Hi all.
My name is Andy and I'm from Gloucester, UK. Its been 20 odd yrs since I last built any type of plastic model kit, and I'm 38 now, so as you can imagine, I've forgotten alot.
Back then, there was no internet to help beginners like myself, so I had to just try my best. I used to build aircraft mainly, and I can still see them now, hanging from my small box-room bedroom ceiling. I had quiet a few models. Various WW2 aircraft as well as more modern fighter aircraft. The largest model I had was a P-51D Mustang. I can't remember what scale it was, but it had a wing span of about 20 inches or so, and I had to save up my paper-round money each week to pay for it. Luckily for me, our local model shop at the time, had a saving club, so I could pay off as much or as little as I could afford. I think it cost me around £45 back in 1986/7.
As with most hobbies we have as children, it was all put aside for more grown-up pastimes
So now, I have decided to start again, and re-kindle the love and joy I used to have in building model kits. I know this is a aircraft forum, but I will be building other kits too. Mainly ships, and possibly tanks.
I have already bought my 1st kit, and I will be posting it in the right forum for you all to follow, and hopefully guide me along the way.
Thanks for listening.
Andy
My name is Andy and I'm from Gloucester, UK. Its been 20 odd yrs since I last built any type of plastic model kit, and I'm 38 now, so as you can imagine, I've forgotten alot.
Back then, there was no internet to help beginners like myself, so I had to just try my best. I used to build aircraft mainly, and I can still see them now, hanging from my small box-room bedroom ceiling. I had quiet a few models. Various WW2 aircraft as well as more modern fighter aircraft. The largest model I had was a P-51D Mustang. I can't remember what scale it was, but it had a wing span of about 20 inches or so, and I had to save up my paper-round money each week to pay for it. Luckily for me, our local model shop at the time, had a saving club, so I could pay off as much or as little as I could afford. I think it cost me around £45 back in 1986/7.
As with most hobbies we have as children, it was all put aside for more grown-up pastimes
So now, I have decided to start again, and re-kindle the love and joy I used to have in building model kits. I know this is a aircraft forum, but I will be building other kits too. Mainly ships, and possibly tanks.
I have already bought my 1st kit, and I will be posting it in the right forum for you all to follow, and hopefully guide me along the way.
Thanks for listening.
Andy
