I'm 37, from VA. I work in I.T. for Walmart Logistics, been there for 10 years. Recently opened my own art/hobby business at appalachianhandcraft.com doing all sorts of art related work. We also have an Instagram page and a Facebook page, go check them out and give some thumbs up if you like what you see.
I've been building scale model cars and trucks for about 30 years. I was an avid drag racer for about 10 years from the early 90s through the early 2000s. I raced a 1967 Chevy C10 swb fleet, a 1972 Chevelle Malibu (which I still have), and a couple minitrucks. My favorite mini was a 1991 Nissan Hardbody which was known locally for being the Honda killer back when imports where just getting a foothold, it smoked all the locals.
I've been into hot rods and classic cars all my life and cut my teeth as a child at the drag strip with several family members racing and an uncle whom raced dirt track. The world of slot cars is totally new and foreign to me though, so I'm very excited to be traveling this new path. It just seemed like the natural next step to put my love of model building and drag racing together.
I have a 4yo son, and 10yo & 11yo daughters who are also very excited to get into this hobby with me. We've been playing around with RC scalers and crawlers for a few years, but have lost interest due to lack of places nearby to run them. We have a local Speedway for slot cars about 10 minutes from the house called "Staunton Miniature Speedway & Hobbies" that have been extremely helpful in getting our little team off the ground and moving.
I do custom paint, illustration and graphic design, airbrush, hand tooled leather, and woodcraft also. I'm hoping to make a few custom pit boxes soon and have a few custom painted slot hardbodies done up for sale soon as well, so keep an eye out for those.
Okay, enough of the boring intro stuff, lets get on with the car stuff. Basically I couldn't make up my mind on where to start, so I just picked up a bare bones Parma Edge chassis to start with. I took it home the first night and blasted around the old interwebs trying to learn as much as possible.
I dug through some of my unbuilt models and came out with a 1966 VW Beetle body. It seemed to fit the Edge chassis nicely, so I decided on that. Next day I went back to the local track and picked up some Pro-Track "Daytona" .500 rears and matching fronts. I also snatched up a Pro Slot PS-2003 S16D motor.
Went back last night and grabbed a shoe with braids, some axles, a styrene interior, an Extreme Slot brass knuckles glue board, a Pardee & Sons drag controller (local to me as well), and a few other little odds and ends.
I still need to go back for some spacers for the front axle and a couple other small bits. It's slowly taking shape and will hopefully be ready to rock in a week or two. Here are a couple pics to keep you hanging until I get her done. Still need to come up with a name. Which one do you guys like the best?
1 - Battle Beetle
2 - War Wagen
3 - Stink Bug
4 - Kraut Kart
5 - ???
Chassis is getting there slowly
Body mockup teaser
The tiny driver is not too happy about the lack of paint.
Battle Beetle painted Iridescent Green would be pretty cool 
You're gonna have to build each of the kids their own car you know 
