hawkeye2an
Staff Sergeant
I too have recently returned to the hobby. For various reasons (frustrated with local club members' "know it all attitude" and little HELPFUL INFO, moving about the midwest, taking care of my wife's failing health etc, etc, ETC.) about 15 years ago I left, sold my kit collection down to about 20 kits and boxed everything else up. I am now back into building JUST FOR ME. I do go to the occasional club meeting and have decided to only listen to those that have helpful suggestions and ignoring everything else, including ALL the politics. I guess it took me until 52 years old to finally grow up. Having said that, I still like to PLAY WITH MY TOYS !!
I have built all the P-51s and Me/Bf-109s I care to. Now I am interested in building some of the OTHER airplanes flown by the USAAF/USAF. Designations like OA-, L-, UC-, are my current interests. This means conversions and scratchbuilding. I have made a vac machine and carve wood for patterns. Conversions so far: Lockheed Vega/UC-101. Stinson Reliant/UC-81, Beech Staggerwing/UC-43. On the workbench: Howard DGA-15/UC-70 scratchbuild, Ercoupe w/JATO! and Stinson Voyager/L-10. I work in 1/48 exclusively. I would be interested in any help with scratchbuiding tips and reference materials.
I have built all the P-51s and Me/Bf-109s I care to. Now I am interested in building some of the OTHER airplanes flown by the USAAF/USAF. Designations like OA-, L-, UC-, are my current interests. This means conversions and scratchbuilding. I have made a vac machine and carve wood for patterns. Conversions so far: Lockheed Vega/UC-101. Stinson Reliant/UC-81, Beech Staggerwing/UC-43. On the workbench: Howard DGA-15/UC-70 scratchbuild, Ercoupe w/JATO! and Stinson Voyager/L-10. I work in 1/48 exclusively. I would be interested in any help with scratchbuiding tips and reference materials.
