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CC In Scale: 2024 Retrospective
Posted on December 8, 2024 | 19 CommentsIt’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 […] -
CC In Scale: The Rise And Fall Of The Tailfin
Posted on November 27, 2024 | 33 CommentsThe 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 […] -
CC In Scale: A Gallery Of Japanese Car Models
Posted on November 13, 2024 | 26 CommentsOne 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 […] -
CC In Scale: Cars Of 1965! – Some Years Are Special
Posted on October 30, 2024 | 25 CommentsTo 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 […] -
CC In Scale: Off To The Races!
Posted on October 17, 2024 | 28 CommentsFerrari 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 […] -
CC In Scale: Cruising Across 49th Street – Customs & Customs
Posted on October 3, 2024 | 18 CommentsLast 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 […] -
CC In Scale: Hot Rods & Customs – Cruising Woodward
Posted on September 5, 2024 | 19 CommentsIf 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 […] -
CC In Scale: Festival Of The Unexceptional – Some Malaise Era And More
Posted on August 15, 2024 | 53 CommentsAs 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 […] -
CC In Scale: Cars Model Year 1970
Posted on August 1, 2024 | 36 CommentsFiling has never been my strong point, and my grasp on it weakens with the passing of the years. The photo files of my models are organized by decades; well, […] -
CC In Scale: Wagons Ho!
Posted on July 25, 2024 | 22 CommentsWe never owned a wagon, so I have only an occasional memory of riding way back there when a friend’s mother drove us home from school. And that was in […] -
CC In Scale: Display Part 4 – A Bit Of Everything
Posted on July 11, 2024 | 29 CommentsI had a conundrum. What to choose for a lede photo for today? There is no obvious theme to this grouping. And you’ve seen many of them before. What has […] -
CC In Scale: A Look Inside Part 3 – American And European Cars
Posted on June 27, 2024 | 24 CommentsOkay, this time we’re continuing where we left off four weeks back, as we work our way through my main display area. Just try to ignore what’s in the back […] -
CC In Scale: Modeling and Colour, Part 2 (Featuring Some 1960s Models)
Posted on June 13, 2024 | 20 CommentsApparently, this is the 25th article I’ve written this past year. As many of you know, I’m a retired pastor and biochemist; among my retirement hobbies is writing both fiction […] -
CC In Scale: A Look Inside, Part 2 – European And Japanese Cars
Posted on May 30, 2024 | 27 CommentsTime for another look at my display fleet. The back rows of car lots were always the most interesting when I was a kid. They probably were for you too. […] -
CC In Scale: Another Look Inside, Part 1 – American Cars From The ’50s-’60s
Posted on May 16, 2024 | 33 CommentsThe seasons have changed. Here in my part of Australia, we seem to have only about three weeks of transitional weather between summer and winter. Year after year it happens […]