
The following list of wonderful
sponsors have already delivered
prizes in support of our 2023 Mid-Atlantic
NNL:
- Excel
Hand Tools & Blades Company:
Builder's Knife and Hobby Tool Set,
Hobby Knife Set, Sanding Stick Sets,
Snap Blade Knife, and Cutting Mat.
- Gofer
Racing Decals: Five decals sheets,
three distributor kits, a photo etched
battery set, two seat belt kits, and
a Dragster wheel and tire set.
- Hobby
& Recreation Products (HRP)
: Eight very valuable gift certificates.
- MGSF
Perfect Parts: Mercedes 300SL
"Fat Boy" transkit, 1/24
and 1/12 ignition key sets, center
lock sets, tire valve sets, and air
jacks.
- Microscale
Industries: a dozen parallel stripe
decal sheets in red, white, and black;
4 Trim Sheets in White and Black;
2 bttles of Micro Sol, and 2 bottles
of Micro Set.
- MotoBitz
incorporating Fuel Chimp Scale Auto
Parts: 3D Seatbelt Fittings, Zoomie
Headers and Collectors, and Spindle
Mount 12 Spoke Wheels w/drag tires
- Slixx
Decals: 4 Gasser Mini Sheets,
Modern Drag Contingency Sheet, Quarter
Panel "L", Pro Mod Grill
& Headlight Sheet, and a Pro Stock
Grill & Headlight Sheet.
- Zona
Tool Company: Hobby Tool Kit including
- Mini Miter Box and Razor Saw Set,
Swivel head Pin Vise, Curved Point
Tweezers, Retractable Knife, Hobby
Blades, and L-Square
The next MAMA meeting will be 15
April 2023 at the Salaried
Employees Association (SEA) Union Hall.
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to MAMA's Diner, the official home
of the Maryland Automotive Modelers' Association (MAMA),
where we serve entrees of fun, friendship, and model cars.
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MAMA's current leadership team is:
President: Tim Powers
Vice-President: Dave Toups
Treasurer: Matt Guilfoyle
Newsletter Editor: Tim Sickle
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Special Note #1: Aftermarket Companies and Rare/Old
Kit Sellers! MAMA wants you at our show! We are
calling out to potential vendors for our upcoming Mid-Atlantic
NNL! We have begun sending out packages to those who've
vended at our show before, and we have a few tables still
availble. If you would like to vend at our show in May,
send an email to our Vice President, Dave
Toups, for table reservation information. This
is your opportunity to mingle with your customers in person
and learn what they want to see from you in the future.
Special Note #2: Calling all sponsors!
1. Trophy Sponsors: If you would
like to sponsor one or more of the awards at our upcoming
Mid-Atlantic NNL email to our
club treasurer, Matt
Guilfoyle, for category availability.
2. Raffle/Door Prize Sponsors: If
you would like to donate product samples, promotional materials,
etc, this is an opportunity for potential new customers
to learn of your products, see them in person, and understand
the quality you bring to the hobby market. To put your company's
name and products directly in front of our participants
and help us defray the ever-rising costs of conducting a
regional model car event, send an email to our President,
Tim
Powers for details.
The wonderful sponsors represented below
have already begun providing us with very
generous product contributions for our 2023 show. There
is still plenty of time for your company to position itself
among these great supporters of the model car hobby!
Click the icons in the Sponsor Gallery
below to visit and shop on their web sites in a new browser
tab.
Notes from the MAMA President:
I counted about 42 people at the March
meeting. Since moving our meetings to the Union hall, we've
had about twice as many people showing up. And we've welcomed
at least one new member per meeting. This is great!
This month we voted on theme suggestions
for our 2024 show, so that we can have a promotional flyer
ready in time to hand out at this year's show. Our 2024
main theme will be Long Roofs and the sub-theme will
be Drag and Drive. Most of us know that Long Roofs
are vehicles like Station Wagons, Sedan Deliveries, Panel
Trucks, etc. If you are windering what is "Drag and
Drive"? Well, a drag and drive event is a modern day
Two Lane Blacktop. These events have racers leave their
tow rigs behind while driving their race car between tracks,
carrying all the parts/supplies they will need for racing
and repairs! So these are streetable race cars.
Please continue to keep our friends in
the Ukraine in your thoughts and prayers as Russia's senseless
war on them drags on.
The COVID positivity rate in Maryland has
dropped below 5%. While it is great to see the COVID rate
dropping like this, wearing your mask is still a great idea.
It not only helps prevent passing COVID around, it also
helps reduce the chances of catching or spreading other
contagious diseases like colds, RSV, and the flu.
March Meeting Photos:
For those members who cannot make it to a meeting in
person for whatever reason, we mainatin the psuedo-virtual
aspect of the web site. Any one who wants to is encouraged
and welcomed to send in photos of their builds, so if
we can't see you and your model cars in person at meetings,
we still want to see photos of your projects here on
the site. Please
keep those photos and descriptions coming. Remember
to send them in by the third Saturday each month.
Steve Martin sent photos of two old timers,
a Hot Rod, and an El Camino. The old timers and Hot
Rod were built from the the AMT 1925 Ford Model T kit
and Fruit Wagon kit. Steve bought the 1959 El Camino
after it was built back in the 1990s. He got it because
it was the same color as the 1959 Impala he'd built
around the same time. The model sat on display until
a few weeks ago when I decided to redo it his way. It
was missing a bunch of details that he was able to source
from the bone yard. His changes include interior color,
detailed trim, carpet, changed steering wheel, shifter
added, side mirror and rear view mirror added, battery
added, heater and radiator hoses, engine and alternator
color change, added a drive shaft, added a hood prop
rod, updated wheels and tires, disc brakes and calipers,
secured the front suspension, removed the mold lines
on both bumpers, lowered the stance, and added license
plates.











