By Janet Gustavson (Curator of the Filing Cabinets) Over the years of the Museum’s existence, I have spent many hours opening and closing the drawers of the two filing cabinets in an attempt to organize and catalogue the vast collection of unique “model-related”memorabilia contained therein. This is an on-going process which is never finished because, of course, …
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Mike Johnson won the top adult award in the first Revell-Pactra contest, easily besting his very worthy competitors. The Museum is fortunate enough to have Mike’s winning custom and the unique “bubble” award that Revell commissioned for the top winners in the Revell-Pactra contest. Mike’s model was so epochal that the awards for the …
The Mercury in the TV! John was an incredibly talented builder for many decades, and laid claim to the most historic, sophisticated model in 1964 when he entered a national contest with a full custom 1949 Mercury ensconced in a hollow-out vintage television case. Check out this great article! Special Note: The Museum has …
It’s hard to over-estimate the incredible influence Jim Keeler has had on the hobby. From his probable first article in a mid-1961 issue of Rod and Custom and stretching thereafter even until today (in his Eighties, Jim is still building really good models), Jim’s professional/commercial and “building” provenance in the hobby almost an be …
The first and great how-to article was Smitty’s construction of a highly-modified, highly-detailed AMT 1940 Ford Sedan which was built, according to the magazine, to push back the frontiers of the hobby – to show what could be done in scale, to be on a “Crusade” for an enhanced level of building no doubt influenced …
Also, don’t miss Dave Shuklis, Modeling Pioneer Dave Shuklis was one of the truly phenomenal craftsman of our hobby. Beset by a crippling physical condition, he pioneered working convertible tops, lights, operational doors and exquisite details. Named as the Technical Consultant for Car Model magazine (Dave worked for both Oscar Koveleski who jointly …
The Builder The Builder, the Museum’s official newsletter, is now printed three times a year and is distributed either through email, or by mailing a hard copy to those Members who wish to receive it in a printed format. The newsletter now features a how-to feature in each issue (either featuring traditional or contemporary building …
The International Model Car Builders’ Museum wants to introduce you to the wonderful world of the history of the model car hobby. The Museum, established in 1990, has gathered into one place thousands of items of memorabilia about the hobby of constructing scale miniatures of automobiles. This Web page will introduce you to the history …
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