Collecting Drag Racing Model Kits
Autor Tim Boyden Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 aug 2020
ModelexpertTimBoyd,authorofCollectingMuscleCarModelKits,turnedhisattentiontothefantasticdragracingmodelkitsavailablefromthelate1950sthroughtoday.Someracingmodelkitswereactually3in1kits,wherethebuilderassembledthedrag-raceversionofthecarinlieuofthestreetorcustomversion.Boydstartsbycoveringtheoptions,collectability,variety,availability,andvalueofthesewonderfulkitsandthenconcentratesonthehighlydetaileddragracing-onlykitsthatbecameavailablestartinginthemid-1960sthroughtoday.Healsoshowsthedifferencesbetweenoriginalkits,olderreproductionkits,andnewreproductionkitsthatmanyenthusiastsfindatswapmeetsandthroughonlinesourcestoday.
Manyofthesegreatkitswerefromthe1960s,anerawhenbuildingmodelkitswasawidelypopular,serioushobby,similartovideogamestoday.Notonlywasitfuntobuildthekitsbutitwasalsoagreatwaytolearnaboutallthedifferentraceclassesandcategoriesbecausetherewasn'tregularTVoronlinecoverageduringthatera.Theartworkonthosekitswasfantastic,andmanycollectorstodayseekoriginalkitslargelybecauseofit.
TheclassesofracingcoveredareGassers,RailDragsters,StocksandSuperStocks,FunnyCars,ProStocks,ExhibitionRacers,andmore.Dragracingcarsthatneveractuallyexistedbutwerecreatedbymodelcompaniesarealsocovered.
Nostalgiadragsaresomeofthemostpopulareventsaroundthecountrytoday.Peoplecan'tgetenoughoftheseoldracecarsthatwerebuiltinanerawhenvariety,innovation,andhomebuildingruledtheday.Thisbookisgreatformodelersingeneral,model-kitcollectors,anddrag-racingfansyoungandoldalike.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781613255650
ISBN-10: 1613255659
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: 400 photos
Dimensiuni: 218 x 279 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Cartech
ISBN-10: 1613255659
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: 400 photos
Dimensiuni: 218 x 279 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Cartech
Notă biografică
Tim Boyd is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on model cars and model car kits. After achieving regional and national model car contest wins, he became a model car journalist, eventually authoring more than 500 published works during the next 40 years. His monthly "Modeler's Corner" column was a highly popular feature in Street Rodder magazine for 17 years, and he is by far the longest running and most prolific contributor to Scale Auto, the world's most popular model car magazine.