I want to get into car modelling

There aren't many plastic kits of interesting cars in a larger scale. Most is 1/24th sxcale

The limited series large scale resin kits, which have a lot of detail, are rather expensive, and you need some modelling skills to put them together properly.

 

I found myslef in your spot about a year ago.... go to a hobby shop and find a kit, any size, 1:20 or 1:24 is small yes, but inexpensive. Select a kit which they have multiple copies of. Any kit that interests you. I did a C5R kit by Revell, I think 1:25. I hadnt touched a model kit since I was 12. Buy model glue, and each color that is listed on the box (the little vials are like $1 apiece.) Buy a can of Flat Black and Gloss Black spray paint, the cheaper the better, at WalMart or the like. These are the 2 colors you will use the most. Also but an xacto knife and a roll of small modeling masking tape, and a 10 pack of cheap small paintbrushes.

Go to work. Think 5 steps ahead when paining, so you know where and when to mask.

Why pick a kit they have multiple copies of? Because WHEN (not if) you fudge up the 1st kit, you can go buy the second kit, and the total youve spent on supplies and kits is still less than $50-$60.

You will have double the decals, because they are indeed tricky, and double the parts. Even if you didn't ruin the parts from the first kit, you'll have muscle memory and knowledge of how the paint will flow onto the second set of parts.

I promise that between trying to build the first kit by itself, then fixing or replacing the parts of the model with pieces you did a better job on, you'll end up with a finished model you'll be proud of.

Then you'll say to yourself, "That was hard, and took alot of time. I should be doing something more productive." j/k, but I haven't done any models since.

But I am proud of how it turned out, because I used the mistakes I made doing it the first time to make a kickarse model the second time, of good enough quality that it sits next to all my diecast and no one ever notices it didn't come out of the box looking that good.