extraordinary car model creator will neely

i can still recall the magic of assembling car modles when i was a kid. the models i made were fairly stock and were usually what we would call "classic" cars like dueenbergs or bentleys. my brother was more inclined towards the chuck barris type models with their hot rod styling and show car features.

more recently i have graduated to the die cast models and favour the exotics and the "one-offs".

model designer and builder will neely takes that whole world one big step further!


will neely straddles all those worlds with his creations which are decidely "classic" but are also "exotic one-offs" in their own right. the fact that he creates each one from nothing, elevates him above my own experience of model building. will's interest and skill stems from his childhood and eventually through his working life. if you want more detail then read this.

for me, i am happy to simply admire the extraordinary skill and craftsmanship that has gone into projects such as this, his most recent effort - completed in early 2008. it is a car very much like they built in the early days of hot rodding, when machines were simply stripped down to make them as light as possible and souped up engines were shoe-horned into place. then they would take them to the nearest dry lake or the longest stretch of straight road to see how fast they could go.