I have been working on models on and off since I was about 10. Mostly to relax me, but here recently I have been interested in adding some “real” detail to what I build. Everybody always told me that my stuff looked pretty good, but now I want to make them look awesome! What I have looked at on many galleries online has been really great, including this one.
I like to build cars, planes, and Star Trek ships. I will try not to ask too many questions that have been asked before, i.e. I will cruise around and see what has been talked about before that way you don’t have to keep repeating yourselves. I hope that I can fit in with all of you expert modelers.[:D]
Welcome aboard Coldwar68, what part of the globe are you hailing from? I’m from the Great White North In Calgary Canada. I am an avide ST builder as well, what have you done? old or new series?
And put aside your worries of the members repeating ourselves, you have a thousand years of experience here leading to infinite solutions to any problem, and our members is growing rapidly, we just topped 7900, a few of us have a friendly wager on when we will top 10,000. any guesses? Remember the only stupid question is the one that doesn’t get asked, and if there is one thing I have learned from this almost addictive site is “We love to talk about our hobby” i’ll bet there is alot of wives out there that are thankful for this site! [;)]
Remember the Vulcan IDIC. Infinite diversity in Infinite combinations, without you we are not a whole.
I am from Zanesville, OH. I spent some time in the AF at Loring AFB and spent many weekend evenings up in Grand Falls, NB. Had lots of good times there…or so they tell me!
I have built two of the original Enterprises…but they did not survive my many moves. I have the Enterprise A, 2 B’s, C, D, and E, the Excelsior, the Klingon Warbird…it is together and needs finished painting…same with the Excelsior. The A and D are finished and the rest are in boxes waiting patiently. I like the Federation ships the best…but have I have looked at other “alien” ships that I like. Right now I am searching ebay for a decent priced Reliant and a Runabout. I have a few that I am watching.
I have several ships in boxes as well, my ‘A’ fell victum to feline warfare as did my V’orcha class battlecruiser. I have my D over my head as is my romulan warbird. Have a look under the sci-fi forum there is a discussion under way on a march release of a new more detailed 1701/A, might be pricey but heard to be worth it. Was your A the lighted version?
No, I thought that would be pretty cool though… I looked at a lot of ships on www.starshipmodeler.com and thought that would be something to look at doing. The A that I have is the one that was released with the shuttle craft…I can’t remember which movie it was from though.
I am lucky that my wife likes the models that I build…even though they are not as detailed as many I have looked at online…she even adds to my addiction when she sees something that I really like. She is not really surprised that I am trying to find the Reliant and the Runabout on ebay…she said she liked the Runabout too…that is a plus!
You are truely blessed to have a wife that encourages you in your hobby. Does she build any herself? My wife tho’ she shares my passion of ST and likes the models I build, I don’t think she really understands the desire. She did try to build a kit with me once but the “bug” eluded her[V]
No, my wife doesn’t build…she has said that she would like to try it once though. She is the same way with my guns…she encourages my hobbies and admires them, but I haven’t been able to totally immerse her in with me. That is eventually part of my “evil plan to take over the world!” I did finally get my wife to start watching with me…she does really like “Enterprise”, and couldn’t wait to see “Nemesis”. I am “corrupting” her well!
Ahhh Yes, she is sooo unsuspecting! She wants to go out of town for dinner tomorrow and I said that I wanted to stop at a couple of hobby shops on the way up…and she said ok! Cool! I can always use another model and supplies! [:D]
Yeah, a version of the Predator ship would most definitely be nice. I do like the Warbird too.
I did finally get my wife to start watching with me…she does really like “Enterprise”, and couldn’t wait to see “Nemesis”. I am “corrupting” her well!