Hi,
I'm Tom and I'm modeling since I was 8 years old (35 years by now).
I've been out of static modeling for some years because I was busy with real racecars for most of the time. I've never been driving but I started my 'career' as a mechanic on rallycross Porsche 959 BiTurbo, Rally Metro 6R4, then onto the circuit with Porsches (964 Cup, 993 Cup, 993 GT2, Evo, ...) and as a race engineer on a Dodge Viper in FIA GT.
After that, it was time to get to the highest level of motorsport. I worked for 4 years in F1 as an engineer. Children and F1 don't go together, so ... you have to make a choice. Familya came first!
So, after that, I had time again to start modeling. During these years, I improved my skills on turning and milling and specially in F1, prototyping and hand modeling.
Since I quit F1 in 2003, I started super detailing. I bought about 4 months ago a Sherline lathe and stunned with its quality, I ordered the 8 axis mill as well.