Builder Spotlight: Raees Amien

After some thinking and wondering, I have came to the conclusion that I have not done a "Spotlight" on Raees. Sure I have featured many of his wonderful builds and have even done a small intro about him, but I have yet to do an actual "Spotlight", well here it is.

Raees hails all the way from Cape Town, South Africa, that is almost 10,000 miles away from Cali, where I live. He has been at the mercy of styrene since the tender age of 8 and has built some great looking models since. He also likes taking long walks by the beach and listening to jazz....ummm nah not really, but he sure loves to put in time on all his builds. Some taking a couple of weeks, with long hours to others that have been on stand by for years. We all have that one or several builds that take more time than usual. So what if OCD kicks in, we'll get back to it. Eventually...

The SPC forum, some emails and the occasional Facebook comments are the ways we communicate to share one of the passions that we have in common and that is model car building. His style of building is one that catches my attention in many ways. From digi-carbon fiber camo pattern on the Amuse R35 Skyline or nicely detailed SR20 under the hood of his silver beauty 510 to the slammed trio of VW golfs, the details are eye catching. The attention to detail in each of his builds are amazing. Plenty of time goes into them to get them that way and the patience he has is something that many need to have in order to build any type of model. It's the key to the door of the this hobby, well time and money is another key factor that come into play, but thats another story..haha.

He has been building models not only for himself, but for others as well. I have featured the finished ones on here and he has more to come in near future. Just recently he finished a VW beetle that was featured on the cover of Speed and Sound Magazine out of South Africa. Not only did he build a scale replica of that beetle on there, but there is an article about Raees himself and his builds in that issue. His builds have caught plenty of attention from many and I can see him getting more in the future. The man has skills for what he does. I have seen plenty come into the hobby only to leave it behind, I can say that Raees is here to stay. now if we can only get ourselfs to finish those unfinished WIP's...

Heres some quick info:
Full Name: Raees Amien
Age: 23
Time Building: Been modeling for 14 years
What Got Him Here?: I started with small aeroplanes
Firts Time?: First modification was cutting a Ferrari testorossa and a plane to make a dragster.
Goals: Now I mainly focus on cars 1/24 scale and 1/12
Favourite build/s: Datsun SSS and KPGC10/Hakosuka

Here are just a few of his builds.

Not only does he have skills in building models, but he also has skills in taking some great looking photos.



All pics were taken by Raees Amien.

Well I hope you have enjoyed this, thanks for stopping by.
Happy Motoring.

"AMUSE"ing aint it......

If your in the tuner scene, then the name AMUSE will sound familiar to you. If not, well then hit that search button. not only a big thing in real life, but also in the scale world. thanks to the guys over at Jet Models for making a replica of the life size AMUSE kit for the R35 Nissan Skyline. we in the scaled world can replicate one of the top super cars of Japan.

Here is a great example of what can be done with this kit. Raees, aka DADAMAN took this kit and built an R35 that could be found in the pages of Banzai magazine or similar. this was a comissioned build for www.team-hobby.com  a supplier of several aftermarket kits, including this one, Raees built it as if it were his own. he painted it in white, used carbon fiber decals in a modern day digital camoflage pattern. although AMUSE uses the stock wheels, Jet Model includes a different set of wheels. which Raess took upon himself to add a bit of lip to, giving them an aggressive staggered look. I personally think it looks as tough as nails, but don't take my word for it. here are some pics to prove it.

Raess says:
"This was a commisioned build for Team hobby. its taken a while but its finally done.
tamiya gtr
white and black colour combo
2 grades of carbon for the pattern
Jet model Amuse transkit
rims customized
tuner model lugs nuts and air valves
aftermarket decals"

pictures are sole property of Raess Amein.