K.C. SlammersThis page is always changing.  Check it out frequently!Enthusiasts of Automobiles in ScaleLinks1:1 Rides and Customs

ACCKC - Associated Car Clubs of Greater Kansas City - News about cars (real and scale), shows, and cruise nights in the KC area

American Rodder Magazine - If you like Hot Rods you’ll love this site!

American Bantam - Website about the American Austin and the American Bantam motorcars built prior to WWII in Pennsylvania

Automotive Links.com - Thousands of links on to other links and sites - unbelievable resource - Ya’ have to see this one to believe it!

Awful Awful Fuel Altereds - Drag Racers ! - Check it out!

Byron’s Gasser Madness - Real-car site all about Gassers

Cahier Archive, The - Formula One Photography

Car Crazy Central - Home website for the TV Show - lots to see here!

CarNut.com - An unbelievable site for thousands of 1:1 reference pics of almost anything on wheels

Cars of the Stars Museum - A museum in England with a focus on vehicles from film and television.

Cars in Barns - Dedicated to all those cars we see along the roads, behind or in barns, or wherever their owners left them!

Chopit Kustom - Customizer from Smyrna Beach, Florida

ClassicCar.com - If you like the classics - you’ll like this site!

Constructors Car Club, Inc. - A New Zealand Car Club dedicated to full-size kit cars and other owner-built vehicles.

Darryl Starbird’s National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame and Museum - The MAN with all the Bubble Tops and many other fine creations

DeadEndCruisers.com - Dedicated to vintage American iron (hot rods, customs, musclecars, etc.) - photos, videos, and other cool stuff

Formula 1 Art and Genius - Dedicated to Formula 1 racing - past and present

Garlits.com - The official website for “Big Daddy” Don Garlits

George Barris - One of the legends of the custom car world

Goodguys Rod and Custom Association - ‘nuff said right there!

Grand Prix History - Great Formula 1 Racing Site - History of the drivers, the races, and those beautiful cars

Hollywood Star Cars Museum - Located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee - Movie and TV Cars Collection

Hot Rod Memories - Classic hot rod movies, biker films, and drag racing videos and DVDs

Hotrodder.com - A special link to the Links Page of a great site dedicated to the cars we all love!  While you’re there, check out their other pages as well.

Hotrodders.com - Unbelievable site with around 27,000 pictures plus tons of other info, links, and pics about hot rods

Jay Leno’s Garage - Great videos of some very unusual cars and car care hints.  Be sure to have your sound on!

Jay Ohrberg’s Hollywood Cars - Great collection of cars featured in the movies and television

Kustom Kemps of America (KKOA) - America’s oldest running custom car and truck association

Museum of American Speed, The - The world’s largest collection of vintage to exotic racing engines and speed equipment

Norms News.com - The official website for Norm Grabowski

Old Woodies - For enthusiasts of wood-bodied cars and trucks

Roadsters.com - Site specializing in the classic roadster/hot rod

Spritz by Fritz - Home website of Fritz Schenck in New York State- Custom Car Designer (“The Roswell Rod”)

Tam’s Old Race Car Site - Info and pics of classic cars and races

Titus Brothers Kustoms - Creators of the VooDoo Spyder and the new Vampyre

White’s Pit Stop Racing - Source for car and bike specialty parts and, for the holidays, Christmas Greeting Cards with Racing and Rod Themes

 

Modeling Clubs, Organizations, and Misc. Websites

Andy’s Tee-Shirts - Car-themed t-shirts and apparel from a variety of artists

Automodelingdotcom - Excellent website all about modeling everything that rolls down the roads and highways.

Batmobile History - A history of a special car that has been around (various versions) in our lives since 1941.  Photos, model builds, data, etc.

Bonediggers’ Styrene Archaeology - Emagazine dedicated to modeling

Car Club Plaques - Pictures of genuine car club plaques from cities and towns throughout the U.S. from the last 65 years—scale ‘em down for your model!

CJ’s Scale Auto Modeling Corner - Excellent  site with great models and be sure to check out the LINKS page!

Dave’s Show Rod Rally - Great site for show rod kit info, pics of models, links, techniques and The Coffin Corner Forum

Dave Lindsay’s Car Culture FOTKI Album - One of those “Mother Lode” sites with tons of pics of real cars, scale model cars, car shows, old car advertising - pull up a soft chair for this one!

