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Tom in Exton, PA

28 Jan 2017
11:07:46am

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Many people here know I am a model car builder. In fact, involved enough to host the biggest gathering of serious builders and the industry in the country every year.

Today I will participate in a national event, via the Internet, called "The 24 Hour Build". This coincides with the "Rolex 24 at Daytona" car race which also runs 24 hours. This is the 11th annual event, but this will only be my fifth year of participation. The build is noon today until noon Sunday.

The goal of this event is to build a reasonable model in 24 straight hours. The originator actually has a group of guys at his house. There are small groups around the country but a lot of single builders like myself. We communicate via a FaceBook site and report our progress, posting photos and comments all night long. This year there are over 80 participants.

This is not an easy task and involves a lot of strategy. You must pick a model kit that is easy enough to complete on time, but complex enough to be a challenge. I recommend that it be an "expendable" kit so you can build quickly without worrying that it doesn't look like one of our 50-100 plus hour projects. I also recommend that people have a second copy of the kit, so they can use the best parts between the two and not take time to repair parts they might have broken. And I tell people to keep it simple, they don't have time for extensive modifications and scratch building.

Still, this year is no different. Guys are posting photos of complex Ferrari models with a load of aftermarket parts they intend to add to the kit. Um, good luck!

Anyway, this is a great event of camaraderie with guys I know from around the country and Canada. In my four years I finished twice. I crashed and burned the other two! But that becomes a great learning experience. We've all learned to build quicker and more systematically. This year I will build a small Dodge pickup from the 1980s. I have two copies that I paid $5 each for at a swap meet. So no worries. I usually build small commercial vehicles instead of hot rods and such, so I believe I will put US Navy trim on this one since I remember a lot of these running around Earle Naval Depot back then. It's all in good fun.

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In 2013 I managed to build and finish the 1953 Studebaker "Miss Deal Funny Car". This was a kit I remember wanting as a kid. It was reissued in the past few years so I thought I'd live that fantasy. I did add my usual rust and weathering twist to it.

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For 2014 I tried the old Lindberg Dodge A-100 pickup truck. This was a fiddly old kit with lots of fitting, trial and error. This is as far as I got by 6am when I gave up!

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In 2015 I decided to build a replica of an old 1980s International Scout that I almost bought one time. Again, an old kit that was lacking a lot of detail. I slowed down trying to add that detail, then the paint came out lousy. This is as far as I got.

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Last year I came close to finishing the old "S'cool Bus" model from the 1960s. Another one I wanted as a kid since it was advertised in every comic book! Reissued in the past 10 years and I had been itching to build it. So I used it as a billboard for our show, with the 30th Anniversary decal sheet we commissioned and distributed.

So that's what I will be doing until noon tomorrow! Yes, we are a little bit crazy, but it's a lot of fun.

Here's the link. I believe you can view it without being a member. If not, send a request to be added from the link and I'll add you to the group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656781841301184/

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28 Jan 2017
11:33:51am
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Nice work Ben! Of course I especially like the 53 Stude. The 1953 Studebaker is often included as one of the 10 best car designs ever.

Here are my Studebaker models, albeit none that I made.
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PaulMitchell

28 Jan 2017
02:03:46pm
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Good luck Ben!

Don, nice collection!

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28 Jan 2017
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I was about 8 years old when the postwar Stude where "you could not tell the front from the back " hit the market..quite a conversation piece. One of my classmates(it could have been his fathers)had i think a Silver Hawk. I had a used 53 Kaiser which was kind of advanced for its time with the "finned" cylinder head.

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29 Jan 2017
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Ben, I us to love building model cars until I was 15, when I painted my first real car. I turned that into a profession, painting many hundreds of cars over the years. I specialized mostly in Porsches, BMW's and Mercedes.
I really like the rust you've added to your car. Cannot say I've ever done that but have spent countless hours getting rid of it.
Good luck on your competition.

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Jeredutt3

30 Jan 2017
01:27:56am
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too cool...none of mine ever came out looking that good !! Did a naval ship once that was pretty sweet and that was about it for my career... will check out the Facebook page and see how it all shook out..

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Tom in Exton, PA
28 Jan 2017
11:07:46am

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Many people here know I am a model car builder. In fact, involved enough to host the biggest gathering of serious builders and the industry in the country every year.

