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September 2013
Jersey Shore Model Car Club
Newsletter
Club Officers:
President
Vice Pres
Secretary
Treasurer:
Sgt. at Arms:
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John Stark
Dave Wood
Bill Merz
Joe Milko
Keith Justice
(732) 364-5829
(908) 349-8785
(732) 920-4145
(732) 363-2342
(732) 363-7044
Newsletter Staff:
Dave & Julie Wood
(908) 349-8785
E-Mail [email protected]
JSMCC meets on the 3 Friday each month @
Herbertsville First Aid Bldg.
375 Herbertsville Rd.
Brick, NJ 08724
From 7pm – 11pm
NOTICE: This newsletter is the official publication of the
JSMCC. Any input from the membership is encouraged.
Please obtain permission prior to copying this newsletter.
*** Next Meeting is September 20th, 2013 ***
This month’s THEME is:
((( Serious
74 Plymouth Satellite
Muscle Cars…
Satellite )))
by Al Meske
Newest club member Al Meske brought along a
fantastic representation of a 1974 Plymouth
Satellite to take the win in last month’s club
Dream Ride Contest.
Fabulous job Al and
congratulations on the well deserved win!!!
Idle Thoughts
B
by John Stark
uckle up fellas here we go. It was another quarterly
contest night, this time Dream Rides. We had 9 members
Club Webpage - http://www.jsmcc.org/
enter models in the contest. We'll have more on that later. A
swap meet night and the models for the paper bag contest have
been distributed. We also had models on display at the Modern
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Mopar Nationals at Raceway Park on August 24 . We had a
Club Forum: - http://jsmcc.proboards.com/index.cgi
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few members head up to Belleville NJ for the Diversified
Scalerz MCC 2nd annual model car meet. Hopefully someone
submits a review for us. Let’s get to it.
Dream Rides - Voting was close on the 9 models entered into
the Dream rides contest. Wait a minute, we have around 60
members in the club and only 9 have dream rides, that doesn't
seem right. We need a little more participation in our contests,
we spend almost an entire meeting coming up with themes,
with discussion amongst everybody and the best we can do is
9?. Come on guys lets pick it up here, these things are part of
the fun.
Try to remember that when we do have contests, you vote for
the model that you would like to see in your collection, hopefully
not your own. Voting for your own model is like kissing your
sister, it's just not right. I know guys do it and we keep saying it
is not the way to go, but I count the votes and I still see it. Hey, I
get it, sometimes your model might be the best, but what will
prove that is when other members cast their votes for it. That's
my rant for today, Thanks for listening (or reading)
At any rate the order of finish in this month’s contest was,
~Drum Roll Please~, Wild Card - John White and his 59 Pontiac
Bonneville, 3rd Place - Tory Mucaro and his Speed Racer Mach
5, 2nd Place Dave Wood and his Ford Galaxy, and 1st place
went to a first time winner Al Meske and his Plymouth Satellite.
October is the due date for the Paper bag build and that is the
last of the Quarterly contest series events you can enter, the
updated points status is probably somewhere in the newsletter.
Let’s see where Bob puts it.
Modern Mopars - We managed to put up a nice little display for
the Modern Mopars at ETown, Walt Frey once again hooked us
up with a tent, tables and chairs. Walt and I both had to work
that day, which left Doug VanHouten and Chuck Rehberger to
man the table, although all 4 of us had models on display. Later
in the day Steve Magnante from Speed television stopped by to
judge the models and award some plaques. It was a real
pleasure to meet the man and talk with him. Steve is a model
builder himself, and has a book out on how to build 1:1 Altered
wheelbase cars. As a “Thank You” to him for coming down and
looking at, as well as judging the models I presented him with
one of our club shirts. Maybe we will see him wearing it on TV
one day.
I was awarded a plaque for my 1/32 scale Barracuda, for Best
"A" body car, (to be honest it was the only "A" body on the
table), and another for my Ford Mustang AWB car. Walt was
kind enough to present me with the plaques when I showed up
for work on Sunday morning. Thanks to Steve Magnante and
Walt.
