This is a blog about scale model building, and it may even be entertaining for the readers at times. I'm insanely detail oriented (obsessive-compulsive?) and I've built 1:72 and 1:144 airplanes throughout my early years. After a 15-year hiatus from modeling, I'm getting back into the hobby.
This time I'll be building cars. I plan to document all my builds here. And who knows, maybe this will also inspire someone else to go that extra step to make a scale model as lifelike as possible. Hard to explain my attraction to this hobby. Maybe it's the chance to re-create something amazing - something that makes you think of the real thing every time you look at it - but without the size and cost of the life-sized object.
You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.
-Odysseas Elytis (Nobel Prize 1979)
I can attest to that. For example, I didn't think much about 1958 Ford Thunderbirds, until I wanted to know what color to paint the engine block. Even after a week of research it was hard to get a straight answer.. so I kept studying and searching... Old car manuals and Ford Ads from the 50's, car restoration forums, etc. I guess part of the fun of scale modeling comes from learning more about what you're trying to recreate. These little 1:24 scale objects can be a great experience to build, and each of them bring you on a very exciting trip through history. So.. Let's go!
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