Most Car
Shows Now have A Section for Models and Model Builders, so when We got
these Pictures from Ron Waddle, We thought some of our visitors would be
interested in his cool models.
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Ron Waddle was born in
1950 and raised in Dayton, Ohio. He transplanted to Nashville
in 1995. Ron is of the old school, when it comes to
street rods. He likes them all (new tech, custom, etc),
but he is partial to the nostalgia street rods.
In High School Ron drove a '55 Chevy. He has built and owned many hotrods through
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Ron, being a family man
now, doesn't have the time or money to put into his dream car. A 1932 Ford
(of course), but that doesn't mean he sits back and only dreams.
Ron has found a way to build his dream car in miniature.
He tried the 1/25 variety but the realism wasn't there for him.
He stumbled onto the first 1/8 scale kit (the black full fendered Roadster)
through his older brother about six years ago.... A vintage kit
still sealed in the original plastic.
Ron has become
seriously involved in this hobby, as it is something he can afford.
He found that the 1/8 scale car was nearly extinct at the time.
There have been very limited re-issues of the '32 ford roadsters in 1997,
but the molds have now been destroyed. There isn't much out there in
the market place, which leave Ron to get creative. He has learned to fabricate
and mold parts as his needs arose. Ron uses magazine articles (streetrodder, etc)
and full-scale cars to see how things are done in the real world.
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