Hello and welcome.

Hello and welcome to my new blog, the Motorsports Modeler. This is my first ever blog so please bear with me as I struggle through this process. What I hope to accomplish here is to provide model car builders with reference material, inspiration, and maybe, just a little bit of entertainment along the way. I’m not going to tell you how to build models or give you the latest tips and techniques for working in scale plastic. You can find all of that stuff in my regular column entitled “Bench Racer” which appears in each issue of “Scale Auto” (http://www.scaleautomag.com/). Scale Auto is a fantastic resource for model car builders of all types. What you will find here is the backstory, the history behind a certain race car, reference photos of the subject, and just about anything else that I think will help you build better models. My own personal belief is that it’s impossible to build an effective, realistic model of anything unless you have a good working knowledge of the real thing. Hopefully that’s what you will find here.
Also, knowing the story behind a certain car just may inspire you to build a model of it. Was it driven by your favorite driver? Did it win the biggest races? Did your dad have one just like it? Whatever the motivation, if I can provide a spark that lights your creative fire, this blog will have served its purpose.
And I’m not only going to stick to race cars. Here the definition of “motorsports” will be intentionally loose. Basically if it’s a car that has some recreational use, it comes under the umbrella of motorsports. Street rods, customs, street machines, and muscle cars, will all be included eventually, along with the race cars. So be sure to bookmark this site and come back to see what’s new from time to time. I’m not going to stick to a set publishing schedule because I’m no good at deadlines and I probably would quickly fall behind anyway. I’ll be posting stuff up here as the spirit moves me or as I come across stuff that I feel might be useful, or to answer requests from you. So please, feel free to leave your comments and questions. If I can dig up something on a particular car or a certain race, I’ll be happy to do so. I hope you like it and I hope to hear from many of you.