Scenes from the meeting:
Russ Kirkpatrick built this Falcon-based Ford
Ranchero street machine.

Howdy Hoffman Displayed a blue 1966 Chevrolet
El Camino and a red drag race-ready 1960's Chevy Corvette.


Rick Donovan Showed his blue Dodge Coronet R/T,
a gold 1964 Dodge gasser, and a blue Chevrolet Camaro
Drag Racer.



Lewis Hicks brought this Moebius Ford pickup
that he lowered with an ICEMAN
Collections 3D-Printed Drop Kit Universal Frame/Chassis,
and his ICEMAN
Collections Chevy Trophy Truck.





Kenny Mensberger displayed his very tasteful
Foose Ford FD-100 pickup and a modified Moebius 1965
Chevrolet Nova Gasser that must be seen in person --
this photo does not not begin to do justice to the paint
work on this model.


Jim Maness showed this red C4 Corvette.

Gordon Chin is busy working on a pair of large
scale cars from Pocher. First is a 1907 FIAT F-2 130
HP Grand Prix Racer. The other is a Ferrari F-40. He's
also developing his resin casting skills.







Brian Schindler showed his Plymouth GTX restomod.

MAMA club founder, Norman Veber dug up a 1983
Marshall 135 Crawler by SCALEdown Models, The Model
Tractor Co. of East Sussex, England with an attached
DOWDESWELL 6F DP1 on-land reversible plough and a seperate
10-Ton Pole trailer.




Duane Hinton displayed a trio of models including
a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Pro-Mod, 1969 Dodge Coronet
440, and a 1966 Dodge Coronet squad car.



Steve Buter resurrected this Car Craft Dream
Rod from an old built-up he bought and he turned a children's
toy into a curbside race car model.



Mal Douglas showed the latest progress on his
1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Wagon Gasser.

Paul Lee displayed this wide-body Ford Mustang and International car hauler combination.



The Pontiacs on Parade parking lot featured
a could diecast Summit race cars and a mid-80's Fiero.


I didn't see who placed these models on the display
tables.









Some of the action:

















Some of the Ladies of MAMA share a laugh.

The raffle table features goodie galore.

Here's a peek at this month's big selection of cookies.
Thanks Matt!

You can see even more photos of this month's meeting
at:
https://partsbox.fotki.com/model-car-shows/2023-03-march-mama-/
and
https://mamaprez.fotki.com/model-club-meetings-2023/mama-meeting-3182023/
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