Hey everyone,
I started out years and years and years ago getting Testors Paint and doing stripe jobs on various 1/64s. Back when I was building 3 and 4 Funnelled Steamers. Ive built almost as many 2, 3, and 4 Funnelled Steamers as I can find (the rest really dont exist cheap enough to be done for enjoyment.) Architecture College came along... and I got the hair brained idea to build my stuff from Balsa / Bass wood (while everyone else used internet found kits with foamcore, while Im cutting and sawing 1/32 scale Architecturally interesting houses together.) 10yrs go buy and I actually finished the base for the Houses out of pure foam AND found a place in my home to put the damn things.
Which somehow led me sideways into making wooden balsa / basswood models of cars. I started out getting 1/64 knockoffs of toys at Walmart and turning them into whatever I want. A Flatbed / rollback, 2 trailers / transporters. Then Mini-me took his Green 1/24 Challenger and decided it no longer needed tires. I sent my wooden built Flatbed to go get it. I then went on a building binge. I made a PLINTHE for it, remounted the tires. Turned the body it into a Convertible / Superbird / Widebody (1' thick) with an accurate 426 with headers (hood and trunk open, with exposed wires from the WING). I built a motor for the model (it had none), starting with block, fan, transmission, engine, shifter, pedals, interior, wheel, seats, snakes / exhaust rear diff all out of bass / balsawood. Took 6-8mo, with just my 3000 Dremel. Used to be, I just measured, cut and glued it all together. Now I got "clamps", ties, tweezers, glues and all sorts of ways to attach things.
Then I built a 50Ton "Rotator" / Semi Wrecker out of a walmart 1/64 Truck / semi Sleeper Cab. Had front and rear outriggers, full extendable boom, hooks, full rotation, Took about 8mo. Then I broke it. It went in for an issue with the outrigger (Figured I redesign them, led to the whole thing being re-engineered. Still Under Construction.)
Since I have a = 1 Mini-me, I am reminded that Ive never been told I needed a 15bay service facility to take in and fix all of the issues and things. But I do the damn best I can.
As far as collecting...
Im at the point where... I just collect what I like. I didnt plan on a 32 Deusenberg in colors of Blue, or a 48 Chevy Fleetmaster inm 1/18 or to have 1/64s, 1/18s, 1/32s and 1/24s... but thats how it is.
I'm from the Phila / DE area.