Why do you build?

[jgmodelcars]

I think this was already a thread before but I couldn't find it (if it does exist can a mod change the title to: "Why do you build? (2)", but I figured that there are quite a few new people here so heres the big question::

Why do you build?


I build because I can't afford most of the cars I build (though i suppose if i stopped building I'd have some extra money and maybe i could). I like being creative and trying something different with my kits. I also feel I can express myself through some of my builds.

[modelman]

my cousin got me into building a little over a year ago, so i figured that id try it out, as i had tried in the past and never succeded... so i figured i would try onece more, and from then on i was addicted! i also build because i dont have many freinds, so i just spend most of my day in the basement... lol

[rx7king]

thats basically the same reason i build, i would like to have a model of all of my favorite kinds of cars, eespecially the ones ill never own (or probably see)

[Ferrari TR]

I've been building on and off for 35 years...!
I guess it's a car thing, a creative outlet.
I started up again, a couple of years ago, in a "use it or loose it" mode.
It was a decision to build some of my un-built kits or sell them.

[supermod04]

I build becuase it is a hobby to do when i am bord. If i have nothing to do go work on a car. i also build becuase i have no real car, i am only 15 so hey. but i like to build when i am board

[Renegade]

First of all I love cars. Mostly Japanese Permormance and America Muscle. And again the only way to get them is to buy them ... as models of course
Than I enjoy painting detailed models. It's like giving the car a birth. And it's my hobby in which I enjoy.
Like in F'n'F: "... there's something with engines/cars that calms me down ..."

[mn80228]

I build for most of the above reasons, but also to escape from my real car.

I have this project car I bought a while ago that is taking up a lot of my time.
Some days when the weather is bad, I just sit inside and work in plastic instead of turning wrenches and busting up my knuckles.

So instead I shave plastic with a knife and glue my fingers together.

(plus the fumes are great!!!)

[malsheem]

Simple reason. To get away from the everyday hassles, aggrevations, and stress of real life. I find peace in it. Yes, even when I spill glue on a painted body or when the pin vise clears the plastic and begins drilling skin.

[mike@af]

Why do I build?

I build because of finnacial reasons, but Im sure with all the money I have spent on Models I could by a decent car. I like to get things quickly, so models are the thing.

I love design/fabricating bodywork on real cars, and I feel if I want to test something out for looks, I can work on a $20 dollar car and not a $20,000 car.

My modeling is an expression of how I think...(i.e. My Hot Rod project is complicated, and so am I )

[lotus_man]

Because I can... which sounds odd, but it's one of the few things I'm genuinelly good at and I enjoy. If people can derive pleasure from looking at what I create so much the better. But basically I build for me. It's the same reason I'll sell any model I build, but I won't take commissions. Each of my models is a personal experience, and they are unique to me. Building to request would take away from that.

[BlueHand]

To build up a nice collection of cars which I will never own in real life. It's a relaxing get away, easy to pick up, but very addictive. And with AF, it is even more interesting, to see different outcomes of a kit.. I took up the hobby a long time ago, but then left it because of studies, I have recently picked it up again and getting more out of it by reading within the forum.

[willimo]

I was thinking about this very thing the other night. I really don't know why I build. I mean sure, I know all the benefits, the pride, the relaxation, the challenge. There are other aspects of my life that I could boil down to those benefits, though. Racing, working out, writing, my vocation even. But building gets the most of my energies, and I don't know why.

It defines me, that's for certain. It's one of my most dominant defining traits, probably because it can draw on all the smaller traits I carry that form my personality. It's almost the culmination of my skills, talents, interests, and sense. Building models draws on aspects, often constructive, of myself that are otherwise ambiguously defined, and shapes them into something very definable and soild, though still completely unmarketable in the end.

Ok sorry.

i bild modelles becuz i plaied with legoes when i waz littl lolz and i gess it stuk wit me all thes yeers

[StephenDeli]

There are many reasons I build models. One, there is no better feeling in the world than completing an amazing model that you love.It is truly a great feeling. Two, modeling can be safe haven from all of lifes everyday stresses and problems. As frustrating as models can be, they really help releive stress. Third, I LOVE CARS. Cars are my passion and always have been. I love cars and all of their forms (not crazy for Japanese imports but theyre cool). Lastly models are great gifts. Its fun to give some1 an exact replica of their own car

[cyclone1410]

Similar to what has already been said, I began building again (after a 20 odd year hiatus) on a suggestion from my doctor as a method for stress relief. I took her advice and started doing it again a couple of years ago and am now thoroughly hooked. If something or someone at work causes me to become stressed, just five minutes thinking about my next/current project is enough to clear my mind and then allow me to clearly focus on the issues that are causing the stress in the first place. It really is the best therapy. Other people achieve a similar result with gardening, stamp or coin collecting, or watching trains. I guess for me its building scale model replicas of vehicles that I would like to own.

[customminatures]

Originally Posted by jgmodelcars

I think this was already a thread before but I couldn't find it (if it does exist can a mod change the title to: "Why do you build? (2)", but I figured that there are quite a few new people here so heres the big question::

Why do you build?


I build because I can't afford most of the cars I build (though i suppose if i stopped building I'd have some extra money and maybe i could). I like being creative and trying something different with my kits. I also feel I can express myself through some of my builds.

exactly what i say whenever someone says i waste time & money!