Model Car Builder Magazine - Vol 4, Issue No. 10, Spring 2020

In this issue

This issue is packed! Part two on the Pagani shows how to detail the chassis, motor, and interior. Coverage on NNL West. We build a cool diorama with a blown flat head roadster in it. We have some really cool feature cars including a mid-engine '59 El Camino custom and a '69 Camaro Harrier jet car! How-tos include building a 1/8th scale blown Donovan 417, and tips on paint polish. Auto art by:Mark Gredzinski.

BUILDING A BLOWN FLAT HEAD & AN ENLARGER MACHINE!

When Pico Elgin showed me his 3D printing of the Frenzel blower at NNL West several years ago I knew I had to order some for myself.

1 min

PART TWO: CHASSIS AND INTERIOR DETAILING!

At the time I’m writing this, I’m already deep into the construction of the Pagani Huayra kit from Aoshima.

2 mins

AUTO ART

This year marks the 50th anniversary of my fascination with drag racing.

2 mins

JAY COBURN'S HARRIER JET ‘69 CAMARO

JAY COBURN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 1969 CAMARO

1 min

NNL WEST 2020

Well, the weather gods cooperated again and provided good weather for the 2020 NNL West held January 25 in Santa Clara, CA.

1 min

PAINT POLISHING 101

The paint job on your model is, without a doubt, the first thing people see when they look at your model.

1 min

BUILDING A 1/8TH SCALE DONOVAN 417

This is one of those projects you start, and dive into big time, then you realize it’s going to take a lot more time than you thought it would.

3 mins

TIM SLESAK'S “El Commotion”!

I got my first inspiration for “El Commotion” when I saw the Ridler Award winner while working the MPC Model Car Customizing Contest at the 1973 Detroit Autorama.

2 mins

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Model Car Builder Magazine Description:

MODEL CAR BUILDER (MCB). I’ve been a model car builder all my life. I started as a kid and I’ve been building ever since. In the late 80s, early 90s I published a model car magazine called “Plastic Fanatic”. I sold the magazine and went back to school to study visual design and computer graphics. Kind of fell out of the hobby for a while, but then my wife and friends encouraged me to start building again, that’s when I decided to start a new magazine. Only this time the magazine is strictly a “how-to” magazine. No kit reviews, no events coverage, no new products section, strictly how-to’s and feature cars. Our in-depth how-to articles show you step-by-step how to detail a model car and our feature cars are done by some of the best modelers in the country. If you’re a serious model car builder, or a beginner looking for tips, then MCB is a “must have” for your work bench.