the 914 and start on the 918. Plus more scratch building tips!