Today I will participate in a national event, via the Internet, called "The 24 Hour Build". This coincides with the "Rolex 24 at Daytona" car race which also runs 24 hours. This is the 11th annual event, but this will only be my fifth year of participation. The build is noon today until noon Sunday.

The goal of this event is to build a reasonable model in 24 straight hours. The originator actually has a group of guys at his house. There are small groups around the country but a lot of single builders like myself. We communicate via a FaceBook site and report our progress, posting photos and comments all night long. This year there are over 80 participants.

This is not an easy task and involves a lot of strategy. You must pick a model kit that is easy enough to complete on time, but complex enough to be a challenge. I recommend that it be an "expendable" kit so you can build quickly without worrying that it doesn't look like one of our 50-100 plus hour projects. I also recommend that people have a second copy of the kit, so they can use the best parts between the two and not take time to repair parts they might have broken. And I tell people to keep it simple, they don't have time for extensive modifications and scratch building.

Still, this year is no different. Guys are posting photos of complex Ferrari models with a load of aftermarket parts they intend to add to the kit. Um, good luck!

Anyway, this is a great event of camaraderie with guys I know from around the country and Canada. In my four years I finished twice. I crashed and burned the other two! But that becomes a great learning experience. We've all learned to build quicker and more systematically. This year I will build a small Dodge pickup from the 1980s. I have two copies that I paid $5 each for at a swap meet. So no worries. I usually build small commercial vehicles instead of hot rods and such, so I believe I will put US Navy trim on this one since I remember a lot of these running around Earle Naval Depot back then. It's all in good fun.

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In 2013 I managed to build and finish the 1953 Studebaker "Miss Deal Funny Car". This was a kit I remember wanting as a kid. It was reissued in the past few years so I thought I'd live that fantasy. I did add my usual rust and weathering twist to it.

Image Not Found
For 2014 I tried the old Lindberg Dodge A-100 pickup truck. This was a fiddly old kit with lots of fitting, trial and error. This is as far as I got by 6am when I gave up!

Image Not Found
In 2015 I decided to build a replica of an old 1980s International Scout that I almost bought one time. Again, an old kit that was lacking a lot of detail. I slowed down trying to add that detail, then the paint came out lousy. This is as far as I got.

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Last year I came close to finishing the old "S'cool Bus" model from the 1960s. Another one I wanted as a kid since it was advertised in every comic book! Reissued in the past 10 years and I had been itching to build it. So I used it as a billboard for our show, with the 30th Anniversary decal sheet we commissioned and distributed.

So that's what I will be doing until noon tomorrow! Yes, we are a little bit crazy, but it's a lot of fun.

Here's the link. I believe you can view it without being a member. If not, send a request to be added from the link and I'll add you to the group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656781841301184/

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28 Jan 2017
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re: A Special Kind of Crazy.. The 24 Hour Build

Nice work Ben! Of course I especially like the 53 Stude. The 1953 Studebaker is often included as one of the 10 best car designs ever.

Here are my Studebaker models, albeit none that I made.
Don

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PaulMitchell

28 Jan 2017
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Good luck Ben!

Don, nice collection!

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28 Jan 2017
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re: A Special Kind of Crazy.. The 24 Hour Build

I was about 8 years old when the postwar Stude where "you could not tell the front from the back " hit the market..quite a conversation piece. One of my classmates(it could have been his fathers)had i think a Silver Hawk. I had a used 53 Kaiser which was kind of advanced for its time with the "finned" cylinder head.

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29 Jan 2017
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re: A Special Kind of Crazy.. The 24 Hour Build

Ben, I us to love building model cars until I was 15, when I painted my first real car. I turned that into a profession, painting many hundreds of cars over the years. I specialized mostly in Porsches, BMW's and Mercedes.
I really like the rust you've added to your car. Cannot say I've ever done that but have spent countless hours getting rid of it.
Good luck on your competition.

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30 Jan 2017
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re: A Special Kind of Crazy.. The 24 Hour Build

too cool...none of mine ever came out looking that good !! Did a naval ship once that was pretty sweet and that was about it for my career... will check out the Facebook page and see how it all shook out..

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