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Top Model Collectors

Model Man — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:24:05 +0000

So many people out there will actually call themselves model collectors, gurus or whatever you like but what actually makes one of these? Is it the amount of models that they actually own or the passion that they have for making, painting and enjoying the models when they are made. Why Not Take A Look.

Money

When it comes to the collection you have as a model collector it is very safe to say that this is important but I do not think that do be an ultimate model collector that you need masses amounts of models anyway, why do you need more than around 1 or 2 I do not understand. You do not need money to become a big model collector and I think at the moment it is the money side of things that is putting so many people off. When it comes to the Hornby trains it would seem a lot of people can simply not afford to build up the big ones.

Passion

To be an ultimate model collector it is more about the passion than anything else. If you have taken the time, hours, days, weeks even to build a single model then in my mind you are certainly worthy of an ultimate collector. It takes a lot of patience to build any model and a lot of skills to use some of them like the RC helicopters and other RC Models. painting the things in all of the right colours is a mammoth of a task in itself and this makes you a great model collector roo.

You need not to be worried by all of the people that have loads of models, it really does not matter at the end of the dya. You do not need loads of models to be a great model collector, not at all.

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An End To Scalextric?

Model Man — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:39:35 +0000

Hornby actually own this brand and if you did not know what Scalextric is then it is a form of the once popular slot car racing hobby and it was introduced back in the late 1950s, interesting stuff. Most of the Scalextric that people buy are actually 1:32 in scale but other scales have been on the market, the problem people find is that you cannot merge any two scales together.

A lot of people used to use the models, a lot more than the people today, it was such a great hobby to get into when it was popular. The problem with it nowadays is that there are just so many things out there that can compete with it very easily indeed. Video games and other things like this have really contributed to the downfall of things like this and it is a shame.

Not all hope is lost though as the company has pulled out all the stops in trying to attract the market back again my making a program available for free download that lets anyone design a track that they want to use which they can then order the parts for so they can build the track that they have designed. Lego has actually done something very similar to this.

Die Hard Fans

There are still many fans out there that buy all of the new releases when it comes to things like this and I personally feel that it is this that is keeping the hobby alive at the moment. People seem far more interested in RC helicopters than Scalextric sets which I feel is a great shame because they really are worth playing around with just to have a laugh.

If you have never used one of these model kits I would really recommend actually trying it out.

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What Is Custom Model Building?

Model Man — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:30:05 +0000

Lego Star Wars

There are a lot of people out there that like going to stores and picking out one of those model kits that they like and simply build it and stick it on their shelf but are there many people out there that have all kinds of parts and build them to their liking? Well of course there are and this is what is known as custom model building.

Where Does This Occur?

It would seem that most of this occurs in the film industry and this is because they need model kits for all kinds of things and the problem is you cannot simply go out to a store and buy the kind of thing that they are after. Could you imagine what movies would be like if they were simply limited to packs that you could get in stores, all of the Sci-Fi movies would look identical, certainly the older ones anyway!

Film companies will often have the opportunity to have access to all kinds of parts and pieces and it is these that they use to put together the massive models featured in movies. Helicopters are created with RC helicopters and the same goes for things like RC aircraft. On many old films you can really tell that the things they are using are models but with more recent technology it can be very hard to tell the difference between models, CGI and real life.

Of course on top of this you will see a lot of people that just build up various things for a bit of fun. The best examples of these actually come from Hornby train sets and things like this because people build up the sets to go around the track and some of these really do look fantastic.

There are people that collect much of same thing to build up a collection like the video at the top of the post!

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Does Owning Too Many Models Make You A Geek?

Model Man — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:14:20 +0000

So many people think that Sci-fi models like the Dr Who ones and models such as Star Wars and comic book ones are really geeky but is this true or something that is just ignorant?

The Models

If you take a closer look at some of the fantastic models out there you will see exactly why people buy them. When you look into some of the detail on these models there is no doubt that a lot of work has gone into it. From the RC cars that feature in the many Batman movies to the remote controlled helicopters that you see in films such as Avatar and Transformers.

The makers of these models really spare not cost when they are making the models themselves. They look at all of the initial plans for the vehicles from the creators and it will take close look at the drawings and the images from the films and then they will work hard to make the model the best it can be.

It is certainly true to say that models can be a bit geeky but this is only if you are filling up rooms full of them and you do not ever open them. If you like to have a couple of models from your favourite movies then I really cannot see a problem with this at all. Surely these people are often just jealous and simply call these people geeks because they have very rare and expensive models. How about something like a light up with sounds Back To The Future car, that is certainly awesome. 88 MILES PER HOUR MARTY!

So there you have it, are models like RC tanks really that geeky or is it only if the person has loads of them? Does it matter what people are thinking if you are a collector of the models, you most likely could have a lot of money if you sold them.

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