Speaking of Raceway, the last Digs at ETown event on the
schedule is Saturday Sept. 21st from 5-10pm.
Kit Raffle - We had 4 regular kit draws and 3 specials for
Hardcover books that were donated by Carl Simeone, and the
winners were, for models Gary Husted, Dan Hogan, Bob Kern,
and Dave Wood. Winners of the book pulls were Dave Wood
(twice) and Tom Cashin
Swap Meet - It was good to once again have a swap meet
night. Thanks to Pete L for bringing it up on the message board.
It looked like vultures going in for the kill when the guys started
bringing the boxes of goodies up. I know I got a few goodies,
and sold a few also. Hopefully everyone else had a good time
with it. I think we need to fine tune a few things with it, from
some comments I've received, but all in all it was a great time.
It’s All About You - I hope everyone is working on some sort of
short little Bio about themselves for the newsletter. Dave
brought it up at the meeting. Share a little info with the other
guys in the club, let's get to know you a little. With around 60
members in the club it helps everyone get to know us a little bit
more. Dave even made it easy with the little cheat sheet he
made up. Grab one and fill it out. This ain't rocket science, it's
about having fun.
With that being said, I'm about done for this month, Remember
guys,
IT'S A HOBBY, KEEP IT FUN
REMINDER!!!
October is the Paper Bag Contest. So far we have 13
people signed up. The Paper Bag Contest is only 1
month away and there are still 2 kits available, so this
is your last chance! To get in on the fun see Dave
Wood. The cost is $7.00 and you get a sealed paper
bag with an un-built model (chosen by Dave “the
Model King” Burket). When you pick a bag, open it at
the meeting and let Dave Wood know what you have
and then you will pick a sealed envelope from Dave
with a color on it, that is the color you must paint it
(this adds to the surprise) You can Join in anytime up
until and including September.
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Did you know??
Newsletter Rundown by Bob Kern
A
s usual we have a jam packed newsletter for your
reading pleasure this month. Twenty four pages worth.
Pete returns yet again with some interesting ramblings in an
article he calls “Wanderings, Wonderings, Stumblings and
Bumblings”. Felix does it again with his monthly “Did you
know??” article featuring the Packard and Dave Wood
submitted an interesting bit of info that we decided to call “Did
you also know??”. We hope you find it as enjoyable as we
did. There is coverage/highlight pictures from a couple of
events, the Mopars at E-Town event that a few guys attended
and displayed at as well as a model car show up in Belleville
NJ, hosted by the guys from the Diversified Scalerz MCC.
This is their second annual event and we wish them great
success with future shows. We also bring you another “Club
Member Profile” this month. We would like to continue
bringing this feature to you every month so you can get to
know fellow club members that you don’t always find time to
chat with at a club meeting. We hope you become a
participant and fill out a profile form (see Dave Wood for one).
A nice picture to go along with the profile info would help too.
by Felix Plaza Jr, for JSMCC
Packard 1906-1936
P
ackard was an American luxury automobile marque built
by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan,
and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South
Bend, Indiana. The first Packard automobiles were produced
in 1899, and the last in 1958.
1906-1930
As always if you would like to contribute but don’t have
access to a computer or even e-mail no worries. Jot it down
on some paper and get it to Dave Wood and we will get it in
to a future issue of the newsletter.
Don’t forget, this is your club and your newsletter and it can
only remain fun, interesting and enjoyable with your help and
contributions. So review a kit you just built, if you attend a
show take some pictures, send them to us and tell us about
the show. You get the idea.
