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Hi,

My name is Eric. Like so many others I’ve seen, I have returned to a hobby I enjoyed as a youth. After spending time in the service and retiring, then starting a new career, it was hard to find time to build. Recently I acquired a 10x14 building and turned it into a model building shop which I hope to get a lot of use out of hehehe. Here is a photo of a Tamiya Yamaha Virago that I just completed. It felt great as this is the first model I have finished in over 20 years.


Tamiya Yamaha Virago 1000 by ewheeler454, on Flickr

I enjoy building all types of models and look forward to being on the forums.

Thank you.

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Sharp bike! Welcome to the gang!

Glenn

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Thanks. :slight_smile:

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Hi Eric,

Welcome to the forum. We’re glad to have you here and can’t wait to see more builds.

Regards,

Tim

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Welcome to the forums Eric! Love the Virago! I built the same kit last year (as a change of pace from my usual WWI bipe) and enjoyed every minute of the build. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. You picked a great place to hang out and a great group to hang with. [Y]

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Welcome back to the hobby that never truly goes away.

10x14 hugh? = a big

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Welcome to the forum Eric!! I have no doubt that you are going to enjoy yourself here. Outstanding lot of folks who are more than willing to share modeling with you and answer any single question you may have. And may I say that that is an absolutely stunning bike you built. I can see that you have nicely honed skills to share with us. Looking forward to seeing more from you.

Joe

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Welcome aboard,nice work,that should be quite a model building room,post some pics

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Hey Eric. In the words of the T2000 in Terminator 2, “Say…that’s a nice bike!”. Welcome to the forum and looking forward to more great builds out of you. That’s a good build for somebody who’s been out for 20 years! See you around, Joe

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[snWcm] Nice to have you here, and ye, nice looking bike. Look forward to seeing more.

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Eric,

Welcome aboard the FSM forums and welcome back to our great hobby! That is a great looking build.

Cheers, Aaron

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Welcome to the Forums Eric. Nice looking build for taking 20 years off. Just like good wine, it gets better with age. [;)] Happy building.

Jim [cptn]

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Welcome also, Eric.

Building a bike that well, you’ll soon be teaching the rest of us a thing or two. Nice work.

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Tojo72,

Here is a pic of my workshop;


Workshop by ewheeler454, on Flickr

I am enjoying it a lot :slight_smile:

Also, here is a pic of the custom paintbooth I ask my brother to build for me. It’s 36" wide for ships hehehehe.


Paint Booth by ewheeler454, on Flickr

I tried it out on the motorcycle and it works great.

Thanks

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Thanks everyone for the great welcome. I look forward to chatting with you and sharing ideas. :slight_smile: