I’m never the artistic guy, though I have to say that I do know how to draw, at least some very cool stickman style. But what we have here is more than just splatting oil paints on some thick papers. Here’s a young lad that sculpt a piece of wood block into a car model.

Top Gear Philippines magazine is featuring a story on Franco Cagayat, an artistic 21-year-old sculptor who specializes in carving detailed vehicle models from a single block of wood. The thing is complete with doors that open and close, full interiors and complete engine bays, something that we’ve never seen before. This is more authentic than your die cast. Cagayat says he got started by drawing every vehicle he saw and eventually learned to translate that talent into sculpting.

The artist first became a fan of Top Gear when a classmate offered to trade him a copy of the magazine for a wooden Ferrari Testarossa. Doesn’t sound like a very fair trade to me, but well at least now we have some common interest. He now uses the photos in the publication for reference when it comes time to carve the newest supercars of the world. Hit the jump to take a look at a video interview with Cagayat.

SOURCE via Top Gear