Send your contributions to Dave Wood at:
[email protected]
1916 Packard First Series Twin-Six Touring
From this beginning, through and beyond the 1930s,
Packard-built vehicles were perceived as highly competitive
among high-priced luxury American automobiles. The
company was commonly referred to as being one of the
"Three P's" of American motordom royalty, along with
Pierce-Arrow of Buffalo, New York and Peerless of
Cleveland, Ohio. For most of its history, Packard was guided
by its President and General Manager James Alvan
Macauley, who also served as President of the National
Automobile Manufacturers Association. Inducted into the
Automobile Hall of Fame, Macauley made Packard the
number one designer and producer of luxury automobiles in
the United States. The marque was also highly competitive
abroad, with markets in sixty-one countries. Gross income
for the company was $21,889,000 in 1928. Macauley was
also responsible for the iconic Packard slogan, "Ask the Man
Who Owns One."
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1927 Packard Fourth Series Model 426 Runabout (Roadster)
In addition to excellent luxury cars, Packard built trucks as
well. A Packard truck carrying a three-ton load, drove from
New York City to San Francisco between 8 July and 24
August 1912. The same year, Packard had service depots in
104 cities.
The Packard Motor Corporation Building at Philadelphia,
also designed by Albert Kahn, was built in 1910-1911. It was
added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980
1931 Packard 840 Ninth Series
As an independent automaker, Packard did not have the
luxury of a larger corporate structure absorbing its losses, as
Cadillac did with GM and Lincoln with Ford. However,
Packard did have a better cash position than other
independent luxury marques. Peerless fell under
receivership in 1929 and ceased production in 1932. By
1938, Franklin, Marmon, Ruxton, Stearns-Knight, Stutz,
Duesenberg, and Pierce-Arrow had all closed.
1931-1936
1932 Packard Ninth Series De Luxe Eight Sedan Limousine
1930 Packard Deluxe Eight Roadster
Entering the 1930s, Packard attempted to beat the stock
market crash and subsequent Great Depression by
manufacturing ever more opulent and expensive cars than it
had prior to October 1929. The Packard Twin Six, designed
by Vincent, was introduced for 1932 and renamed the
Packard Twelve for the remainder of its run (through 1939).
For one year only, 1932, Packard tried fielding an uppermedium-priced car called the Light Eight.
Packard also had one other advantage that some other
luxury automakers did not: a single production line. By
maintaining a single line and interchangeability between
models, Packard was able to keep its costs down. Packard
did not change cars as often as other manufacturers did at
the time. Rather than introducing new models annually,
Packard began using its own "Series" formula for
differentiating its model changeovers in 1923. New model
series did not debut on a strictly annual basis, with some
series lasting nearly two years, and others lasting as short a
time as seven months. In the long run, though, Packard
averaged approximately one new series per year. By 1930,
Packard automobiles were considered part of its Seventh
Series. By 1942, Packard was in its Twentieth Series. The
"Thirteenth Series" was omitted.
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Mopars @ E-Town Event
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Held August 24 @ Old Bridge Raceway Park
1934 Packard Eleventh Series Eight 1101 Convertible Sedan
To address the Depression, Packard started producing more
affordable cars in the medium-price range. In 1935, it
introduced its first sub-$1,000 car, the Packard 120. Car
production more than tripled that year and doubled again in
1936. In order to produce the 120, Packard built and
equipped an entirely separate factory. By 1936, Packard's
labor force was divided nearly evenly between the highpriced "Senior" lines (Twelve, Super Eight, and Eight) and
the medium-priced "Junior" models, although more than ten
times more Juniors were produced than Seniors. This was
because the 120 models were built using thoroughly modern
mass production techniques, while the Senior Packards
used a great deal more hand labor and traditional
craftsmanship. Although Packard most certainly could not
have survived the Depression without the highly successful
Junior models, the Juniors did have the effect of diminishing
the Senior models' stellar and exclusive image among those
few who could still afford an expensive luxury car. The 120
models were more modern in basic design than the Senior
models; for example, the 1935 Packard 120 featured
independent front suspension and hydraulic brakes, both
features that would not appear on the Senior Packards until
1937.
