Collection: Salvinos Jr Models

Salvinos J R Models is a manufacturer of model race car kits from the glory days of Stock Car Racing, designed in Texas and produced in Southern California.

Salvinos J R Models is a couple of old friends. Their mutual friend David Berger introduced them in 1989 when Rick was starting a sports figurine company and needed a sculptor. At the time Jim was in the beginnings of a 35 year career sculpting licensed Disney, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks toy and collectible prototypes for many manufacturing and marketing companies – you have probably stepped on some his work in the dark if you had kids in the 90s. After creating dozens of figurines together, their businesses went different directions, Rick’s to bean filled sports bears, and Jim’s deeper into the toy industry. Though they weren’t working together on any projects, they stayed friends

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