I received Accurate Miniature’s 1/48 scale B-25 C/D 345th Bomb Group Air Apache as a gift about 10 years ago. It was way over my skill level when I got it and even now it is intimidating, as there were not that many made. This past summer I started researching the subject because I want to build it as accurately as I can. Maybe when I graduate college I will finally start it. Until then I will slowly but surely continue to research the subject.
Josiah McDonald
Fredericksburg, VA
Have a Revel 1/32nd F4E waiting since around 1998 for the dormant skills to show up. After a 20 year lapse of building, have got the Hasegowa 1/48th RF4E to get my feet wet again. When I find the “E” this winter I will probably get started on her. I have to do something with my evenings since my wife passed away or go nuts.
Art Waugh
Lebanon, OR
I know it’s too late to appear in the February issue of FSM but I do have a few.
I bought some kits, mostly because they were dirt cheap, knowing full well I don’t have the skills right now to tackle them with any sign of doing a good job. Some of them I had for more than 2 years now.
Like the Dragon M7 Priest in 1/35 scale, or the Hobby Boss Sdkfz 222 also in 1/35 scale. Totally afraid to start them because, well, as of now I’m sure I will botch the job big time.
But my pride and joy, and the fact that I got this kit new for less than 1/3 of the normal price is the huge Tamiya M26 Dragon Wagon. But I won’t begin this kit this year, and maybe not next year either.
In my stash I also have a few ship kits with a lot of multimedia parts in them … [+o(]
Thanks for writing. Just in case, for attribution, can you tell me your name and where you are from? Thanks! Mark
M. Hembree, PM sent !
Got it. Thanks! – MH
I’ve got a Hasegawa 1/48 F-4G waiting in the wings. I purchased the Aires resin cockpit upgrade and a few other items to get it exactly the way I want it. I’m still waiting to find decals for the version I want to create. That, and I’ll admit I’m a bit intimidated by the resin since I have never worked with it before. I want to make sure my skills are sharp before tackling an unknown realm.
Jeremy Elliott Nampa, Idaho
I have one of the Polar Lights 1/350 USS Enterprise Refits about 90% built collecting dust in my closet. I started it about 7 years ago back when I was getting back into modeling. This kit really lends itself to lighting and I put alot of work into lighting it up…about 150 LEDs! As I progressed on the Enterprise, though, my skills as a modeler were improving from building other aircraft kits simultaneously. Well, as my skills improved I began to realize how much better I could have done on the Enterprise if I had already built much of it with my lessor skills. Now I see all the stuff that I’m going to have to go back to and fix on the Enterprise and I’m just not looking forward to it. But I know that it will be worth it when I do finally get around to it.
Here’s where’s she’s been at for the last 4 years:
That’s gorgeous! I’ve never even considered doing Sci-Fi stuff, not because I don’t think they look cool, but more that its just not a major area of interest for me. I think that is one of the neat things about this site that I enjoy so much, that you can see what everyone else likes to do and they do it well.
Hi! Thanks for writing. For attribution, can you tell me your name and where you are from? Thanks! – Mark
Mark,
I’m Jeremy Elliott
Nampa, Idaho
Hi – for attribution, can you tell me your name and where you are from? – Mark Hembree