A Starter Into Modeling - My Models

Building models can be a great father son bonding experience. My first ever model was built with my dad and we built one each. It was a great way to spend an afternoon together and a great way to keep your kids away from all those electronic devices (which I never had as a kid). Even though my first ever model was a very basic one I still have it to this day. It is good to start basic and have someone there to assist you when you need it. I started with a basic plane which is one of my smallest models and it got me into the hobby. I have excelled from there getting better and better with each model. I have built everything from planes, motorbikes, cars, boats and helicopters, some bigger then others and some more expensive. There are plenty of models to choose from and one for every person, wether you like cars, motorbikes or military vehicles you will find the one for you. I just like building any model and have no specific type. I have built lots of cars and some of them are classic cars, from TV shows or just good looking cars. I have cars from TV shows like The Dukes of Hazzard and Smokey and the Bandit, and vehicles from movies Batman and Star Wars. These are some that take longer to build as I like to get them looking like they did in the shows.     This Ford F250 is a great example of a simple car and some small paint work. The front Ford logo required a steady hand, small paintbrush and a good magnifier. It was one of the hardest parts to paint but as you can see I got it looking almost perfect.      One of my biggest models was not the hardest or my favorite, but it was still fun to build. The most expensive models I have built would be about $1000 and is one of my best yet. It is an Aston Martin DB5 from James Bonds Goldfinger, it's one of those models that you get week by week from the newsagent. It was great to build something that i've only seen in movies and has plenty of gadgets attached. Just to name a few of the models I have built are a Fort F150 ute, Toyota Supra 1992, Batmobile, HMS Titanic, Millennium Falcon (from Star Wars), F18 hornet, Harley Davidson, just to name a few.                      I don't think I will ever stop building models until I run out of room.