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 …
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R.A. “Smitty” Smith
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 …
Publications
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 …
What is the International Model Car Builders’ Museum?
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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