Those following the new car scene at Switzerland’s Geneva Motor Show have surely seen the bold and controversial new Saab PhoeniX concept, created by Jason Castriota’s design team (see: “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” HS&EC #63, November 2010) to signal the new design direction of Sweden’s freshly independent automaker. One of the hallmarks of this concept is its […]

Aesthetically, Joe Wilhelm‘s Mark Mist GT is a tough car to swallow. Indeed, the modifications made to this 1936 Ford coupe may cause gastronomic distress for some of you out there. However, as an artifact of a bygone age (which, really, is what all collector cars eventually become, correct?) – specifically the wild show car […]

The model-building hobby has lost another of its forefathers. Robert Reder, co-creator of Monogram Models, has died. He was 93. Starting in 1935, Reder was a designer and draftsman at Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. in Chicago. During World War II, he worked with the Navy to develop a national program for building identification […]