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Old 22-02-2006, 02:17 PM   #1
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What hobbies is everyone into besides 1:1 cars, I myself like building 1/25 scale model cars , here's some pics for ya's!!!










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Old 22-02-2006, 02:34 PM   #2
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droooooool!

i love em!
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Old 22-02-2006, 02:35 PM   #3
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That's mad.

They look really good.
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Old 22-02-2006, 02:44 PM   #4
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Hey, they are awesome. Must try it for myself oneday.....
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Old 22-02-2006, 03:19 PM   #5
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Here's a few i have on the go for the magazine i write for. The first one is a 1/16th scale Cortina 80% scratch built. I hope you like them.



This one was the subject for a seires of articals on chopping the roof.



And this one is one i built for a customer a couple of years back.





And this last one i am building for Ted Krolo.


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Old 22-02-2006, 03:51 PM   #6
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My hobby has nothing to do with cars, yet is very time consuming. I collect retro toys and memorabilia. Collect / restore/ and sell vintage Atari 2600 Woodies, Transformers and Voltron Toys etc. Great fun......and i got a great collection.

Yeh.....still stuck in a time warp!
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Old 22-02-2006, 03:52 PM   #7
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The attention to detail on these is awesome! :eclipsee_
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Old 22-02-2006, 04:21 PM   #8
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I'm into nitro RC's

I've toyed with electric boats, 1/10th stadium trucks, then onto nitro 1/10 on road, then 1/8th off road, and now into 1/8th offroad monster trucks.
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Old 22-02-2006, 04:37 PM   #9
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Old 22-02-2006, 04:44 PM   #10
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I'm into nitro RC's

I've toyed with electric boats, 1/10th stadium trucks, then onto nitro 1/10 on road, then 1/8th off road, and now into 1/8th offroad monster trucks.
Love the savages guys.

Im into 1/10 electric offroad (2wd stadium truck). Been racing at a club here in SA for a few meets now - it's great fun. Looking to get into 1/8th nitro buggy racing but very exy :(
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Old 22-02-2006, 04:45 PM   #11
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I am also into R/C i have 2 Electric cars/ 2 Nitro Monster Trucks/ Nitro Touring Car/ 2 Electric Remote Control Planes/ 2 Remote control Helicoptors (Electric) next is a nitro Helicoptor but not till me xb coupe is finished.
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Old 22-02-2006, 04:48 PM   #12
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very nice, great stuff

just a question, me n my bro used to do alot of modles an stuff a while back, but iv been tryin to find something to do in the mean time so i think ill revisit this n give it a go again, can u get custom wheels from places like on the net or something, iv been lookin for a place but i cant seem to find anywhere?
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Old 22-02-2006, 04:51 PM   #13
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i was into australian parrots, and mutations till the olds split and i lost my avaries, that was a cool hobby, i will get back into it again sometime.

Also like a bit of motocross, sadly no bike atm.
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Old 22-02-2006, 04:56 PM   #14
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I love movies..currently own about 700 Dvds,I rate every movie.....I know,I know..my family tells me I am mad too
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Old 22-02-2006, 05:01 PM   #15
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I love movies..currently own about 700 Dvds,I rate every movie.....I know,I know..my family tells me I am mad too
Sanity will only be questioned if the movies are stored in alphabetical order...
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Old 22-02-2006, 05:13 PM   #16
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I am also into R/C i have 2 Electric cars/ 2 Nitro Monster Trucks/ Nitro Touring Car/ 2 Electric Remote Control Planes/ 2 Remote control Helicoptors (Electric) next is a nitro Helicoptor but not till me xb coupe is finished.

