Finding Our Meeting

We're lucky to meet at the Automorive Museum in Balboa Park. However getting into our meeting room isn't nearly as obvious as we'd like. When you face the museum, there is a door way off on the right hand side. It's right next to the large tree in front of the museum. The door will be unlocked.

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Monthly Themes

  • July - Annual BBQ…..Moved from August to provide more daylight hours
  • August - In the Age Before Minivans…Woody’s, Wagons, Panels, Station Wagons
  • September. - You Need a Part Transplant…MOPAR ….any model, make, or year produced under the Chrysler / Mopar banner
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Sat, 03/30/2019 - 5:50pm — admin

The Good Guys Car Show

The SDMCC will be supporting a model car display, and contest at this year's Good Guys Car show. 

Judging will be done on Sunday afternoon. If you bring your models in on Saturday, we can set you up with a pass to get in on Sunday to retrieve them. You'll still have to pay parking.For more information, contact Glenn Day. 

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Mon, 02/19/2018 - 10:58am — Dave

An Interesting Tidbit for Black History Month

I was reading Hot Rod Magazine, and came across their interview with Ed Welburn. Ed started as a designer with General Motors right out of college, and went on to become head of GM design, and vice president of Global Design for GM. Ed sounds like my kind of guy. Loves cars, and thinks about them as whole systems. 

He had this to say about model cars:

HRM] You used to build model cars when you were a kid. Was that good training for your career?

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Sun, 12/03/2017 - 9:37am — Dave

A Very Comprehensive Kit Catalog

Wondering about some of the kits in you stash? Tim Shipley found a site with an extremely comprehensive listing of all types of plastic model kits. It will also help you manage your inventory. Just poking around, I found some interesting stuff I never knew existed. So, even if you don't have some mystery kit, it's a fun place to visit. 

The site is ScaleMates, and can be found at https://www.scalemates.com/kits/

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Sun, 11/26/2017 - 7:51pm — admin

Themes for 2018

The brain trust has met and plotted our course for 2018. We should have at least a few good themes for you, regardless of the state of your kit stash. I hope you'll participate in at least a few of the themes this year. 

January - Like it says on the tin; build the model like the box art.

February - Agitate some gravel; Competition cars of all kinds.

March -  It's a snap! Snap kits; they can be cars, planes, or any other kind.

April - Dawn of driving to the death of disco; cars made before 1987

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Mon, 03/06/2017 - 4:52pm — admin

Home Sweet Home

I'll spare you the technical folderal, but we had to move our web site to a new server. That is now complete, and we should be in our current home for the next few years. Please let me know if you encounter any problems with the site. (just leave a comment)

Thanks,
Dave Ambrose

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Sun, 01/29/2017 - 9:08pm — admin

2017 Themes

At Last -- Themes for 2017

As always, bring in any under construction or completed project even if it doesn't match the theme. Truth be told, it doesn't even need to be a car.

Jan - SDMCC vs LVMCC, the final smackdown

Feb -  For the Win - competition cars of any kind

March - Please sir can I have another?- orphan makes

April - Across the Ocean - foreign cars

May - Just keep truckin' - Trucks

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Sun, 04/03/2016 - 8:27am — admin

2016 Good Guys Car Show and Model Contest

This is our first year managing the model car contest at the Good Guys car show. If you like hot rods of all kinds, this is the place to be. Weather has been just perfect, so come on down. We also have a make and take for kids on both Saturday and Sunday. Revell has been kind enough to give us 100 snap kits for each day. This year, it's a new Mustang. This event has been very popular and we always run out. Sunday's make and take will be at 11:00.

 

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Tue, 09/15/2015 - 9:48pm — Dave

Cars from the September Meeting

Cars from the September Meeting:

 

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