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The author shares progress on constructing a modeled freeway as part of a layout inspired by California life. Using Styrofoam, paint, and road tape, the freeway is about 75% complete. Future plans include adding signs, traffic models, and landscaping, while noting challenges and learning experiences encountered during the project.

The “penultimate” inductee into my numbered racing car fleet isn’t a spectacular car, because the number of bodies of this type of car available for T-Jets is disappointingly small. Granted, the greatest of the greats are available, and its nice to have a handful of the less common cars represented, like the Maserati 3500GT andContinue reading “NEW BUILDS – Unsung Heroes Get Sung“

Innovative Hobbies is a company that’s trying. They make card stock models of buildings and other details that are specifically designed for and marketed to slot car racers working in “HOSO.” The idea behind their product line cannot be impugned: affordable scale models for those who can’t find them for their 1:64 and related layouts.Continue reading “How Innovative Are Your Hobbies?“

BODY: Aurora Model Motoring WHEELS & TIRES: Vincent It should go without saying that there are no cars in my T-jet fleet that I dislike because…why would I buy something I didn’t want? When it comes to T-jet collecting I am not a rabid completionist. As I’ve mentioned Ad Nauseum I am primarily a collectorContinue reading “Meet the Fleet – Sportscars: Chaparral 2A“

Early this month, on the night when a seemingly promising new romantic entanglement “ghosted” on me (that seems to be S.O.P. these days when 2 people spend a few good nights together and one wants to try to move it up a notch), I gave myself a “consolation prize”, which wasn’t bad: my 3rd “’68-ish”Continue reading “NEW BUILDS: Charging Ahead!“