One of the Altered Wheelbase models on display at the Mopars @
ETown event
S
ome of the guys were lucky enough to find the time to
attend and display some of their Mopar’s and Altered
Wheelbase builds at this year’s Mopars @ ETown event held
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on August 24 at Old Bridge Raceway Park.. The event was
attended by Walter Frey of course, John Stark, who was
actually working at the track like Walt, Chuck Rehberger and
Doug VanHouten.
Chuck commented on the JSMCC
Message Board afterwards: “Great show, perfect
weather, wall to wall Mopars. Had a Great time!
Thanks Walt” Chuck was kind enough to take a lot
of pictures also.
1935 Packard 120
Did you know?
Walter Frey and Steve Magnante look over the builds on display
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Since there were only a few club members in
attendance and Walt and John were actually
working, it was up to Chuck and Doug to man the
tent and watch over the builds so no one made off
with any or damaged them. They didn’t get to watch
much of the other activities going on at the track.
As John put it on the message board, “I’d like to give
the big Thank You's to Chuck and Doug. these two
guys sat at the table all day, watched over the
models and chatted up the builds and club with the
patrons. I really appreciate the time these two put in
and the effort that goes into it. Thanks guys”
John’s build and award - Best A Body
John also posted the following on the club’s message
board on behalf of the club: “Thanks to Walt for once
again hooking us up. We had tables, the tent, great
location, right next to Ms Motorsport 2013 Katie
Todorow, we got to meet Mr Steve Magnante”.
John’s build and award - Best A/FX
John Stark and Steve Magnante
I was lucky enough to get my picture taken with the
man, and I presented him with one of our clubs
shirts as a way of thanking him for being there and
for taking the time to check out the builds of Myself,
Walt Frey, Doug VanHouten and Chuck Rehberger.
Mr. Magnante is a model builder himself, so it was
nice to share our work with him”
On the Sunday following, Walt presented John with a couple
trophies, one for Best A Body and a second for Best A/FX.
Congratulations to John.
You can call him Steve Mags, it’s easiest that way. You’ve
watched him on the Barrett-Jackson auction block for the
past eight years on SPEED TV. You’ve read his technical
and feature stories in HOT ROD, CAR CRAFT and
MUSCLE CAR REVIEW magazines (and many others).
You’ve seen his books; “How-To Build Altered Wheelbase
Cars”, “Rusted Muscle; A Collection of Derelict Dream
Machines” and “Steve Magnante’s 1,001 Muscle Car
Trivia Facts” (which comes out in June, 2013). He is an
automotive journalist, automotive historian, drag racer, car
builder and TV host with over 20 years in the business.
Oh yeah, he is also a fellow model builder as well.
Visit Steve’s website and learn more about him.
(Click on Link below)
SteveMags.Com
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Mopars @ E-Town Highlights
Photo’s courtesy of Chuck Rehberger
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Mopars @ E-Town Highlights
Photo’s courtesy of Chuck Rehberger
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Wanderings, Wonderings,
Stumblings and Bumblings
Newsletter
By Pete Linszky
O
n occasion we will bring you articles that have absolutely
no informational value, instructional content, or any news
at all, this is one of those occasions.
my trademark. Somehow I had convinced myself that if
anyone asked about the smears, I’d explain to them that it’s
frost on the glass!!! I screwed up paint, lost and broke parts,
you name it I messed it up. But somehow I did manage to put
some things together that faintly resembled a small
automobile…
I’ve been a model car guy for over fifty years… let me repeat
that because I don’t believe it myself, FIFTY YEARS. I can
still remember the excitement that I experienced my first
time… building a car model that is!
I had opened the box and no doubt marveled at its contents,
all the bits and pieces, throw in some chrome parts, a decal
sheet, instructions, there you have it. All of the stuff
necessary to build a model just like the one I’d seen in the
magazines. There were several, CAR MODEL, MODEL CAR
SCIENCE, I know that MCS first issue was 1963, and there
were others. Some delved into the TABLE TOP RACING part
of the hobby, or Slot Car Racing to you young guys. Some
kits included parts that allowed the builder to convert their
model car body to a table top racing body, more on that in a
later article.
