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Ol Blue in SAE

Discussion in 'The Hobby Lobby' started by Nicholas Sloop, Mar 30, 2023.

  1. Nicholas Sloop

    Nicholas Sloop '08 GS Nats BSA runner up

    I just remembered (maybe I'm dreaming...???) there was a model of Richard's "Ol' Blue" in Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine in the early 90's... (Commissioned by Richard.) Using the, then available, photo etch emblems to make a Monogram GSX into "just" a GS...
    No surprise, Google searches have failed. (I did find a site with SAE cover pictures, but I only found a convertible GSX.)
    While "outside club hours," I tried Richard, but got voice mail... (Not that he "knows me," but was worth a try...) Will try again in the am. (Hopefully he won't be busy selling TR parts LOL!)
     
    Nicholas Sloop, Mar 30, 2023
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  2. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    I spoke to Richard about it a few years ago. He said he didn’t commission it but he does own the model today.

    He says he lost his issue of SAE by loaning it to someone that never returned it. So I sent him a copy of a book that has a collection of articles from SAE and includes the SAE article about building the scale version of his car. I have a copy of it too and will dig it up and post scans of the pages if you want to see it.
     
    BUQUICK, Mar 30, 2023
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  3. 3shields

    3shields Let's go, MOUNTAINEERS!!!

    I probably have that magazine, as I have quite a collection of those. Let me look and see. May take some time.
     
    3shields, Mar 31, 2023
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  4. Nicholas Sloop

    Nicholas Sloop '08 GS Nats BSA runner up

    Thanks!!! I forgot about the book. I think I may have it... If I don't/can't find it, I may come back and ask for scans...
     
    Nicholas Sloop, Mar 31, 2023
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  5. 3shields

    3shields Let's go, MOUNTAINEERS!!!

    Issue 71. Resized_20230331_113455.jpeg Resized_20230331_113646.jpeg Resized_20230331_113623.jpeg Resized_20230331_113558.jpeg Resized_20230331_113533.jpeg
     
    3shields, Mar 31, 2023
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  6. 3shields

    3shields Let's go, MOUNTAINEERS!!!

    These two were built around that same time frame. Resized_20230331_114330.jpeg
     
    3shields, Mar 31, 2023
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  7. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    What yellow are you guys using for saturn yellow?
     
    CJay, Mar 31, 2023
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  8. 3shields

    3shields Let's go, MOUNTAINEERS!!!

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    3shields, Mar 31, 2023
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  9. 3shields

    3shields Let's go, MOUNTAINEERS!!!

    Found this article as well.... Resized_20230331_130639.jpeg Resized_20230331_130434.jpeg Resized_20230331_130500.jpeg Resized_20230331_130530.jpeg Resized_20230331_130552.jpeg Resized_20230331_130618.jpeg
     
    3shields, Mar 31, 2023
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  10. 3shields

    3shields Let's go, MOUNTAINEERS!!!

    The original artwork for the Photo Etched emblems were done by a friend of mine, with emblems I supplied to him. I still have several of those emblems left lying around, somewhere. He did those in 1/24 and 1/18 scale for me.
     
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  11. Nicholas Sloop

    Nicholas Sloop '08 GS Nats BSA runner up

    3shields
    Thanks for all your posts! The Gulfstream Blue/Platinum Mist car looks to be an incredible model! And heartbreaking! Models like this often “tell a story.” Perhaps you had one (I hope fictional…???) in mind behind this one?
     
    Nicholas Sloop, Apr 6, 2023
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  12. 3shields

    3shields Let's go, MOUNTAINEERS!!!

    Loosely based on this.... 70-2006-0706 025a.jpg
     
    3shields, Apr 6, 2023
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  13. Nicholas Sloop

    Nicholas Sloop '08 GS Nats BSA runner up

    The SAE article/book attribute the emblems to "MPB Detail Products." Googling yields a ScaleMates page suggesting an only "historical" existence for "MPB Detail Products." A link on that page sent me to The Model Car Garage, and I bought what seems to have been the last two examples of their "GSX detail set..." (The pic doesn't look as "impressive" as the pic of the MPB parts in SAE... I guess we'll see...)
     
    Nicholas Sloop, Apr 6, 2023
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  14. bill lagna

    bill lagna Well-Known Member

    Put headers on my Stage 2 GSX to match my X
    Got a friend to do the Maryland Tag " GSX "
    Bill

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    bill lagna, Apr 6, 2023
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  15. Nicholas Sloop

    Nicholas Sloop '08 GS Nats BSA runner up

    Cool! And you've actually got Stage 2 heads!
     
    Nicholas Sloop, Apr 7, 2023
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