Western New York NASCAR Builder introduction

[Scott J]

Hello,

My Name is Scott.  I live in a very small rural town in Genesee County, NY which is about half way between Buffalo and Rochester. I am Buffalo born and raised and consider it my home and LOVE Western New York. I am primarily a NASCAR builder now. I have been building all types of models since I was a little kid (I am 52 now). However, in the early 1980's I got into NASCAR "BIG TIME" and started focusing on just building stock cars. At that time, I build somewhere around 125-150 NASCAR stock cars, but then took about a 10 year break (not on purpose) to get married, raise a kid, get divorced, date, remarry and have another kid). I then got back into building models about 10 years ago when my dad bought me a Mustang model for Christmas. For a few years, I bounced around between building street cars, hot rods and mixed in a few NASCAR kits. But then I realized my true passion and enjoyment cane from building stock cars, so I returned to just building those. Right now, I build somewhere around 10-15 stock cars a year. 

I don't build show quality cars but feel I can build a "decent" looking car. The main thing I believe in with my builds is that I do not build for anyone else's approval. I build to the best of my ability and if I am happy with it, that's all that matters. I don't worry about building an exact car either. I don't worry if the car didn't have a Gatoraide sticker on it, but my build does. I don't worry that an associate sponsor sticker is missing here or there. I try to match the primary colors as close as possible but don't freak out if a color is one hue lighter or darker by a little bit. Again, if I am happy with it, that's all that matters. No one else is going to see it.

I have been "lurking" on the site for about a year but never registered. I am looking forward to being an active member and discussing modeling and maybe even posting some pics of my builds. However, I registered a few weeks ago and got the message that I would get an e-mail to complete my registration. I have been waiting for a few weeks now and never received one. Is there something I am doing wrong or someone that can help me out?  

Thank you and I look forward to some good modeling conversations.

Scott