Post by Ben_B on Oct 23, 2018 14:27:10 GMT -8
Hi All,
I'm Ben from NC. Thanks to Joel W for pointing this forum out to me. Some of you might know me from my many years of posting on the Hyperscale, ARC,and Modeling Madness forums. I recognize a few names here from the other forums. I've been building 1/48 military and 1/144 civil airplanes for ~45 years. Since I'm not getting any younger, and planes have been boring me, lately, I decided to switch to race cars. I recently finished an AMT Lola T8800 and I'll finish a Fujimi Porsche 917 as soon as I receive some tire decals from Indycals. This has opened up a whole new world of modeling for me! I've discovered SpotModels, so my bank account has been screaming in pain, lately.
My racing interests center mostly around sportscar racing, especially the Weathertech series, but I've always liked Indy cars from the CART days, too. I live about 1.5 hrs from the Virginia International Raceway, so I regularly attend the HSR vintage races and IMSA races there. I've also been known to make the trek down to Road Atlanta for events, too.
I've just started doing some preliminary painting on a Platz BMW M6 GT3, and have a Fujimi McLaren MP4-C12 GT3 and 911 GT3R waiting in the wings. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that someone will release kits of the current Weathertech series cars, such as the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 and Ferrari 488 GTE. I'll post some pics of the 917 as soon as it's finished, and I'll try to remember to take some progress pics of the BMW as I go.
Cheers!
Ben
I'm Ben from NC. Thanks to Joel W for pointing this forum out to me. Some of you might know me from my many years of posting on the Hyperscale, ARC,and Modeling Madness forums. I recognize a few names here from the other forums. I've been building 1/48 military and 1/144 civil airplanes for ~45 years. Since I'm not getting any younger, and planes have been boring me, lately, I decided to switch to race cars. I recently finished an AMT Lola T8800 and I'll finish a Fujimi Porsche 917 as soon as I receive some tire decals from Indycals. This has opened up a whole new world of modeling for me! I've discovered SpotModels, so my bank account has been screaming in pain, lately.
My racing interests center mostly around sportscar racing, especially the Weathertech series, but I've always liked Indy cars from the CART days, too. I live about 1.5 hrs from the Virginia International Raceway, so I regularly attend the HSR vintage races and IMSA races there. I've also been known to make the trek down to Road Atlanta for events, too.
I've just started doing some preliminary painting on a Platz BMW M6 GT3, and have a Fujimi McLaren MP4-C12 GT3 and 911 GT3R waiting in the wings. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that someone will release kits of the current Weathertech series cars, such as the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 and Ferrari 488 GTE. I'll post some pics of the 917 as soon as it's finished, and I'll try to remember to take some progress pics of the BMW as I go.
Cheers!
Ben