I absolutely fell in love with how intense these people are on their hobbies! It is really amazing the love and care that these rpf-ers put into their crafting. While I am by no means as intense, nor would my marriage survive it, it made me realize that I want something tangible. I love sci-fi and engineering, and there are so many "things" out there that I would love to have one of for myself.
As a VERY necessary first step, I decided to build a model kit for the first time ever. I think maybe a did a snap-together model of an airplane when I was ten, but I remember clearly just putting the main pieces together and thinking "good enough". Anyway, I went to Michael's (a hobby place up here in Canada), and looked over their selection. I had found a 40% off coupon in the mail so... "price was no option"! I was really disappointed. I wanted something unique, and all they had were planes, cars, and military models. I'm not big on any of these (sci-fi remember). While I love Star Trek, they only had the TOS Enterprise, and I've always been a TNG guy. Then, at the back of the shelf (it was a deep shelf), I found the Ecto-1! PERFECT!
I love Ghostbusters, always have. While the second movie was also great, it was the first that made me a fan of the Ecto-1. Long story short, I bought it, bought some paint, and my next post will be my Ecto-1 build!
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