Thank you jmart, I’m happy that you enjoyed the article!
You can indeed learn a ton of stuff here, enjoy it! And contribute as well!
I just happened to drop into this section today. Caught up on reading the posts. Let me say Welcome to a new forum member.
Doog - Now that I am reading FSM and getting same on a regular basis, I was always wondering who was doing the fantastic work and article(s). Great to put a face to an extremely talented person.
From my modeling, I model on the principal (at least at this stage), build for your enjoyment, if you like the finished model and did your best, that is what counts. Learn from the first and improve slowly. Build for your relaxation and enjoyment.
A word of wisdom from an old geezer [(-D], PaPa-John: The young can learn from the older (and sometimes wiser, but not always), and the older (I mean, matured) can learn new things from the younger as they can be quite brilliant and innovative in their own way. We can learned from each other, it is being open minded and willing to accept new ideas from young and old. Resistance to change is the biggest stumbling block in all walks of life.
95 percent of the people are decent people and the other 5 percent, well I’ll leave it at that. My previous line of work proved this to me. Just consider the source (CTS) and don’t fret it, life is too short and precious.
Enjoy life to the fullest, strive to do the best you can. The forum is a happy meeting place for everyone. It pulls people together from around the world who have a common interest, modeling, no matter what genre of plastic you like to glue, kitbash or dream up a new creation. We are what we dream.
Toast to the forum and magazine.
PaPa-John
Thanks for everything you said, Papa-John; it’s always good to get some heartfelt advice–we all can learn from your wisdom! I already have! [:D]
The Doog
I may not be full of wisdom, but sometimes I can hit the right chord and sound that way. I came up through a rough home life, and my wife now and then instills in me, that it is truly amazing I turned out the way I did, with what I went through. I have learned somethings through the school of hard knocks. I am truly blessed that my two children have turned out to be wonderful people. I guess I have done somethings right.
You strike me as an intelligent person who can think outside of the box. Keep at it my friend, I see you going places and you have a great future ahead of you. The same goes for the people on this forum. I see great talent and kindness from in the people gracing this forum.
Well Doog, Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends. Keep us learning by your skills in modeling and others entertained with your musical talents.
PaPa-John
I must say that I enjoy reading articles written by one of us and hope FSM will continue to do it more often.
Doog, I must say that your work is superb and looking forward to see more of your work published. By the way Doog, it seems like you have made to his “Victim of the Month” so please don’t buy into it and [troll]. Believe me, I’ve been targeted by him and been verbally abused by him up until few months ago.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays my friend!
Doxdawg,
By the way, [#welcome] to the forum and hope you’ll come join us often. This forum is full of great people and lots of information. I hope that you share your work with us as well.
Best regards,
Charlie
thanks m1garand . i will be around more now that the holidays are over. i will try to get some of my work loaded up so you can see it . steel rudi has seen some of my stuff. i just hope my skills will get as good as the doogs. man he is really good. have fun guys, see ya.
ok guys. here it goes ,my first 
pic. hope this works.
Hey the Feb issue has a comment on pg 8 about a 9’ diorama of the Doolittle Raiders…let’s get some pics on it Mr Usher…
mattc
Doxdawg,
Looks good. Did you get a chance to post it up in Armor section of the forum?
thanks m1 garand. i posted a few more pics of this one in steel rudis modern african wars. i will get some more loaded up soon. learning to take a good pic is harder than it looks,so bare with me. thanks all.