| When it comes to hobbyists, some folks may never | | | | judging for prizes, like best custom, best restoration, |
| be quite as fanatical as automobile enthusiast. Cars | | | | best paint, best detailing, and the list goes on. This |
| are such a deeply valued aspect of modern culture | | | | would be a great and fun way to take the cars out on |
| that entire genres of community have grown up | | | | the road, from town to town. Best of all, you can do it |
| around them. One such group are those collecting | | | | in less space than a full sized sedan would take up! |
| model scale cars. | | | | Thinking about sharing tips and pointers, you could |
| These cars are exactly what they sound like, scaled | | | | design an e-zine or a nice little mailer with these items |
| won versions of their real world counterparts. The | | | | in it. If it became popular enough you could sell |
| sizes do vary, but the craftsmanship in this little | | | | subscriptions. Every body likes a little bit of help now |
| wonders is astounding in many cases. They have | | | | and then, and a newsletter is always welcome news |
| doors that open and close, working lights, beeping | | | | to a hobbyist. You can also use them for advertising |
| horns, and even engines that can run! It is no wonder | | | | collectibles for sale and trade, and for promoting the |
| they are so fascinating to some. | | | | latest shows and club meetings. |
| If you, or someone you love, are into this hobby, what | | | | A very nice thing to do with your collection is to create |
| are some ways to expand it to even higher levels of | | | | a nice way to display them. Quality display cases, with |
| enjoyment? The fist idea is to share the hobby with | | | | glass fronts and interior lights and such, can be a |
| others. Perhaps you can take up digital photography | | | | beautiful addition to any home. If you are handy with |
| as a means to posting your treasures online for all to | | | | building as well as with your cars, you could build and |
| see. You could stage all kinds of interesting scenes, | | | | sell them to others at the shows, in the paper, and so |
| road races and the like, and post them on you web | | | | forth. Every labor of love could use a good display |
| site or blog for your fans. | | | | station. |
| Creating clubs for like minded individuals is always fun | | | | All of these ideas can overlap and help support each |
| to do. Run some simple ads in the appropriate | | | | other. With the tools available today, you can be a |
| newspapers and simply set up a time to sit around | | | | veritable one person show when collecting model |
| and talk shop! You can work on the cars together, | | | | scale cars. Get together with you car buddies, show |
| give each other pointers and tips, and basically just | | | | off and share, get some good work done, enjoy the |
| show off your great collections. | | | | special camaraderie that occurs between kindred |
| Speaking of showing off, how about shows for | | | | spirits, and display proudly what you enjoy most. |
| enthusiasts? Like regular car shows, you can have | | | | |