When is competition good, and when is it bad? Competition is great when you need to push yourself to do or be better. At the same time, too much competition can lead to arguments or fights that have the potential of damaging or ruining your relationships. Take a game of chess for example, even though I lose every match I still play against my friend to push myself to be better and eventually win a match. Competition is also what keeps products quality high and prices low.

In my life, competition can be seen in the games I play and the hobbies I have. One hobby of mine, is building model kits. The picture above (left), is the last one that I have completely built, but I have another three to build still. This hobby of mine has grown a long way from how I first started. I started with a Camaro (2002) that had only the body and head lights. Now I am building near full detail models (like the two above), meaning that I paint all the small details that the factory includes for you.

I am not yet at the point where I use really small wire to replicate things like fuel line and wires, or do crazy good and complex paint patterns, but I have a paint scheme that I want to try. I do not enter any type of contest for models, but I want to achieve that scale of detail and quality that competitors have mastered.