This was my FIRST car, I took that picture probably within 2 minutes of owning it. I dreamed about having one ever since I was 7 and watched a SL fly past me in Europe. So guess how excited I was 10 years later when I got a AMG for my budget.
I ended up broke as hell, and eventually I switched it for this.
A Tamiya model (not yet done!) someone made for me which was exactly what mine looked like when I got rid of it. Now that it lives on my desk, I don't worry about 2,000-7,420 dollar repairs. I learned a few things, tons of DIY, Mercedes parts catalogs, and that I hated my dream car more than anything in real life as it was always broken.
Oh well, you'll learn, only advice I can give you is buy a model and admire it till you can truly afford it. I'm not talking out of my ass, I have experience.