Yes, I am sure there were meetings, everyone had em. You guys are missing the big picture here, you are not thinking about how things were before your beloved internet came along and ruined the world as we know it. There were dozens if not hundreds of publications that everyone picked up, turned pages and read. Hot Rod, Car Craft, Motor Trend, Popular Hotrodding, Stock Car Racing, Open Wheel, National Speed Sport News just to name a few. These were the barometer of the automotive world and let you know what was hot and what was not. Anything hot in the print world back then we got in kit form, think about it. Show cars, Customs, Top Fuel, Funnys, Super Stockers, Stockers and who knows what else. There were also about ten times more modelers then and you could pick up a kit just about anywhere. Us boomers grew up in a car crazy world where every car company was trying to be the fastest, have the most horse power and the most cubic inches. We had toy cars, peddle cars, Tonka Cars and Trucks, Slot car tracks, and model cars of just about anything we wanted to build. We were car people. Today its Iphones, Ipads, computers, Digital this and digital that, Facebook, Instagram and all that other malarky. Times change and modeling is out, electronics is in. We will never see again what we once saw in the model world in the late 50's-60's and 70's and if you are old enough to REALLY remember, the 70's was not that great for model cars. Sure, we got some nascar kits in the 80's but you have to remember how big that was at the time and at first, the model company didnt have to PAY to use the names, cars, stickers and sponsors. OK, my rants over but if you want to stay blind and not see the big picture, thats ok too. I see the writing on the wall but at my age, I won't be building that much longer anyway and none of this will matter to me when I'm in a rest home or pushing up weeds.