One of Dave Shuklis’ builds on display.
But, here we are fifty years later. A well seasoned veteran of
model car building, some skills still escape me, some always
will. I’d never again tried to build a Dave Shuklis type custom,
but why?
Were/are his builds something that can be built today and
pass muster? Sure that they can, get the right kit, paint, some
pipe cleaners and some fuzzy fur…pipe cleaners, fur? Surely
by now I will have the skills needed to attempt it again. But
sometimes I’m not so sure. Would a Dave Shuklis type build
be at home at an NNL event? Would it pass muster, I
wonder?
***
As this is being written we are making plans to attend the Old
Bridge Stadium Speedway Reunion planning committee
meeting tomorrow evening.
One of the early Model Car Science issues
But I wanted to build a model just like the one I saw in the
magazine. Tom Yont’s and his brother whose first name
escapes me right now were fantastic rail dragster builders,
there were many more whose builds are etched into my
memory.
Dave Shuklis for example was builder/author for the
aforementioned Car Model magazine, he was famous for his
custom model car builds. He built customs with folding
convertible tops, with fur interiors, with candy paint, and Auto
World Pinstripping Tape. He built customs that are still
around, thanks to dedicated individuals, he built cars like I
wanted to build! But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t
come close to what Dave had built, or Yont’s or others for that
matter. I always messed up, glue slathered windshields were
For those who’ve never been there, stop by and check things
out. Lots of memorabilia, photos, etc. Remember that Old
Bridge Stadium Speedway, as it was known, presented oval
track racing as well as drag racing on a weekly basis back in
the 1960’s. Some really interesting looking cars, stockers and
dragsters took part in the action. Some really cool subject
matter for model car builders.
The event takes place in early October and is a two day affair,
wander in!
***
That old bugaboo, painting has reared its ugly head once
more… and this time it’s from the great beyond, from an
earlier time when life was simpler.
I’m involved in a community build on the VINTAGE DRAG
RACING MODELS website. The theme is stalled builds.
Just like it sounds, complete a build, drag car that you started
and never finished. I had been building a Willy Pick Up model
back in 1974 and never completed it. Life as they say “got in
the way”. Anyhow, the paint on the roof had over the years
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deteriorated to the point that something had to be done.
Luckily a clear coat would make the thing look better…you
guessed it, I screwed up the clear coat, so here we are
almost FORTY YEARS LATER and it’s the same story. Some
things never change!!!
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is
the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass.
After halfway, the engine is dieseling from compression, plus
the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 deg F. The engine can
only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
The following was posted a few weeks ago on the Spotlight Hobbies
Message Board by our very own Todd J. McWilliams. Some of you
may have already seen it elsewhere on the internet as it has been
posted on other websites in the past. We thought it was interesting
enough that it was worth sharing here also.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro
builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with
sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces
or split the block in half.
Definition of Acceleration
In order to exceed 300 mph in 4. 5 seconds, dragsters must
accelerate an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200
mph (well before half-track), the launch acceleration
approaches 8G's.
Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have
completed reading this sentence.
Top fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light
to light! Including the burnout, the engine must only survive
900 revolutions under load. The redline is actually quite high
at 9,500 rpm.
Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for
free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an
estimate $1,000.00 per second.
One top fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes
more horsepower than the first 4 rows of stock cars at the
Daytona 500.
The current top fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.428
seconds for the quarter mile (11/12/06, Tony Schumacher, at
Pomona , CA ). The top speed record is 336.15 mph as
measured over the last 66' of the run (05/25/05 Tony
Schumacher, at Hebron , OH ).
It takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 6,000+ horsepower
of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear
wheels.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons
of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet
fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough
power to drive the dragster's supercharger.
With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger
on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid
form before ignition.
Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and
technology by which quantities of reactants and products in
chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of
nitro methane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050
deg F.
