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Originally Posted by gionc
But I think I'm worst: sometime I love something in 1/24 and just ignore the 1/1 stuff.... are we talking of a kind of sickness?  |
You are not alone!
But man, sometimes I think back to how much I spent on minor upgrades to my 1:1 cars, and how it cost all the money I made at the time
. We can have an entire year's worth of hobbying fun for less than the price of a 1:1 cat-back exhaust and a CAI
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I like models because they are my fantasyland. For me, getting the details right usually involves imagining what it's like to be inside the car, and what it was like to experience it wherever it can (or could be) found. I'll have these cool (ok, nerdy) daydreams about zooming through Italian alleys in a Maserti Merak in the 1970s or cruising to the clubs in Munich in the latest AMG ride. There's a fantasy ride for every mood, and I want to somehow build all of them.
I agree with everyone who said that building models is a great escape, too. Even when I can't perfect anything else about my life, there's always plastic.
Plus it's creative, since even the "easiest" model usually presents a number of issues for you to conquer. The end result is always so far from where you started...it's fun to see something cohesive and complete emerge from that jumble of sprue trees.
Nick