drawingDrew

Yeah i don't think I'll bid on any 1:24/25 for more than $25 with out shipping. I don't see the point in spending more if i can just kit bash and make one for $10 plus I love a very wide variety of cars shouldn't be too hard to walk away (knock on wood)

My eyes have been opened wide just recently use to just be a fred meyer and small hobby shop buyer Finally finding cars that I've wanted to purchase in model form I've seen these cars anywhere from $10-15 catch is they are on ebay or amazon I keep hearing/ reading horror stories of only box art showing at the doorstep Really don't want just a box Can any one help point me towards a reliable seller? I'm trying to build a collection because I want to eventually cast cars for only myself and/or a few friends for when I'm bored and feeling creative

Welcome back to my road of "creative" model making We left off in a rough part of my life, but no worries things pick up. Around this time I was entering High School, so mentally I was more focused on girls, sports, and always having a great time with my friends. I never lost my passion for cars, and always went with friends to go ride quads and go four wheeling. I met a girl. I decided to become more artistic and start drawing for this girl. I always tried to draw cars and roses. cars for me and roses for her. Finally I graduated, went on a trip to Laguna Seca Raceway in cali. to work for the moto GP race. a few months later I got a job, and started saving for a car and motorcycle. My first car was a '87 BMW 325e (to this day I haven't purchased a bike) My dad finally got some lighter hours and we started going back to the local hobby shop We started getting into RC planes and cars, I couldn't help but notice all the model cars I finally made an effort to get back into modeling I have always stuck by muscle cars, but I wanted something new, something that said I finally have a job FERRARI ENZO!!! What did I get myself into. so many parts. Still never checked internet, and only a few glances at models in mags I just went full force into it I wasn't ready to get creative yet, all i had was paint, glue and scissors. decided to keep it simple and not get creative Around this time I started get more into video games, racing games of course. I was intrigued at all the customization in these games, so the ferrari sat in the closet and I got more in tune with cars got into the street racing scene on the side Life happened again lost the car and the girl lol my bmw was fine and so were the video games so we'll skip a few years I reconnected with an old friend Alex got more into the tuner/drift/rally scene all do to customization. Had plans to build up the bmw as a daily rally/drift car, drop a 5.0 mustang motor in. Life happenings forced me to give up the plans and be happy with what i had I ended up purchasing a rusty old 240z which i liked to call the rotty Dauty created plans to turn this into a drift car I would always convince Alex to go to the hobby shop with me,re-living the past and look at model cars, Alex being the good friend he is said he didn't posses the patience for models He proceeded to lure me into his shed, handing me a tool box and car. "Don't spend any money yet, here is a project for you" Well I guess that's enough for now. Hopefully will have the final piece on here by the weekend Thank you guys for reading

Thank you everyone, I feel very welcomed. I don't have original pics, but to give everyone an Idea of the models I was working on here are a few photos I found online Dads Shelby Thumper II Roadrunner, Cardboad hood Edsel Pacer

Hello World, my name is Drew. I have always had a major passion for cars, and sports in that order. Making model basketballs isn't that exciting when you have the real thing, plus its just an orange ball. Rediscovering my faith in model making I'm in my mid 20's, and have only started a few models in my life time Firebird "Thumper II" finished (lost) 68 Roadrunner unfinished (lost) Edsel pacer finished (lost) 68' shelby gt 500 unfinished (lost) Ferrari enzo unfinished (lost) 67' mustang gt fastback unfinished rough 88' Rx7 savanna FC unfinished rough I finished the firebird when i was about 11yrs old. As soon as I finished, my Dad decided to buy one of my choice. I picked the roadrunner. Halfway through the RR build, my dad brings out his unfinished, vintage, AMT 68' Shelby. I can still smell that old dusty cardboard box. "Son if you do a good job on your cars, I'll let you build this one for me." The next week, I find the Edsel laying on my bed. "SWEET!!, time for a new build" Having finished the Edsel in record time, I got bored. Hello Roadrunner, time to get creative. At that time, I never really seen a RR, just pictures of the front and rear, and thought I should make a wheelie bar for it just without the wheels, but i quickly became unsatisfied with it. So when I saw a the hood I immediately thought hood scoop, but this was before most people had internet. I just took my knife and dug in. Made a square hole and glued down some cardboard. I was so happy I didn't even paint it. I showed my Dad he said "Good, now finish the Shelby for me" He already had the motor together, interior painted, all I had to do was glue it all down and paint the body. I was so excited and nervous. I might as well have been the real thing. I paid attention to every little detail. I knew that car better than a surgeon knows his scalpel. Guess what happened next. The real world kicked into high gear and we had to move. We lost everything to storage, paints tools unopened models. Things got tough, Dad had to work more. Needless to say I became very discouraged, and that's when time started flying by. No I didn't feel worthless or anything, I just lacked the passion to build. This is part A please filp over to side B to continue listening Stay tuned should have part 2 up this week, thanks for reading