Western New York NASCAR Builder introduction

[Scott J]

Hello,

My name is Scott, and I have a problem...….I can't stop building scale NASCAR Stock cars. Here is my story, I will try to keep it as brief as possible so I don't put everyone to sleep.

I started building models as a small kid, following in my Dads and my Grand-fathers footsteps. They build mostly boat models though. But for me, I built a little bit of everything. I remember building the Lunar Lander, I built some cars, I built some boats and I remember building a fairly large scale version of the Tyrrell 6 wheeler F1 car. Then in the early 1980s I got into NASCAR. And once I was hooked by NASCAR, I started building the scale versions. And I built A LOT of them. I was totally obsessed. I needed to build every car on the track and I wanted them done immediately. I wasn't too worried about quality, to me it was all about just getting it built and moving on to the next one as quickly as possible. In fact, I would even just buy 3 o4 4 kits at a time, build the chassis without even painting them and then just spray them all flat black after they were assembled, while I spent some time painting and decaling the bodies. All in all, I probably built 250 cars in about a 10 year period (I still own everyone one of them too).

Making a long story ridiculous, I ended up splitting up with my wife and moving out of my house and living in apartments for a few years. So while I was bouncing around apartments and re-establishing my self in a new relationship I didn't build anything for well over 10+ years.

Then about 10 years ago, my Dad bought me a 1/18 Ford Mustang GT kit for my birthday (The exact replica of the car I was driving at the time). At first, I thought "what the hell do I want a model kit for" so I let it sit for probably a good 6 months. But then one day, I decided to pick it up and started it. And guess what......I was hooked again! I then bounced around building only cars, but did some NASCAR, did a couple of Indy Cars, Built some street rods, a few Rat Rods, and even got on an Indy Pace Car kick for a while. but it was soon after that, that I realized my true passion was building Stock Cars. So around 3 or 4 years ago, I sold off any unbuild non-NASCAR kits, I had and now only focus on only building stock cars.

This time around though, I build decent quality kits. I don't have the ability to build "show quality" or "magazine worthy" finished products but I can build a "decent" final product. However, the main thing that I do to keep myself inspired and not worrying if a kit is not perfect, is that I tell myself, I build for my enjoyment and my satisfaction ONLY! If I am happy with the finished product, than I am fine with it. I don't build for anyone else's approval or up to anyone else's standards. The other thing I don't worry about is building an "exact" replica. I don't worry if my car is missing a contingency sticker, or if one small associate sponsor sticker is there or not. If its a decent looking representation of the main car, I am fine with it. Again NO ONE I personally know, that will see my cars, will know that Mark Martins 1998 car was supposed to have a small Gatoraide sticker behind the front wheel or not. Last year, thanks to a year of less-to-do and being home a bit more than normal, I finished exactly 20 stock cars.

I only build one kit at a time, but do have a list of cars on my to-do list. As I wind down to finishing one kit, l start researching photos of the car I plan to build next. Then go about searching the kit and decals.

So that's my story, more or less. Thank you for letting me join the site. I look forward to chatting with everyone about their builds and eventually showing off some of my work.                 

             

[PappyD340]

Welcome to the forum Scott!

[Captain Spaulding]

Welcome to the forum.

[slusher]

Welcome aboard Scott!  All of us are addicted to models so your in the right place...