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>>>>> Revised 12/12/04

For those of you who have been wondering what I've been doing
instead of working on the website, here's the scoop:

I've been concerned for quite a while that the printed slot car material
from the 60's is going to disappear, either in the trash, or by crumbling to dust.
Some of my older magazines and catalogs are quite fragile,
and are not going to last another 40 years for sure.

So I've been scanning magazines to CD, not only to save them for posterity,
but to make them available to people who don't have access to them now.

I've come a long way from my first efforts, in terms of the amount of time
I have to spend to scan and save a magazine into a user friendly format.
But even with the improvements, it still takes a lot of time,
so all of this isn't going to happen overnight.

Nevertheless, I have made some progress. Here's what's complete as of the moment:

NEW >>>>> Car Model Vol 1&2

Model Car & Track Vol 1&2
Model Car & Track Vol 3
Model Car & Track Vol 4&5
Model Car & Racing (60's version, NOT the current magazine!)

NEW >>>>> Model Roads & Racing + Miniature Auto World (from England)

Miniature Auto (also from England)
Auto World Catalogs (1961, 1962, 1963, 1966&1/2)
Magazine Cover Gallery (Like on the web site, but higher resolution), with a bonus Library CD with instruction sheets.

Most of the above CD's are available from www.professormotor.com.
The easiest way to find them is to go to Prof Motor's site, and do a search on VSRN.

This set isn't quite complete yet, but we are working on it....:

"Model Maker & Model Cars" (from England)

If you need any of these in a hurry, please contact me directly
and we'll work out the details of how you can get a CD.
Typically, what is done is to have you order one of the CD's
listed on the Prof Motor site and then add a note
detailing what it is you want, and email me the note also.

These are in the works, but not yet complete:

The rest of Car Model
3 View Plans CD
Model Cars (England)

On The "To-Do" List:

"Special" Issues of US Magazines: (Annuals, Car Model Tech Journal, etc)
Model Car Science
Lots more Instruction Sheets for the Library CD
More AutoWorld Catalogs
Scalextric Catalogs
Model Maker (UK)

By the way, this is NOT a huge money making proposition!
I've spent countless (although my wife would probably be
glad to tell you exactly how many) hours, and a lot of money
on eBay and at shows buying magazines to try to complete various collections.
And frankly, to date, not that many people have been interested...

Last, but certainly not least, there are a number of people
who have helped me tremendously, in terms of offering the
loan of magazines from their collections, and in some cases,
actually scanning the material for me.

At the risk of forgetting someone, I'll try to list everyone here:

Don Siegal
Ben Jones
Russell Sheldon
Mike Sells
Mike Thomson
Dave Dembeck
Alan Upritchard

Thanks Guys!!!!!

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