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Old 22-02-2006, 05:18 PM   #17
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John, anywhere I can get a copy of the roof chopping article? I need to get off my ИИИИ and finish mine.
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Old 22-02-2006, 05:27 PM   #18
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My hobby has nothing to do with cars, yet is very time consuming. I collect retro toys and memorabilia. Collect / restore/ and sell vintage Atari 2600 Woodies, Transformers and Voltron Toys etc. Great fun......and i got a great collection.
Yeh.....still stuck in a time warp!
Nothing wrong with collecting toys, i have a few bits n pieces but plan to expand the toy collection as i move on down the track. ( i only ever had a bag of marbles as a kid + 1 toy car i used to pull along with string, may be something to do with it )

Used to build models all the time but none left as i used to give them away to other kids who had little or no toys ( very true ).

LOL now i want big toys ( as we all do ) but will be over the years hoping to collect a few cars as well.
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Old 22-02-2006, 05:36 PM   #19
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John, anywhere I can get a copy of the roof chopping article? I need to get off my ИИИИ and finish mine.
Ill photo copy it for you Rob
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Old 22-02-2006, 05:39 PM   #20
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Oh yeah, my hobby is drinking rum, and being on AFF
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Old 22-02-2006, 05:43 PM   #21
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Sanity will only be questioned if the movies are stored in alphabetical order...
Worse still would be Chronological! But thats a pretty impressive collection of DVD's.

My wife has somewhere in the vicinity of 2,000 CD's.... A lot autographed, we needed to take out a seperate insurance policy on them, as the insurance company would only give us $5000 for them, And thats only $2.50 per CD, when most Cost $15+! We have been in the process of scanning, and databasing them for about 12 months... 10 of which we have our first baby, so thats been basically on hold for a while

As for other hobbies, I have PC's galore here, and a preetty good home network... soon to be improved once renovations are complete, I will have a room set up to handle LAN days, when required.

I was considering getting into RC cars (1/10th off road) But i havnt found any clubs to race at on the Northside of Brisbane... mind you, i havnt really looked that hard.
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Old 22-02-2006, 07:53 PM   #22
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Erm, well I play in a band, and music's a big thing for me. Love live music and theatre's. Just went to the arthouse today to see 25th anual putnams spelling bee.. Good laugh. Probably doing a sound tech course after this year.

I also am a wannabe luthier. I'm building my third bass this year.. Should be fun.
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Old 22-02-2006, 08:01 PM   #23
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Have been racing Karts for 13years now and will continue till im to old to get in one!! Its one hobby i truelly love doing...oh and hanging with the Gf :
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Old 22-02-2006, 08:05 PM   #24
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If it aint car related i'm eitehr usually with me mates at the pub/drinking somehwere or on the computer
So my life is work, come home on the computer and relax with a beam
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Old 22-02-2006, 08:06 PM   #25
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Play indoor basketball with a bunch of mates which is pretty fun. A good book is nice to, especially something like the da vinci codes.
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Old 22-02-2006, 08:14 PM   #26
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I collect 1/400 scale diecast planes all made of the real version, currently have 21 and it's becoming quite and obsession, Im also a fan of photography and plane spotting being to close to something with so much power and grace is awesome.
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Old 22-02-2006, 08:27 PM   #27
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Here is a link to my aircarft collection:http://www.wings900.com/modeldatabas...ew.php?id=3615
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Old 22-02-2006, 08:32 PM   #28
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Well at the moment, i dont have a hobby, but i want one, im thinking maybe building model cars, like was shown up earlier on, i normally have a fair bit of time on my hands, so its not time that matters, where do you buy like the parts, how do you build them? Prices? Can anyone help me with all these sorts of small questions please

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Old 22-02-2006, 08:40 PM   #29
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In addition to my cars, i have one of these little things, this is me last year trying to get it to work after being out of action for 5 years:



And i have 3 of these little buggers running around, im making them a fiberglass house atm.



I also create professional flash cartoons and websites.
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Old 22-02-2006, 08:43 PM   #30
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awesome

you guys doing 1/25 models, i'd love to get back into that, but i only used to build the standard revell/monogram kits

any pointers on where to look around for bits to increase the detail of them? Or to buy bits for customising them? yours all look sensational
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