Hi Doc, have you ever considering using your knowledge about building models in a article? You know Cheryl Samuel's boy is now a teenager, and is taking over the job of the 'AMC Models' column for AMO. Have watched this youngster grow up and everyone, myself included, who has read your little tidbits here and there and building and painting models has been facinated by your skill and knowledge on all things small. How about sending in many of your comments, or writing a nice indepth article abot model building, like differences in paints, or sanding areas, or as you mentioned in a thread today, chroming for instance, simply send them to Cheryl. Maybe a photo of a finished product or paints you endorse perhaps for the magazine, I'm sure everyone who has ever wanted or tried to build a aMC model would like to read it! Jim Samuel is now the Manager for the AMO Model Car Contest, if you have ever been to a AMO National, you know the model car contest is JUST AS INTENSE as the regular car show! The classes are: Novice 12 years and under Modified Snap Together and Adult 13 years and older Stock Modified And there is a American Modeler Award for Adult Classes. See Page 13 of the Nov/Dec 2003 American Motoring magazine for photos and details! Cheryl Samuel's who is one of the Editors of AMO can be reached at sambo@xxxx Just a thought! But it is people like yourselv who have knowledge to share that makes the hobby what it is today, from small interchanges to large undertakings. Eddie Stakes' Planet Houston aMX www.planethoustonamx.om