![Here’s my long-promised account of how I build a model. As usual, some caveats first. I’ve had to leave a lot out, but as always, I’m happy to answer questions. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p9-3101e.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: How Does He Do It? – The Model Making Process")
![What picture does that title conjure up for you? A 1960s Scrooge McDuck style money bin? A strong room entered through a foot-thick door and lined with safe deposit boxes? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/41-woody-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: A Trip To The Vault – Forgotten Personal Treasures")
![The inspiration for this feature came from Paul’s story a few days back about the AI-generated images in a certain repro parts company’s website. From the comments, I’m sure we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/62Dodge5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Model Cars In Purple – Purple Mania")
![Several times I have begun to write this article and each time it has spiralled out of control. As a result, I figure I have three articles at least in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/67Mustang-B7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Pony Cars 1960s-1970s – A Sampler")
![While preparing this selection, I’ve had to face the question: just what is a luxury car? In some countries, any full-size American or Canadian car is a de facto luxury […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/59Imperial6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Luxury Cars – American Style Luxury")
![What does 1966 mean to you? Are there any special memories, or maybe was it before your time? My dad was one of four boys, but growing up in an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/66Merc5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Let’s Visit 1966")
![A happy New Year to you all. Welcome to my little pocket of space/time weirdness! Fancy, it’s 2025 already? I feel like I’m still in 1970. Last year I began […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/70SuperBeePink3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: An Assortment Of Models To Start 2025 (And Coming Attractions)")
![It’s been an interesting year for me, with declining health issues; decreasing attention span, and neurological problems affecting my legs are beginning to impact my arms as well. I’ve built […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bedtow1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: 2024 Retrospective")
![The fifties were a decade of amazing change in automobile styling. At the start of the decade, you had rounded shapes, sometimes with fastbacks, and more often than not with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/58PlymPink4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: The Rise And Fall Of The Tailfin")
![One of my favourite regular CC posts is Tatra-san’s random monthly sightings where he shows us vehicles many of us have never heard of. With that in mind, let’s turn […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cedric2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: A Gallery Of Japanese Car Models")
![To me, 1965 is one of those years. A year when so much seemed new, seemed changed, and not just in the automotive world. At seven, I was in second […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/65-Riv-grn-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Cars Of 1965! – Some Years Are Special")
![Ferrari 275P Racing cars have never been a major interest of mine. I have trouble coping with loud noises, and racing cars do tend to be noisy, of course. This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ferrari275P-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Off To The Races!")
![Last time we looked at pre-1948 modified cars. Let’s cross 49th St. (to use the late Pat Ganahl’s phrase) and see how far we get… This brings us firmly into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Peaches4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Cruising Across 49th Street – Customs & Customs")
![If you follow the modified car scene, even as tangentially as I do, you’ll probably have heard of the Woodward Dream Cruise, which was on in Michigan a few weeks […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/32PV6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Hot Rods & Customs – Cruising Woodward")
![As I sat down to write this, I was in something of a quandary. The British ‘Festival of the Unexceptional’ is something of an homage to what used to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/76GranTorino3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Festival Of The Unexceptional – Some Malaise Era And More")
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