The second annual MCCC model contest is history. Pre-assembled & pre-painted die-cast cars were banished this year, in order to fully exploit the virtues of our members modeling skills. The net result was an eight car count in the contest. Considering that many of us had not constructed a scale model since we started shaving, and the time required to do one right is considerable, we did pretty well with participation. We had a Chevy class and a non-Chevy class, with a 1st & and a 2nd place award in each class. The club members voted for their favorites to determine the winners in each catagory.

Among the Chevys, Ron Pardue took home top honors with his reproduction of Hayden Proffit's 1963 409 Impala super stock drag car. Ron exhibted the car in a scratch built dragstrip diorama. Very cool indeed. Our president, Jack Mabry was next in the Chevy class with his tourqouise & white 1956 Bel Air hardtop. Jack expertly masked off the body on the mini 56 and sprayed the two-tone factory style paint as well as highlighting all the Bel Air trim with silver paint. A first rate job.

Among the non-Chevys, a guy who calls himself Louis Kimery snuck in and snagged the gold with a 1929 Ford Model A "rat rod" pick-up truck. The truck's red oxide primer paint, wide whitewall tires, and red "solid" wheels, were all pretty much in keeping with the latest trend among the full scale street rod guys. The antethesis of the mega bucks cars seen for years now, a "rat rod" is a throwback to the way they used to build them. The silver medal was secured by none other than Ron Pardue (another trophy winner!) with his 1940 Ford "gasser". A drag car with a yesteryear theme, Ron's 40 was period perfect with a maroon paint job, a straight axle, & fenderwell headers. A proper "kit bash" the model featured parts from various sources. It looked ready for action with "Big John" Mazmanian, or "Stone Woods & Cook" anytime. Adding to the mystic of this entry was the fact that this model was actually constructed by Ron & his brother 43 years ago! A true testimony to how we spent our younger years before a driver's license was in our wallet.

The ladies also got into the spirit of competition with an equivelant number of "baked goods". The competition for "best goodie" was too fierce for the hungry judges to reach a reasonable decision without an unwanted delay in serving the entries to the club, so someone made the sensible decision to declare them all first place winners (with appropriate prizes) and put a fork in it... so to speak. The club then proceeded to eat everything in sight and then went back for seconds. Everything was truly great, but that apple thing made me swoon. Maybe we should do this every month?

LK