Design Factory - Professional and outstanding automotive art posters/prints (Company owned by a member of the KC Slammers)

Drastic Plastics (Internet Club) - One of the largest and best organized groups on the internet (Check out their Link’s page)

EdRoth.com - The Official Site of Ed “Big Daddy Roth

House O’ Speed Hot Rod Store - Patches, posters, artwork, t-shirts, decals, stickers, jewelry, books, magazines, shift knobs - all about cars!

Honest Charlie’s Place - Great SHOWROD Website (LOTS of “Oldies but Goodies”)

How to Airbrush.com - Great site for airbrushing skills - both basic and advanced!

International Model Car Builder’s Museum, The - Located in Sandy, Utah

International Plastic Modelers’ Society (I.P.M.S.) - The organization that “glues” us all together

IPMS/GTR Auto Modelers - A Chicago club dedicated to Grand Touring and racing modeling.

John Detrich - Just Plain Weird Illustrations! - Crazy hot rod and Rat Fink-style artwork

Kustom Kemps in Miniature - Our Modeling Buddies up in Davenport, Iowa

Mark Gustavson’s Custom Clinic - The home website for one of THE most influential custom model builders in the U.S.

Model Car List.com - Website with lots of info - organized by one of our own KC Slammers - also an excellent Yahoo Group

Model Cars Magazine - Focus on automotive modeling subjects - magazine (9 issues annually) and a great website with lots of info

Monoped’s Models - Private website by Brian Fowler—some really nice, clean builds

Mooneyes.com - Car and Motorcycle accessories “1:1”, shirts, and Rat Fink Goodies

Mr. Gasser.com - Big Daddy Roth Show Car information

Prison City Modelers’ Club - Our model-building friends in Leavenworth, Kansas

Rat Fink.org - Moldy Marvin’s website dedicated to Big Daddy Roth and Kustom Kulture

Rat Fink Apparel.com - Great Ed Roth and Rat Fink shirts and other clothing

Ray’s Car Culture - Automotive books, memorabilia, shirts,  Rat Fink, etc. (Cheyenne, WY)

Rik Hoving’s FOTKI Photo Albums - A great collection of pics of real cars and models by Rik Hoving from Amsterdam, Holland

RPM (Racing Plastic Models) - Modeling club located in Minnesota with emphasis on motor racing and automotive

Scale Auto Magazine - Focus on automotive modeling subjects - magazine (6 issues annually), internet discussion forum and more

Scale Autosport - Auto references, model references, kits, tools, supplies.  Heavy emphasis on motorsport racing!

Scale Model Index.com - Tony Matteliano’s unbelievable website providing links to 3,549 scale model related websites

Scale Wagon Aficionado - Dedicated to1/24 and 1/25 scale Station Wagon model kits

Show Me State Modelers—West Central IPMS - Our fellow IPMS group here in the KC area

Stuff-O-Rama - All kinds of Kustom Kulture stuff for sale including hot rod goodies, Rat Fink, VonDutch, shirts, books, etc.

SoCal Car Culture - News about cars (real and scale model), shows, and cruise nights in Southern California

Tom Daniel - Official Tom Daniel Website

TruckModeler.com - Site dedicated to building and collecting scale model trucks (plastic, resin, scratch-built)

Model Kits and After-Market Suppliers

Altered States Models - Nostalgia drag race parts in resin (1/25 and some 1/24 scale).  Also some great 1/16 scale drag items!

Arrowhead Aluminum Accessories - High quality after-market parts and accessories

Automotive Scale Models and Kits - A “searchable” clearinghouse of sorts for scale models offered at on-line auction sources like eBay

Bandit Resins - Resin parts, bodies, etc.

Clarence Young Autohobby - Specializing in dealer promotional models!  21 years in the business / 10 years on the internet

Coast Airbrush - Airbrushes and supplies - paints (all brands), equipments, flakes, pinstriping, books, videos, etc.

