Name; "Scarz" VanEtten

Age; 42

Local; Plano, Illinois

Occupation; Currently I'm cooking at Caseys General Store... ha ha

Favorite Discovery Channel Show; 1.American Choppers, 2.MythBusters, 3.Dirty Jobs

Inspiration; A chance that I might get one of my weird creations, shown on TV.

Summery;

I'm always out in the garage, fabricating crazy toys.
Most recently;

1. I made a Chopper,. out of a 27" Schwinn touring bicycle, which was inspired by "American Choppers".
I call it the "OCC Bike", (Orange Colored Chopper)

http://home.comcast.net/~scarzvanetten/I3010005-crop.JPG

2. You've heard of a "Pocket Bike"(mini motorcycles), well I've made a "Watch Pocket Bike" which stands about 12" from the ground.

http://home.comcast.net/~scarzvanetten/I3010009-crop.JPG

3. Moterized a "PowerWheels" with a bunch of lawn mower parts. 3hp, 6speeds..

http://home.comcast.net/~scarzvanetten/I3010006-crop.JPG

and numerous other motorized contraptions... several go-karts, hovercraft.
Most of this stuff I've built, I got the parts from old scrap. 

My father, (who passed away 2yrs ago) taught me how to weld and fabricate,
so thats how I relate to American Choppers, cause we used to argue too,
but it never got as bad as Paul Sr & Jr's fights.

  I've made several "Stop Motion" type videos, incorporating "G.I.Joes".
From, Space epidodes (like star trek),
to Blowing up model cars, with G.I.Joe dudes, doing the comentary.

I've done 3D modeling, for "RCToys" a company in Canada, that makes RC helocopters, ans planes.
so that their customers can practise flying their models on their computer, before going out and flying their real ones..

View My webpage of the 3d flying models;
http://home.comcast.net/~scarzvanetten/fms.htm

View RCTOYS.com website, displaying my models for download;
http://www.rctoys.com/rc-toys-and-parts/DF-FMSSIM/RC-PARTS-DRAGANFLYER-TRAINING.html