{"id":5208,"date":"2026-02-12T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:07:04","slug":"amalgam-model-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/amalgam-model-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Amalgam Model Aging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m not a model guy really. Tiny cars, tiny tools, tiny little paint brushes&#8230; I appreciate the craft, but don&#8217;t have much interest in the final product. And this probably isn\u2019t even in our lane since the video barely gets into the nuts and bolts of how the thing is built. But the early 911R? That car has lived in my bloodstream for years. I once built a clone and promptly balled it up like a reckless animal with more enthusiasm than talent. So yeah\u2026 I\u2019ve got a soft spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there\u2019s Type 7. Those maniacs don\u2019t just make videos&#8230; they build atmosphere. Mood. The production quality is so damn good it feels irresponsible to scroll past it like some dopamine drunk civilian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe I\u2019m projecting. Maybe it\u2019s nostalgia mixed with a little self-inflicted trauma. But give it a watch. There\u2019s something lurking in there. It grabbed me by the collar and wouldn\u2019t let go. It might do the same to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_37456\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GjrCfRtlHSg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not a model guy really. Tiny cars, tiny tools, tiny little paint brushes&#8230; I appreciate the craft, but don&#8217;t have much interest in the final product. And this probably isn\u2019t even in our lane since the video barely gets into the nuts and bolts of how the thing is built. But the early 911R? &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/amalgam-model-aging\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5211,"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions\/5211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garagejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}