Recreation of 1964 Model Car Science ad for AMT Trophy series

[alan barton]

I debated whether to put this post in General, Model Cars Under Glass or Dioramas. If I have missed by miles, moderators, please feel free to move it to the appropriate place.

As a teenage kid I use to pore over this advertisement, yes, this very piece of sixty year old paper shown framed here, and dream of one day owning every model on this page.  Funny thing was, I never really set out on a mission to find them all but as I appreciate all the makes and models illustrated,it stood to reason that I would eventually acquire a lot of them.  

Back in 2002 I attended  the Adelaide NNL in South Australia.  I was over the moon to purchase a mildly glue bombed Rayson Craft Drag Boar, a model I had wanted since I was very young.  On arrival home, I casually looked at the framed ad that I had kept on my build room wall all these years when it suddenly occurred to me that this was the last one!!! I had inadvertently achieved my childhood dream!

This weekend just gone we held the twenty-fifth annual Perth  NNL, now known as Model Car Spectacular.  It occurred to me that this advertisement was now sixty years old and that AMT itself had been producing plastic models for 75 years (they produced aluminium models in 1948, switching to plastic the next year.)  Maybe I should re-create this page in 3-D as a special tribute at  our NNL?

Some of the models are survivors from the early sixties while others have been built over the decades with the Silhouette trailer and the 49 Tudor only being finished last week. In all there are twenty nine models in the advertisement and they were all represented in the display.  My wife and I took less than a day to produce the display board, covering a sheet of 10mm MDF with about $4 worth of orange fabric and some computer generated labels and signs.  I will be the first to admit that my wife's fabric skills and her precision in everything she does elevated the display to a much higher standard than I could have hoped for.

The response all day Saturday (setup) and Sunday (public admission) was very satisfying.  I don't know if it has ever been done before but I can say I have realised my childhood dream and couldn't be happier with how it all turned out.

Hope you like it!

Cheers

Alan

Edited July 15, 2024 by alan barton

[hedotwo]

What a great accomplishment Alan!  Thanks for sharing!

[doctor phillips]

Very impressive!!

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Over the top!

A museum.

[FoMoCo66]

That is sweet! Good job ?.

[thatz4u]

Well Done, sometimes it takes a lifetime to fulfill a childhood dream...

[stavanzer]

Outstanding Display! What a great Tribute to AMT. I hope Steve G, and the Kats at Round2 see this! It is an impressive showing of AMT Kits and their History.

And, look at how many of these kits are still in production today.

[bamadon]

Great job!

[Kenmojr]

I wish I still had the 1927 Ford & XR6 Double Kit I got in early 1960s Christmas.

Nice collection of these cars.

[espo]

Congratulations on your display. I'm old enough to remember all of these and have built them also. Compliments to your wife on all that she did to help you with your display. 

[Modelbuilder Mark]

This is cool!

 

[ncbuckeye67]

Wow, I admire your dedication for accomplishing this amazing feat!

[ksnow]

That is a really cool display on the history of AMT. Thank you for sharing.

[PappyD340]

Wow that's awesome, well done!

[karbuildr]

Outstanding accomplishment. Beautiful display, like others, I’m old enough to remember these kits and built several over the years. Kudos to your wife for lending a helping hand.

[Tim W. SoCal]

Holy smokes, John, that is AMAZING!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Great stuff! That's a lot of work there. Thanks for posting.

[Watertown]

This is the smile of the week for me!! The builds are wonderful, and the presentation is unmatched. ?

 

Edited July 15, 2024 by Watertown

[GLMFAA1]

Enjoyed your display. I remember the ones that I build in my childhood.

greg

[Kah puts]

Flipping awesome ?

[Maindrian Pace]

Amazing! The display really captures the feeling of the original ad, great job to both of you for such an impressive display.

[ea0863]

Incredible collection! Thank you for sharing, although now I have to go out looking for a couple of more models I didn't know existed  

[carrucha]

Awesome collection and display!  Congratulations on your achievement.

[alan barton]

Wow, that's a fantastic response from everyone!  I'm so glad it made so many people's day!  I guess we all long for our childhood sometimes. Probably the best bang-for-the-buck display I have ever done.  It almost seems a shame that it only got one showing as we only have one NNL a year and our IPMS style model comp in two weeks time probably isn't the right venue for this display. - a lot of the guys show little interest unless the model is capable of shooting something! Still, I might just store the board and the signs carefully in case I can put it out at our hot rod show next year.  

I have started thinking about doing a similar display using Monogram models - they had a poster once with rows of four cars on a lot in front of a dealership.  I would have to compromise on that one by just using early Monogram models in general as I don't have a lot of the classic Duesenbergs and the like, nor do I have the multiples displayed of some models.  But after the response to this one, I might toss some ideas around!

 

Cheers

Alan

[TooOld]

WOW WOW WOW !! What a great collections and lots of great memories brought back , excellent work Alan and kudos to your wife for the great work on the display !  Definitely a museum piece if there ever was one .