Car Craft magazine funny car model article

[oldnslow]

Just received the Mar 2018 issue of Car Craft and there's an article on building nostalgia funny cars . Steve Magnante is the guy who built the Wilshire Shaker 63 Nova back in '01 .  He's all about finishing an idea , no extra detail , paint or extras , but he has a lot of cars to show . Interesting from a how he does it stand point .

[Greg Myers]

Wouldn't even know where to get a copy of Car Craft anymore.

[vintagercr]

16 hours ago, Greg Myers said:

Wouldn't even know where to get a copy of Car Craft anymore.

Would you not be able to get it at a Barnes & Noble in the US.  I can get it at Chapters here in Canada.  It is the equivalent.

[Daddyfink]

Steve is a pretty cool guy in person. He will take the time to talk to you about almost anything, if he has the time 

He brought the Shaker to Bakersfield one year and it was really cool to pick his brain. My friend Skip Samples took some pics and we made these with them! Shaker Clones! 

 

[Greg Myers]

Too Kool 4 Skool 

[Draggon]

I haven't seen the Car Craft article. This one was on BangShift awhile back.

https://bangshift.com/general-news/funny-car-folk-art-build-yours-or-buy-mine-helpful-tips-for-building-altered-wheelbase-models/

[oldnslow]

Yep , that's the bunch , they must have been hurting to fill space . He just turned it into a magazine article .

[Snake45]

Got mine today. Kinda sorta interesting article in some ways but the words "styrene butcher" went through my mind more than once. Most of these things were the scale plastic equivalent of rat rods. 

At least he's not cutting up rare old kits. 

[bobthehobbyguy]

Wish he'd made an effort to paint them considering what he was asking for them. Some interesting ideas.

[Atmobil]

Cool, I just recently learned of Steve Magnate trough MTOD and Junkyard Gold (I just watched the latest episode some hours ago infact). Seems to be a guy with a lot of info in his head. Cool to see he is also in to modelkits.