Dean’s Hobby Stop - Over 10,000 kits in stock

Discount Plastic Models - 5,300 plastic kits of all types, 1,500 diecasts - save 20-75%

Drag City Casting - Resin kits, parts, accessories for ‘60’s era drag racing fans

eBay - Love ‘em or hate ‘em, one of the best sources for kits and supplies (new issues and hard-to-find) in the secondary market

F1 Specialties - F1 Race Car kits, supplies, and related items

Fred’s Model World - Obsolete model kits.  Unique source for hard-to-find kits and items.

Harry’s Hobbies and Collectibles - Why don’t WE have this store in KC?  Call them or email them to check for kits—new and vintage!

Galaxie Limited - High quality resins of cars, trailers, and dragsters

Gasoline Alley Antiques - Expensive, but a source for older kits!

Grand Prix Models - British Company with over 18,000 items in stock—emphasis is on racing and Grand Prix cars

Hawk Models - America’s Oldest Model Company

House of Kolor - Custom paints - metalflakes, pearls, clears, candies, chameleons, etc. - for the modeler or the 1:1 customizer

Island Collectibles.net - specialty kits (emphasis on racing) and aftermarket accessories and supplies

Jimmy Flintstone Studios - Resin models

Kustom Rides - Specialty paints and decals for the modeler and 1:1 customizers

License Plates Plus - Current license plate graphics for all 50 states, 12 Canadian provinces, and bonus images

Lindberg Models - Main website

Marsh Models - British Company specializing in 1/43 scale models of Can-Am cars

MegaHobby - Kits and supplies

Micro-Mark - Small tool specialists - supplies for model building

Missing Link - Quality white resin parts, kits, and transkits of rare and hard-to-find 1/25th subjects

Modelhaus - Resin-cast automotive restoration parts in 1/25 scale

Model Car Garage - Hand-machined aluminum and photo-etched parts and many other after-market items for 1/24 and 1/25 scale

Model Car Hub.com - The eMagazine for model cars

Model Car World Automotive Finishes - Paints/finishes designed for models to duplicate factory and special colors. Also resins!

Model Empire - Model Kits and Diecasts

Model Express - Plastic Models (Cars, trucks, NASCAR, drag racing, much more!)

Model Roundup - Over 20,000 kits in stock

Parts Box, The - Fantastic resin castings of parts and kits.  They’re in Australia but their shipping is reasonable!

Perry’s Resin - Resin-cast kits, conversions, and accessories

Phoenix Model Company - Has over 12,000 hobby related items including, plastic kits, wood kits, metal kits, diecasts, R/C, supplies, etc.

Police Car Models - Police cars from 1/18 to 1/87th Scale—diecast, kits, decals, accessories

ProTech Model Products - Resin and photo-etch after-market parts for 1/24 and 1/25 scale

R & D Unique - Model detail parts, diorama accessories, transkits, and conversion kits

Revell-Monogram - Main website

Rocketfin Hobbies - Kits, Links, References, Photos - A wealth of modeling information!

Scale Dreams - Excellent source for VERY high quality scale auto building and detailing supplies.

Scale Equipment Ltd. - Resin car parts and wheels - fantastic source for diorama accessories, people, and tools in scale

Scale Lows - Kits, parts, supplies to build your own low-rider in scale!

Southern Motorsport Hobbies - Models and after-market parts (lots of racing goodies)

Star Models - Outstanding resin bodies and kits - Omaha, Nebraska

Straightlinemodeler.org - Excellent site for information and tips about modeling all types of straightline race cars and dragsters

Tamiya America - Main website

TCP Global - Airbrushes, pinstriping, books, videos, supplies, and HOK Paints and others for 1:1 cars and smaller

Testors - Main Website

Thunder Valley F1 - 1/12th Scale Formula One kits and parts

Weber Plastic Models - Finishing supplies, books, kits, and slot cars.  Run by one of our own Slammer members!

 

Retailers without websites

George’s Hobby House - Kits and building supplies

             1411B West 23rd Street, Lawrence, KS  (785) 843-5087

Hobby Haven

             10560 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS  (913) 381-3111

Hobby Town

             6265 N. Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO  64118  (816) 459-9590

Hobby Town

             9270 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS   (913) 649-7979

Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland - TOP quality resin kits, engines, and parts

             317 Roosevelt Avenue S.W., Glen Burnie, Maryland, 21061, (410) 768-3648 (call Norm Veber for a catalog)