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7 KIT REVIEWS FAIRLADY 240ZG BUILDUP
February
2015
1957 Ford Gasser
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INSIDE
February 2015
Vol. 36 • No. 5
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FEATURES
COVER STORY
REVIEWS in this issue
16 Sinkhole Corvette
by Dave Thibodeau
Model the 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 lost
to a sinkhole at the Corvette Museum
16
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1953 Studebaker
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22 Nissan Fairlady 240ZG
Street Custom
by Bob Downie
New wheels and photoetch highlight
this upgraded 1/12 scale kit
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1962 Chevy Bel Air
49
28 GTR Summer NNL
by Jim Haught
Crystal Lake, Illinois • August 3, 2014
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Lamborghini Murcielago
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Porsche 934
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McLaren GTR
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1965 Mustang
55
32 Aventador Adventure
part 2
by Chuck Kourouklis
22
Completing Pocher’s big-scale
Lamborghini
38 Portfolio: Dennis
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by Jim Haught
“I like to build a variety of styles”
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30 One Great Model
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57 Classifieds/Index
58 Finish Line
10 Tips & Tech
13 Classic Kits
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And sometimes I think the adults can
or many years, modelers of all types
be as much of the “problem” as the kids
– whether the subject matter is
are. They can be impatient, even
plastic cars or airplanes, flying
models, anything – have decried the lack intolerant, that Juniors don’t become
lifelong modelers after they do their first
of interest shown by young people. The
make-and-take.
so-called “Junior problem” has been
Some flowers take longer to bloom
around for decades, it seems, with no
than others; but without the seed being
solution in sight.
planted, no flower can grow. As adults
When I was a young modeler during
and mentors, we need to plant the seeds
the 1960s, television got the blame for
of modeling, nurture them, and let them
declining Junior interest. “All kids want
blossom in their own time.
to do these days is sit in front of the
And let’s be sure to
TV,” was the cry.
appreciate the kids who
These days, of course,
show talent and interest.
it’s video games and social
Let’s be sure to
At a recent show, the Best
media in the crosshairs:
Junior award went to a
“All kids want now is
appreciate the kids
youngster who couldn’t
instant gratification. They
who show talent and
attend, so his father
don’t want to take the time
brought the model and
to create something with
interest.
entered for him.
their own two hands!”
When his father came
I’m not sure I buy into
to the stage to accept the
that as much as some folks
award for his son, the announcer asked,
do. My sons are 20 and 28, and they are
“how much did you help your son with
plenty creative – they just choose to do
this model?”
so in a different way than we did.
Maybe I took that wrong; maybe it
I introduced them to modeling, and
was said to applaud the young man’s
they built a few kits, but they developed
effort, and not question it. But it was
other, stronger interests. I think they
startling, and something I felt was out
benefitted from building models.
of place in that situation. I doubt there
And who’s to say they might not
was negative intent there; but if it made
come back to the hobby some day?
me stop and wonder, how might others
Many of our readers are “comeback”
feel about that?
modelers who built cars and trucks as
I’d love to hear your thoughts about
kids, then picked up the hobby later in
Junior modelers, and how much of your
life, after they had kids, or more
“help” is enough.
disposable income, or both.
Jim Haught
Editor
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