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About Author: Peter Wilding
Posts by Peter Wilding
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![As we approach the end of the year and slip into holiday mode, I thought I’d take things easy and look back at some of the models I’ve built this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Cali5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: 2023 – A Retrospective")
CC In Scale: 2023 – A Retrospective
Posted on December 21, 2023 | 46 CommentsAs we approach the end of the year and slip into holiday mode, I thought I’d take things easy and look back at some of the models I’ve built this […] -
![One of the things I really enjoy about CC is that we look at cars as found. Curbside. Like the name says. That’s not to say we don’t enjoy car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DTT6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: They’re Not Always Shiny")
CC In Scale: They’re Not Always Shiny
Posted on December 14, 2023 | 42 CommentsOne of the things I really enjoy about CC is that we look at cars as found. Curbside. Like the name says. That’s not to say we don’t enjoy car […] -
![For today, let’s just imagine ourselves on a European tour sometime in the sixties. I’ll say the sixties or we’ll be here all day, as there’s a fair bit of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LittleFrenchCars.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Part 9 – A European Tour")
CC In Scale: Part 9 – A European Tour
Posted on November 30, 2023 | 31 CommentsFor today, let’s just imagine ourselves on a European tour sometime in the sixties. I’ll say the sixties or we’ll be here all day, as there’s a fair bit of […] -
![There have been so many American independents over the years, and a surprising number of their cars appeared in scale. I’ll keep the Brass & Classic Era for another […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/52Hud1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Part 8 – Independents Day")
CC In Scale: Part 8 – Independents Day
Posted on November 16, 2023 | 31 CommentsThere have been so many American independents over the years, and a surprising number of their cars appeared in scale. I’ll keep the Brass & Classic Era for another […] -
![As I alluded to in Joe Dennis’s recent Cutlass post, and following on from Eric’s comment, I enjoy building mainstream versions of ‘fancy’ cars. This is a long-standing thing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/83Cutlass6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Building Styles – Doing It Mainstream")
CC In Scale: Building Styles – Doing It Mainstream
Posted on November 2, 2023 | 64 CommentsAs I alluded to in Joe Dennis’s recent Cutlass post, and following on from Eric’s comment, I enjoy building mainstream versions of ‘fancy’ cars. This is a long-standing thing […] -
![I had thought this was going to be easy, until I started looking. As with the Sixties Chevy and the Mini Mopar Muscle articles, I found an abundance of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/58Edselpink3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Part 7 – Fifties Fords")
CC In Scale: Part 7 – Fifties Fords
Posted on October 19, 2023 | 26 CommentsI had thought this was going to be easy, until I started looking. As with the Sixties Chevy and the Mini Mopar Muscle articles, I found an abundance of […] -
![One memory that’s always stuck with me from my teenage years was getting a ride home one day with a friend who’d borrowed his dad’s car while he was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/62Val1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Part 6 – Mini Mopar Muscle")
CC In Scale: Part 6 – Mini Mopar Muscle
Posted on October 5, 2023 | 49 CommentsOne memory that’s always stuck with me from my teenage years was getting a ride home one day with a friend who’d borrowed his dad’s car while he was […] -
CC In Scale – Part 5: Japanese Cars Gallery – Taking a Look Around
Posted on September 21, 2023 | 47 CommentsYou may have been wondering what my house looks like with all these models. Here’s one display area. -
![One thing I have discovered in looking at car shows is the need to limit what I look at. Whether it’s new car shows, hot rod shows, car club […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/60Chevpublue5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Part 4 – Sixties Chevy Car Show")
CC In Scale: Part 4 – Sixties Chevy Car Show
Posted on September 7, 2023 | 39 CommentsOne thing I have discovered in looking at car shows is the need to limit what I look at. Whether it’s new car shows, hot rod shows, car club […] -
CC In Scale: Part 3 – Childhood Memories, A Gallery
Posted on August 24, 2023 | 66 CommentsI thought for today I might look at some cars I remember from my early days. Less talk, more photos. -
![Last time we finished up in the early seventies. I said “It was hard to imagine a world where cars this size were the norm. But the early-seventies styling […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/71Toyota-Crown.1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Part 2 – Turning Japanese")
CC In Scale: Part 2 – Turning Japanese
Posted on August 10, 2023 | 35 CommentsLast time we finished up in the early seventies. I said “It was hard to imagine a world where cars this size were the norm. But the early-seventies styling […] -
![Bowing to popular requests, I’m beginning a series of occasional posts on my models. I’ve been reading and commenting at CC for eight years, so no need for much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AlfaJuniorGTA5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Welcome To My Daydream! – Part 1")
CC In Scale: Welcome To My Daydream! – Part 1
Posted on July 27, 2023 | 77 CommentsBowing to popular requests, I’m beginning a series of occasional posts on my models. I’ve been reading and commenting at CC for eight years, so no need for much […]
