Famous modellers

[Twokidsnosleep]

After hosting the Emmys, Jimmy Kimmel showed this pic of some famous guys at a model store in Burbank while interviewing a director Guillermo del Toro



JJ Abrams (from Star Trek), Steven Speilberg and Guillermo del Toro (the director for Pinocchino)
At 6:40 in the video they discuss the visit to a model shop and the story behind it


It is such a wonderful pastime to model and I am happy to hear a guy who has made my heros come to life on the silver screen makes models for a hobby. Personally I don't tell many outside the internet groups that I model as the backlash and nerd criticism is ridiculous, so I just avoid.

for example:
Kimmel continues to say "this is crazy".... Funny I guess you are supposed to be depressed and binge drinking while snorting coke all the time when you are a big ass celebrity.
He even asks Guillermo if he has to pay for the models himself...huh?

Thoughts?

[digger303]

Nice story.I'm going to show the wife...see famous people do this too....

[RangerNeil]

Interesting - nice to see the famous sharing our hobby.
(Who does Kimmel think pays for the kits?? )

[Twokidsnosleep]

I was super surprised by Spielberg modelling. He really is a kid at heart too

[cor]

After hosting the Emmys, Jimmy Kimmel showed this pic of some famous guys at a model store in Burbank while interviewing a director Guillermo del Toro

Im not surprised at the creative guys doing modelling. Many also do photography as a hobby, and other creative side projects. George Lucas had all those models built for star wars. I bet he was loving every minute of it. Im sure as a kid these guys were fuelling their imagination with model building.

Thanks for the story.

[Stokesy44]

I was super surprised by Spielberg modelling. He really is a kid at heart too

If you watch any of the 'making of' stuff from Raiders of the Lost Ark, he built a model of the entire Tannis desert camp so he could work out his shots.

I like Kimmel, perhaps he's just coming from the angle of how on earth do you find the time.

As for telling people I build models, I have no problem with that. Its not something I would tend to lead with but once I know someone and they say, how was your weekend, my reply is, great, thanks, I watched a load of sport and got some good bench time in on my hobby. Cue next question and most people show genuine interest. I'm also quite self-depreciating and am quite happy to embrace my tinge of nerdyness! I often refer to a perfect weekend as a 'Nerdgasm'.

If people see it as a way to have a pop at me then those people are worthless and their opinions mean sh*t to me anyway.

The hobby and the UK's gun laws mean the public are safer so its a win win for everyone

[Stokesy44]

Here's another one. Rod Stewart has completed his model railway after 26 years of work. Truly EPIC

[RangerNeil]

Here's another one. Rod Stewart has completed his model railway after 26 years of work. Truly EPIC

Not to forget Pete Waterman - also a railway modfller of note.

[DBMiller]

Wouldn't you just love to see Guillermo del Toro's horror builds?

[MarkMcG]

Adam Savage ex host of Mythbusters is a modeller, and has some good stuff on his YouTube channel.

James May, ex Top Gear.

Al Murray, Comedian.

There’s also a guy on YouTube who was an animator for Aardman (Wallace and Gromit) who posts stop motion videos of the kits appearing to build themselves. His latest is a Border Models Lanc.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Wouldn't you just love to see Guillermo del Toro's horror builds?

YES!!!!

[psmithmags]

Have just finished reading a book about one of the first female tour managers of rock/pop groups and she mentions that when managing Motorhead, she went to see Lemmy (Singer/Bassist) and he was sitting at his kitchen table building an airfix spitfire.