Yo Tim, I'm a Friendly Illinois Boy too! (Yeah Bears!)
Welcome to Armorama, first off. Cars are cool, I've got a collection of 1/25 GTO's that is growing rapidly. That's Modelgeek Territory along with Trains, Sci-fi etc.
I haven't done too many planes but, I do have some 1/144 Modern stuff in the display case. Look around Aeroscale for some crazy builds!
You'd probably dig the Armor kits if you're ready to step up a bit. Armorama has some awesome examples and some great people who love to share technique, something a lot of us didn't have growing up before the internet, so we are eager to give it away here to kids like you who want to learn.
Figure modelers hang out at Historicus Forma.
Ship builders dock at Model Shipwrights.
Ya get some gallery space as well, so upload a couple of pictures of your Blackbird or your cars and show em off. We're only critical if you ask us to be.
Look around, have fun, speak up!
Welcome to the Big-A!
Cuhail