Nitro methane burns yellow.. The spectacular white flame
seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen,
dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing
exhaust gases.
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Putting all of this into perspective:
You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter 'twin-turbo'
powered Corvette Z06.. Over a mile up the road, a top fuel
dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile
strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start.
You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across
the starting line and pass the dragster at an honest 200 mph.
The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. The
dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot
down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears
your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches
and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile
away from where you just passed him. Think about it, from a
standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not
only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he
passed You within a mere 1,320 foot long race course.
Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They
refused and instead asked that he come out to the parking lot
to their car.
They persuaded him to get into the car, which was about 130
degrees, turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off
immediately.
The old man got very excited and invited them back to the
office, where he offered them $3 million for the patent.
The brothers refused, saying they would settle for $2 million,
but they wanted the recognition by having a label, 'The
Goldberg Air-Conditioner,' on the dashboard of each car in
which it was installed.
...... And that my friends, is ACCELERATION!
Now don't you feel better just knowing that little bit of info?
Now old man Ford was more than just a little anti - Semitic,
and there was no way he was going to put the Goldberg's
name on two million Fords.
Did you also know????
Submitted by Dave Wood
They haggled back and forth for about two hours and finally
agreed on $4 million and that just their first names would be
shown.
And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show:
-- Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max -- on the controls.
We can hear your groans from here. Control yourself!!! We
were sucked in, too!
The Goldberg Brothers?
The Goldberg Brothers - The Inventors of the Automobile
Air Conditioner.
Here's a little factoid for automotive buffs or just to dazzle
your friends..
The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and
Maxwell, invented and developed the first automobile airconditioner...
On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.
The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and
sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that four gentlemen
were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto
industry since the electric starter.
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model car meet at the Disabled American Vets of N.J. hall,
in Belleville, N.J. Mike had mentioned he was interested in
attending and contacted Victor from the club for details.
Quarterly Contest Points Update
Name
Points
Dave Wood
12
Tory Mucaro
9
John White
9
Doug VanHouten
6
Larry Housman
6
John Stark
5
Vanessa Kern
5
Walt Frey
5
Al Meske
5
Keith Justice
4
Felix Plaza Jr
4
Mike Capasso
4
Dave Coppolino
4
Bill Kuna
3
Joel Brower
1
Gary Husted
1
Russ Reber
1
Bob Kern
1
Joe Milko
1
John Vhalakis
1
Carl Sineone
1
Dan Hogan
1
Mike showed up with several of his trucks to display which
according to Doug took up a couple of tables. Doug had
decided to attend when his friend Victor Collins called last
minute and asked if he wanted to check it out. Doug being
unsure of what models to bring took only one model, his 49
Ford Coupe Custom. Victor also brought only a couple of
cars. One was a custom car that was built by his father
years ago and comes out for special occasions. He also
brought along a car he did as a tribute to a 1:1 custom car
built by the brother of George Barris.
The show was also attended by about half a dozen or so
members of the LIARS Club who came all the way from
Long Island as well as members of other area clubs. Some
of the LIARS guys were selling parts bags.
Ridgefield
Hobby was the only vendor at the event but he had a nice
selection of kits on hand.
Diversified Scalerz Model Car Club’s
2nd Annual Model Car Meet
W
e were hoping to get a first hand write up from Mike
Capasso for this issue of the newsletter but we could
not get in touch with him in time for our deadline so with the
help of fellow club member, Doug VanHouten we put
together this recap of the show hosted by the guys from the
Diversified Scalerz M.C.C. Hopefully Mike can fill us in at
the next club meeting on anything we didn’t cover here.
We’d still like to thank Mike for his efforts.
On display were plenty of tuners and lowrider models which
the guys from the Diversified Scalerz Club build. They do
not however focus only on those types of models.
