Do you think it would be a good idea to bring the joy and challenge of Radio Controlled Cars and exhibits to kids in hospitals and special needs camps? So does Art Roper.  He has set up a non-profit organization to gather funding for such a project and has qualified with the Pepsi Refresh Project.  If he receives enough votes, he will receive funding for this project.

To learn more about this or for the link to vote for this project, (CLICK HERE).

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – This annual event organized by the Mainline Model Railroaders Fellowship, an umbrella group for the Edmonton region’s many train clubs, gives modellers a chance to show off their collections and learn new tricks about how to make and run tiny trains.  (Click Here) for more info.

Sometimes what you play with as a child will influence what you do when you grow up.  In this story Steve Magnante of Speed TV notes that he got interested in antique cars when his mother would give him and his brother Matchbox Cars.

“That quickly led to building plastic model car kits. I appreciated how model kits usually gave the builder options to make the kit into a custom a stock car or a drag racer,”
Steve Magnante said.

Steve will be appearing at the Hitchcock Free Academy, 2 Brookfield Road, Brimfield, MA 01010, Tel.  413-245-9977 to talk about his interests on October 1, 2011. (Click Here) for more info.

Fontana, CA – Nic Case will attempt to break his own world speed record, 161.76 mph, for a radio controlled car. To learn more follow this LINK.

A passion for scale models leads this hobbyist to create scale model boats.  Click here to read me.