Thanks, I use rattle cans for full coverage stuff but everything else including patina is done by hand.
-Steve
How much do you think someone, or one of yall would charge to build a 1/12 scale car model to match my full size car. I would be fine with it being box stock with matching color int and ext.
I wish the hobby was still reasonably affordable, with the cost of kits these days I don't see many parents buying their kids kits to learn how to build. It can be a lot of fun but getting good takes a lot of practice and at $25 a kit these days it's expensive to get that practice.
-Steve
Even Snap-fit kits have gotten stupid expensive in my opinion, you'd think that they'd go out of their way to at least make those cheap just to get the kids hooked.
Wish I had a closet stockpile like that, I have about a dozen although I tend to raid them for parts so most aren't complete. I do have a fairly extensive bin of spares that I have sorted into engine, wheels/tires, misc bits and body shells.
Paints and glue are pretty reasonable, I also use the black bottle Testors glue. Love it, works great, no mess and you can leave it untouched in the bin for a couple years at a time and it still works when you want to use it.
-Steve
I used to build about ten years ago. I have over 300 unbuilt kits...lol... I used to work at the local hobbytown usa part time. Never made any money, just signed the check over... When I was younger, I was friends with some of the best Drag Model builders in the Nation. Don Farhni and Dan Himmel. I met Mark Gustavson at the first and only Mile High Nationals car model contest in either 87 or 88. I plan on getting back into it soon. Airbrush is an awesome tool, buy one Steve!
Are you on the Modelcarsmag.com Forum? I can spend hours on that site looking at amazing pieces of work.
how do you do that by hand?!
Here's an M8 Greyhound that I did a ton of scratchbuilding and detailing on. Everything not in green is detail I added (like all the tiny bolt heads/rivets/brake lines). https://www.facebook.com/mark.fergel/media_set?set=a.10152005719949149.1073741841.719254148&type=3
Nice work, like a true IPMSer...lol... I was an active member back in 1986 thru 1994. Was part of the General Robert L Scott chapter in Warner Robins GA when the whole E-Board was located there. Very interesting perspective into the politics of the hobby. I started thinning my collection in the late 90's to only racing subject. I was on an E Bay/Model show spree selling off stuff left and right. I am very invested in tools and detailing supplies now for when I start back up again. My library is constantly growing thanks to the internet for some of the subjects I want to replicate. I will try to get some pics of my "primer" projects since most of my built models have not survived all the military moves I made. That is the main reason I cut back building. My main problem is i love to superdetail and get board as well...
For the others in the thread, have you guys read Scale Auto Enthusiast or Model Cars Mag?
For the others in the thread, have you guys read Scale Auto Enthusiast or Model Cars Mag?
Hahah. Yeah, I can be a rivet counter sometimes but I'm usually just critical of my own work. I don't even want to begin figuring out how much I've invested in tools, supplies, books, etc. I have something like 3 or 4 airbrushes, a couple of compressors, etc. The hobby can become addicting. When I moved from North Dakota to Virginia about 20 years ago the guys in IPMS were really the first group of friends I made here and when I started getting back into the hobby.
I've read both on and off over the years. Good magazines but if you are a long time reader with both the articles and techniques can get repetitive. Tamiya has a pretty good magazine as well but usually only covers one car in their general subject magazine. I think the US publications are having a tough time because so much is available on the internet now.
Hey Steve my desk could use an 07 s197 just saying lol but seriously great work man I especially love that 55
Very cool stuff. Built allot when I was a kid. Then went to Architecture school and built more models of buildings than I can count. I still enjoy putting together building models from scratch. I would probably also enjoy doing cars if I had the time. Hoping my sons are into model building when they get a little older.