According to the club’s facebook page they build tuners,
lowriders, muscle cars trucks, pick-ups bikes etc and
customizing is key when building as to set them apart from
other models. This was evident by the cars they had on
display. These guys are just as serious about modeling as
any of us are. Doug commented on the quality of the builds
he saw on display and was impressed with their detail.
Other attendees brought along their builds which included
customs, trucks, hot rods, drag cars, primers, diorama’s etc.
There was a nice selection of builds to see.
Doug commented that while the event was small in
comparison to other shows they still had a nice turn out,
and this is only the clubs second event and he sees it
growing over the coming years. Even the NNL East had to
start somewhere. They also served hot dogs and soda and
chips to attendee’s which was a nice touch. We don’t recall
seeing that at any other shows. Doug also mentioned that
the clubs members were very courteous, friendly and
hospitable and he and Victor really enjoyed the show. He
didn’t get to stick around to the end but does look forward to
their next show. Maybe we can get some more JSMCC
guys their next year to support these guys and their efforts.
Be sure to check out some of the highlight photo’s following
this story.
We’d like to congratulate the guys from the Diversified
Scalerz Model Car Club on a great event. Keep up the
good work guys.
On August 18th 2013 the guys from a local NJ club known
as the Diversified Scalerz M.C.C. held their 2nd annual
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Diversified Scalerz MCC 2nd Annual Model Car Meet Highlights
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Diversified Scalerz MCC 2nd Annual Model Car Meet Highlights
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Coming Events
Following is a list of upcoming events in 2013 that may be of interest. If you know of an event that may be of interest to the
club please send the information to us at [email protected] so we can add it to the newsletter. If you do not have
access to e-mail please get it to John Stark or Dave Wood at a future meeting…
2013 Club Contests and Themes Schedule
T. = Theme
Q. = Quarterly Contest
Jan. T
Model of the Month (message board)
Feb. Q
Factory Stock
Mar. T
Stock Cars (round track)
Apr. T
April Fools (out of the ordinary tom daniels, etc.)
May. Q
Ranchero's Elcamino's and Pick Ups
Jun
T
Commercial Light / Heavy
Jul
T
Primer (finished in primer)
September 8, 2013
Super September Showdown XIV
- 9 am to 2 pm
Gilbertsville Fire Hall
Route 73 1456 E. Philadelphia Ave.
Gilbertsville, PA 19525
www.cpmcc.org
November 9, 2013
LIARS Model Car Challenge
Freeport Recreational Center
130 East Merrick Road
Freeport, NY 11520
Aug. Q
Dream Rides (what you would drive if you could)
Sep.. T
Muscle Cars
Oct. Q
Paper Bag (build up from kit)
Nov. T
Drag Night
Dec.
Christmas Kit Bash - 57 Ford
Please remember that if you are attending
any of these events we would appreciate
you sharing with a brief summary of the
show and pictures if possible so we can
include in a future newsletter to share with
club members that were unable to attend.
Thank you!
AUTOMOBILE HUMOR!!!
August 18th 2013 12PM to 4PM.
Diversified Scalerz M.C.C. 2nd annual model car meet.
Disabled American Vets of N.J. ,612 Mill St.,
Belleville, N.J. 07109.
Contact Info: [email protected]
FACEBOOK:DIVERSIFIED SCALERZ MODEL CAR CLUB.
Free admission and registration.
(all participants must be in by 11AM).
Contact us to reserve a spot for your models.
Registration is preferred, but no models will be turned away.
Please help us keep track of table space.
Vendor: Ridgefield Hobby, 509 Broad Ave., Ridgefield, N.J. 07657.
Falcon Nesting in a Tree!
