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[PlasticHero]

There is so much of my life in this picture; the curved table was made by my Dad in the middle 50's; I got the compressor just after college and my first 'real' job. The Spitfire print is from Shuttleworth when we visited England in '89. What a beautiful country and great 3 weeks that vacation was!!

These are the British kits, Heller and Airfix for the most part. I've done tanks in 35 and 72, 20ish muscle cars during high school; D&D figures; jets in 48 and 72, and the Mayflower (fully rigged). Most of that is now gone after moves and lack of space.

The US and Canada; Heller and Revell I think. I loved the Heller kits in the day, they were so cheap, but now, I'll gladly pay the $ for a excellent quality recent kit.

This is "the Stash"; and before you all laugh yourselves silly, I once had about 300, all sold on ebay. The tanks are old, the planes are new. That Rodney kit was purchased at a thrift shop for ONE DOLLAR on our honeymoon in '85. I'm retired just over a year now from a programming/network job, live in East Coast USA and my other hobby is this:

Thanks for all the support, info and comments from everyone out there. Since finding this forum and getting back into models; I've had a great time finding out about all the new kits and getting reacquainted with aircraft and history. I'd like to add this site on Youtube Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles ; he is a pilot, uses a lot of original military souces, and can explain many fairly technical aspects of WW2 aircraft with great clarity.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

A nice thread. I assume the SAAB is yours?

 

[vikingBerserker]

Its the butterflies that really makes your work area

Seriously, very cool!

 

[rochie]

Good stuff

 

[PlasticHero]

Crimea_River Yes, I have 3 currently, have been a fan since my Dad, who was a "Big Detroit Iron" man until he traded a TBird for a new 79 900. I thought it was awful until I drove it. Even for a base 4 speed car, it was faster, rode better, more legroom, carried more cargo than the TBird. I bought that car from him when he got another and since then I've been nearly 100%. I've had 900's; 9000's; 9-3's; and a 9-5. My profile pic shows my current 2001 9-3. I also have a Combi (wagon).
vikingBerserker yea, it was my daughter's room 20 years ago.

 

[Gnomey]

Cool!