Things to Waste my Time on

As mentioned previously, I was trying to overcome some sort of creative block, that origined from a severe case of analysis paralysis.  To stop piling up more and more WIPs and to get back to my roots in this hobby I decided to do a few quick and dirty projects.  The car is supposed to be part of a street race beginner team. This was a totally different approach. It's a wild Frankenstein kind of vehicle. No two parts of it came from the same source. The body is from a Matchbox roller, the chassis from a Hot Wheels dune buggy. Engine and roll cage came from the bits box. So did the grille, that probably belonged to a Maisto hot rod. The whole thing is put together rather crudely, without an interior of any kind, and some massive gaping holes. But I decided, I didn't care about that. I am actually quite fond of the hot rod shape I managed to get. And it was a blast to build. The difficult part will be finding a partner that fits in aesthetic and is an equally wild mix. I freehan...

I've learned a new expression. Analysis Paralysis - a feeling of being unable to make a decision due to overthinking the problem and considering too many options. It's characterized by excessive analysis, contemplation, and a fear of making a mistake, leading to a delay in making a decision or even a complete inability to move forward. Actually I know this concept too well. My pile of unfinished WIPs is constantly growing, so is the pile of project cars in my boxes.  Having so many options to spend my spare time on, having so many interetsts and hobbies doesn't help. Then, if I happen to decide working on my hobby, again there are so many options. And since I upgraded my game, using more expensive materials, the fear of ruining something has grown. I hate to waste time. The prospect of also wasting money is not helping. Another problem is the opposite of Dunning-Kruger-Effect. The better I get, the more techniques I learn, the higher my own expectations. It's become har...

Recently I started doing some basic beginners' teams again, consisting of a buggy and a car, each armed with a machine gun. The idea was to try out a few different looking designs, but keep the effort on a moderate level. Here is the second team: The Killing Joke Some time ago I had made this buggy . So I decided to give it a wing man. Unfortunately next to every possible other car the buggy looked huge in scale. So I decided to remake it in a smaller version. Had to slaughter a premium for that. The Buggy I used a 2024 Hot Wheels Meyers Manx. It's hard to turn such a jolly hippie car into a mean looking wasteland racer. Some chopping was done in the rear to make room for a gunner. I liked the wheels, so I kept them. The gun is from Implements of Carnage II, the other parts came from my bits boxes. The Car Hot Wheels '57 Plymouth Fury  I love the rust effects on this. Used Citadel Typhus Corrosion Technical paint The Wheels are salvaged from another Hot Wheels car. I lowere...

Recently I started doing some basic beginners' teams again, consisting of a buggy and a car, each armed with a machine gun. The idea was to try out a few different looking designs, but keep the effort on a moderate level. Here is the first team: Mediocre I think it's pretty obvious where the inspiration for those came from. The Buggy  I used a Matchbox Ford Model B Coupe as base. The car looks pretty neat as it is. Maybe one day I will try to do a more detailled Cranky Black.  Front Wheels: Hot Wheels, Rear Wheels: 3rd-party, Gun: cheap Chinese 1/72 Tank model The Car A Hot Wheels '59 Chevy Impala gave its life for this Sawed off the trunk cover, widened the wheel arches with a tremel Gun and oil barrel are from Implements of Carnage. Wheels are 3rd party More views of the whole bunch:

 A while ago I got a batch of nice fotos of some of my Gaslands cars as a birthday present. A lot of them are already pubkished on this blog. Here is some more Hot Wheels Custom Datsun 240z Hot Wheels '67 Oldsmobile 442 The second car I ever made for Gaslands. It's funny to look at my very first batch of models. I would do a lot of things differently now. The (Rigor Motor) engine that is just glued on top of the hood looks so weird, but I didn't have the time to cut a hole in the hood. Nor the patience. The rear tires are just wrong. The gun I kitbashed from so many tiny bits, for I didn't have any gun parts. But Iove how confident and efficient I was back then. Today I overthing everything. This i s why so m any projects are frozen in WIP status. I have some concept in mind and the get lost in the details. Scale, Color scheme, purpose, somehow realistic details like exhaust pipes and such. I can get lost for weeks deciding on wheels. I have so many now. Back then it wa...

  A while ago I got a batch of nice fotos of some of my Gaslands cars as a birthday present. A lot of them are already pubkished on this blog. Here is some more Matchbox 4*4 Chevy Van It carries a Hot Wheels Tanknator turret Actually the first car I converted for Gaslans ever Actually not a Chevy at all Hot Wheels 8 Crate is modelled after a Ford Ranch/Parklane Wagon

 And how this affects building miniatures for Gaslands. 1/64. That's a scale most people out there who like toy cars are familiar with. The most common brands for relatively cheap and nice to play with diecast toy cars may be Mattel's Hot Wheels and Matchbox. Recently Majorette and Maisto have joined the game. Majorette slightly upmarket, Maisto depending on product line. They have some super cheap cars in 1/64 and some more like Hot Wheels premium range. And they normaly are considered as 1/64 scale. 1/64ish probably, more or less... At least when growing up Hot Wheels and Matchbox for us were synonyms for 1/64. So what is a scale, what does 1/64 mean anyways? Scale ratio is a tool, which helps to make models or maps or projection of real things in a different size. It states how the size of the model is relative to size of the original. 1/64 simply means: 1 cm in my model represents 64 cm in my original. That means if a Hot Wheels model of a car is about 7 cm long, the origin...

  The grille is taken from a '32 Ford I think The gatling seen in this picture broke of in the process of making these shoots.