by Cosmic Bilby » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:58 pm
Hey Guys,
....Should be "safe" in this part of the forum from my ever present "fan club".... :P
Thank you for the kind words guys, we really appreciate it :)
Its a really weird situation, my wife isn't interested in running the slot cars and only minimally interested in "cars" in general, but she is a very "artsy/craftsy" type of woman.
When I started buying painting gear a few months back my wife Chrissy started to take an interest in the model car scene. End result she is doing pretty well for a beginner and learning as she goes. Its good for me, because I suck at painting/detailing, always have, I don't have the knack or the patience for it.
My thing is setting up a model, working out the gearing, tuning, all of that, I really enjoy that side of the hobby, always have, would be quite content to just build cars really, I like watching them go round the track as well, its my bit of escapism....
The drag cars have been great for me, I am part of a pretty reasonably sized club in my hometown, the people at club are great, its a pretty social affair and they are car nuts like me. Its just really good fun.
I have struggled in the chassis building side of things, soldering chassis is new to me, it is a bit of an art form in itself and the bike accident I had a few months back has left me with the two bottom fingers on each hand permanently numb, so fine motor skill stuff can be a bit "challenging" at times :)
David, I've had a fair bit of time lately on my hands getting back on track after the accident, I get time to tune and build the drag cars this way. Chrissy does her painting and detailing on weekends and in the evening watching TV, I'm pretty much the same with the tuning/building side of things.
My interest in it is a passion for US cars that I've had since I can remember, my "lotto win" car would be something from Detroit, not Europe, and drag racing is something I've been around since I was a youngster.
We have a couple of projects on the go at the moment, a 1958 "Christine" Plymouth Fury Pro-Mod drag car, which will be built specifically for Nomad Raceway Pro-Mod (revised) rules.
The other project we started last night is a 1983 Toyota Corolla GT 1600 four door, its going to run in Nomad Sportsman class. Its going to be our first Japanese based model, should look ok from what we saw last night!!!
Thanks for taking an interest guys, I am enjoying this side of the hobby at the moment, its different and fun, plus there are a heck of a lot of people interested in it from many walks of life, new blood for our hobby :)
