Post by Lee on Mar 5, 2004 2:57:33 GMT 1
Back in the 50's, in my teens, I worked at a hobby shop in Glendale called Vanco's hobbies. This was during the time when AMT put out those neat 3 in 1 kits of the new cars of the time. AMT also put out a built up version with a friction motor in it.
One summer the owner of the shop decided to have a car model contest. We had over two hundred entries by the time the contest closed. A professional car painter that we knew was asked to do the judging for us.
Being the devil that I am, I slipped one of the factory built models into the contest. It got down to the final judging and my ringer was still in the contest. I reached over and grabbed it saying it was being disqualified. The judge looked at me and wanted to know why as he thought it might be the winner. I showed him by pushing it working the friction motor. Did his face turn red.
I guess the guys in my neck of the woods just were not the great model builders like we see today.
One summer the owner of the shop decided to have a car model contest. We had over two hundred entries by the time the contest closed. A professional car painter that we knew was asked to do the judging for us.
Being the devil that I am, I slipped one of the factory built models into the contest. It got down to the final judging and my ringer was still in the contest. I reached over and grabbed it saying it was being disqualified. The judge looked at me and wanted to know why as he thought it might be the winner. I showed him by pushing it working the friction motor. Did his face turn red.
I guess the guys in my neck of the woods just were not the great model builders like we see today.
