KC Slammers' 2010 Model Car Nationals was the place to go to buy or show scale cars in Kansas City

If you're a fan of this column, you probably notice that the stories run from more auto racing and car show features in the summer, to model cars and automotive history in the winter. But this time, we have a summer article about a car model show, and some of them are race cars. This story has it all.

The event was the 2010 Heartland Model Car Nationals. Held at the Overland Park Convention Center, this event brought some of the brightest model builders in the Midwest together to compete for several hard-to-obtain class awards, as well as a huge number of model car vendors that sold everything from model parts to complete built and un-built models.

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