Since I was rummaging through my “stash,” I came across some of my plastic scale model kits. These are miniature representation of full-sized subjects. Subjects such as aircraft, military vehicles, cars, personalities or ships. These subjects in miniature are small enough to be placed on a shelf or a display cabinet, and details on these can rival the full-sized ones. Now, why would someone want to collect such things??? Well, as kids we, I for one, were fascinated with fast cars, fighter jets and tanks. At some point, most of us wanted to be behind the wheel of a sports car, flying an airplane or commanding a tank battalion. As reality set in while growing up, only a few chosen ones would be able to fulfill their childhood dreams. For me, since I took a different path but with the same fascination for such mechanical marvels, owning a miniature of the real thing was good enough for me.

For example, when I was into the VW scene in the early 1990s, I collected parts for my VW Beetle. Any item with a VW logo on it, I would find a good reason to get it. But in the mid 1990’s, I sold my VW but I still had a lot of VW related stuff. I shifted to collecting toys, brochures, books and scale models. Like collecting die-cast cars, you collect subjects that you find interesting or more to your liking. I had a lot of Brekina cars that depicted the rare VWs. These were made of plastic and for their size had really good detail. But with the urge to tinker around with something, collecting die-cast cars wasn’t enough. So with plastic scale models, one main difference was you had to build it to make it look like the real thing. You had to make sure that the detail for the specific year model car you were trying to recreate was correct - the color, the stance… it was just like working on the real thing.

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