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Members Spotlight
(If you have a B/D and or an Anniversary this Month and don't see your Name please contact Dave Wood so that he can update the list)
Happy Birthday Wishes To:



Dave Burket
Tom Geiger
Greg Celikyol
Sept.5th
Sept. 16th
Sept. 20th
Happy Anniversary To:

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Kern
Sept 6th
Kit raffle winners for the month were,
Monthly Kit Raffle Winners:
 Gary Husted
Happy Anniversary
To:
 Dan Hogan


Bob Kern
Dave Wood
3 Special Pulls went to :
 Dave Wood
 Tom Cashin
 Dave Wood
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Club Member Profile
Augusts’ Club Contest Winners
Al Meske - 1st Place
Dave Wood - 2nd Place
Dave Wood aka Woody
Fellow club member Dave Wood is 51 years old and hails
from Union, NJ. He is originally from Roselle Park, NJ. He
has been a mechanic with American Airlines for the past 29
years. He is married to wife Julie and has 2 children (from a
previous marriage) daughter Dawn 28, and son David 26, a
stepdaughter Kelly 28 and three grandchildren, Andrew 4,
Bethany 2 and the newest model builder Luke who was just
born in August.
Besides model building Dave’s other interests include Drag
Racing (as a spectator only) and flying (dreaming now). He
says that he fly’s just enough to stay current.
Tory Mucaro – 3rd Place
Dave’s best guess as to when he stared modeling was around
1969 / 1970. The first model he built was a Hawk Bonneville
rubber band powered racer. He enjoys building Street Rods
and Drag Racers and his favorite kit is the Tom Daniels
SweeTee by Monogram.
Dave has been a member of the Jersey Shore Model Car
Club since 2009 and currently serves as club Vice President.
In addition to the JSMCC he is also a member of the Tri-State
Model Car Club. When not building you can find him posting
on the JSMCC Message Board as well as the Spotlight
Hobbies Board, Model Cars Message Board and Scale Auto
Board.
John White – Wild Card
Dave would like to give a big Thanks to Chuck Rehberger for
introducing him to the Jersey Shore Model Car Club.
NOTE: We would like to bring you this new feature each month
by profiling a member of the club, so folks can get to know other
club members that they don’t always get a chance to talk to at a
club meeting. If you would like to share some information about
yourself with your fellow club members please be sure to grab a
“Member Profile Form” from Dave Wood, complete it and hand it
in. We will do our best to get it in an upcoming newsletter.
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August 2013 Meeting Highlights
Photo’s courtesy of Chuck Rehberger and Dave Wood
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Message Board “Model of the Month” Contest Winner
September 2013 Winner
(As voted by fellow club members on the JSMCC message board)
Bob Kern’s 66 Chevy Impala
Join us on the club’s message board and enter your build in the next Model of the Month Contest! Also
when visiting the message board please be sure to take a minute to vote for your favorite build.
If you’re not already a board member (and we can’t figure out why not) all you need to do is register, it’s
FREE! Click on the link below!
IT'S A HOBBY, LET'S KEEP IT FUN!
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Some Recently Released and Coming Soon Kits
Just a few recently released or coming soon kits…
Check your local hobby store or better yet contact Dave Burket aka
Club members looking for specific models can contact Dave and he will be more than happy to bring
them to the next club meeting for you.
You can reach Dave at:
E-mail:
[email protected]
Phone:
732-240-3987
Address: 1032 Englemere Boulevard
Toms River, NJ 08757
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Club Classifieds Corner
This page is dedicated to providing members
a place to Buy, Sell, Trade etc. To get free
space on this page contact Dave Wood at
PLASTIC FOR SALE
PARTS FOR SALE
[email protected]
Or see Dave Wood at a meeting and give
him the details of your ad, so we can get it in
the next newsletter.
PLASTIC WANTED
I'm looking for any parts or kit of the
Tom Daniel "Swee Tee", (spelling is
correct) and the Monogram Little "T",
and the Monogram Street "T" pick up
with trailer, (Must be the Early Iron
Series) Please contact: Dave Wood at
[email protected] or (908) 267-5491
PARTS WANTED
I'm also looking for the wheels and
tires from the Tom Daniel Circus
Wagon. Please contact: Dave Wood
at [email protected] or (908) 2675491
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
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NOTE: Last DIGS Event of the season is
Saturday September 21st
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