Legendary Model Car Builder Shows Us His Collection

Hang out with us for an afternoon at Rick Hanmore's. Rick shares six decades in the model car hobby, as an award winning builder, a collector, a mentor and a hobby historian. He has been a contributor for car and model magazines such as Scale Auto Enthusiast and Street Rodder. He participated in the MPC contests, has attended nearly all the NNL Nationals events and other major NNL, GSL and contest events including as a judge. He is well known by model car hobbyists worldwide. You can see more of his contributions to the hobby in other Model Car Muse videos.Kits, resin, promos, models, and the stories that go with them.
Recorded two weeks after the NNL Nationals #40 in Toledo, Ohio, October 2019.

Music: 'Free Music & Free Beer' by Alex © 2012 CC BY3.0.
'Subscribe' clip by Imotivation, from Pixabay, CC0 1.0
Image: Cars at Dover Drag Strip, by Rick Hanmore, used with permission
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[andresperez]

I worked with Rick @ Auto Sunroof of Larchmont in New Rochelle, NY 96-97 prior to joining US Army. He gave me a parts model kit (69 Chevelle Amt light brown). Always a nice guy. What a coincidence browsing through YT to see him.

[bartorlans]

Just when I think I have too many kits, my old buddy Rick comes along and shows me that I don't. Thanks dude.

[TheArcticGiantWalks]

Scale model builders are some of the most humble people 🎉they just zone out in their own world and create art before their own eyes

[__-vbht]

Love the sign painted store window display! That's the coolest thing out of everything here

[mikeschumacher]

The man has Novus on the shelf and an 8 Track at the ready. Good man.

[JohnnyButtons]

Model kits were so popular in the ‘60s through ‘80s ❤

[kiethpederson]

A lot of people don’t realize how comfortable and at home we feel in our hobby rooms

[reconmodelsvaughn]

I live in toledo I'm a full-time model builder I mostly work on ww2 aircraft and armor and big truck 18 wheelers .I can't believe I never seen a model show in toledo Ohio. I just started watching your videos good job keep up the great work are you on Facebook

[MLFranklin]

Love those cars. He has an eye for great design.

[MileyonDisney]

8:38 - I see the '29 Ford/Ala Kart model kit, which was my first kit, probably around 1967(?). I mostly remember building the Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth cars. My dad built [full-size] custom cars. After his stroke, he turned to customizing model cars. When he died, his house was FULL of them.

[marcelmallory]

Started building models in the early '70s. I got out of it when I left home and went into the Army. No idea what happened to all of the cars that I built, think my folks chucked them when they turned my room into a den! Lol.... Really enjoyed building them, put me into a calm place and satisfied my slight OCD. My daughter recently bought for me a Ford Bronco model kit to build to match my 72 Bronco. Will have to get on it. We'll see how it goes!

[MoparMan]

Boy does this bring back good memories, thanks for posting. From about 6 to 16 years old, I was building & customizing my model cars (99% drag racing vehicles, along with a few specialty cars like The Red Baron, The Beer Hauler, etc). I chopped roofs, made a topless Camaro and Vette...when that was a craze in the mid 60's, experimented with all types of metal flake paints & custom paint jobs, and asked Mom for red & black thread (for sparkplug wires). I was also into building model rockets at the time...and spent nearly all my time & allowance at the hobby shop in West Covina (San Gabriel Valley, in the greater LA area). I used the parts trees to fashion a crude Christmas tree...and made a timing tower from cardboard, that replicated the one at Pomona (as my Dad got comp tickets each year, to the WinterNationals). I would set these out on the long benchseat my grandfather built for me, below my bedroom windows, and hold drag races between my dragsters and funny cars (yes, complete with sounds...🤣🤣🤣). Having been bitten hard, by the drag racing bug since my first race attended (Irwindale Raceway, 1964), I've been drag racing 1:1 scale cars, since being licensed to drive in 74'.

[i.m.]

I'm always fascinated by people that are very passioned / obsessed with one thing that really makes them happy.
I dont know why but in such moments I feel also a lot of happiness, its contagious!

[dalemettee]

Doug, an update. The compressor is done. Adding a reserve tank was a little more complicated than I thought but it is done. Now hooking up the airbrush hose confounded me. The threaded end would not match the output fitting on the compressor. Come to find out, the compressor threaded tube is 1/8" NPT. The air brush hose is 1/8" metric. No wonder I had a problem. The adapter is ordered. Now, back to adding LED lighting to the spray booth. You guys are the best.

[funken]

Amazing collection with the history to go with it. Thanks

[tedecker]

My mid engined 64 corvette won the local contest then won honorable mention in the Revell national contest in 65. I still have a clipping from Car Model magazine with my picture and a picture of the car.

[reptileguy]

Sooo much respect for this guy. It takes ALOT of creativity to build these models the way he does. People don't understand that. Building plastic car models is relaxing. To me it is anyway.

[slimbites]

Sir your collection is amazing and if I lived in the US I'd would want to visit for sure.

[kwootamuckbear]

The price for the same plastic model has gone through the roof since the good-ole days of modeling in the 60/70s. However; I’m still in the hobby. Thanks for the tour 🚗 ☮️

[mightylonesome]

That was like a trip back in time and Rick was such a gracious, humble guide. I loved it when he said "I took second place, there were only three models in that category, I was so proud". What a nice guy.