Greetings to all my fellow modelers from new member Mobydick. It’s an honor to be associated with those who have produced the outstanding work that I’ve seen on this website.
I recently returned to modeling about a year and a half ago after an absence
of about 15 years during which I was either too busy with work or school to indulge. It’s really enriched my life and I’ve been a much happier person since
coming back to the model scene. My return was prompted by a bad accident (got hit by a car, right leg shattered at the knee) after which I was either on my butt or on my back for 6 months and off work for a year. I built about 30 models
in the next 18 months, mostly aircraft, WWII to the present. I sold all of these before I moved to Washington state from California & am now in the process of
rebuilding them plus alot of others I’ve always wanted to tackle. I’ve currently got
over 60 kits stacked up on my laundry room shelves (part of the payback from my accident settlement).
My interest in aircraft is really based on 2 different levels. First, I’ve always thought that airplanes are, in & of themselves, objects of great beauty. When I look at a P-51 I almost get the same thrill as when I see a 38-24-36 Playboy centerfold! I’ll bet some of you do too. But aircraft models are for me also important historical artifacts of an unprecedented era of violence by states upon
individuals which we are still struggling to understand. Airplanes were often the
primary weapons in this last century of war & destruction. The historical value,
then, is a large part of my fascination with these war machines.
As far as my modeling skills & preferences are concerned, I’m not obsessed
with building 100% historically accurate models. 90 or 95% accurate is good enough for me. As long as one can recognize the thing for what it represents,
I have no problem with that. Being a lifelong neat freak, I’ve also never gotten
much at all into weathering (although I may venture there with the help of the Fine Scale Community). The factory fresh look has always appealed to me, &
I’ve always been afraid of the prospect of ruining 20 or 30 hours of work in a ham handed weathering attempt. I would describe my modeling as very middle
of the road, play-it-safe, nothing too ambitious. I model straight out of the box, no
conversions or added styrene, etc. I hope there’s a place on this website for the
more pedestrian modeler such as myself. But I also hope to upgrade my skills
quite a bit your guys’ help, so bear with me. Maybe I’ll summon up the guts to
display some photos of my work. For what I attempt to do, I’d say I’m not bad.
Well, thanks for listening to my verbose introduction. Hope to meet each of you later on. Moby.
Welcome to FSM Moby [#welcome]
Hope you have recovered well from your accident.
There are alot of modelers here on the same level as you and also some above. We are all here to share and to learn.
I guess I’ll see you in the aircraft forum, and post some pics of your models.
Welcome to the gang. I’m sure most of us are straight out of the box builders but your right there is a hole lot of talent and skill in this forum. It’s good to see what can be done with a little patiance and a hole lot of practice. It has definatly give me food for thought and the insperation to go that one step farther.
Welcome to FSM!
Looking forward to seeing your work!
Thar she blows! The great white whale, Welcome!
Hello Richard, Welcome to the forum.
welcome from washington state. northeast corner that is.
joe
Welcome to FSM.
Welcome!!
Welcome to FSM Moby and welcome back to the hobby.
Enjoy the forums !!!
Hi Moby, and welcome to the asylum.
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Mobydick I also want to welcome you to the best modeling forum there is[8D]
We are all glad to have you with us[:)][:)][:)]
Anything you might want to know about modeling is here with the experts that you have access to[^] I myself call on the quite often[swg]
After all that all I can say is BEWARE of AHAB[:D][:D][:D]
Richard
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Welcome to FSM and the forums.
Try your ‘hamhand’ at some armor, you build 20-30 hours with the sole intent of mucking it up.
WELCOME Moby.
Welcome to FSM Richard.
mark956
Ahh! Moby Dick! Welcome, welcome! So, Mr. Dick, we all want to know-
What does Ahab taste like?
[:D]I’m sorry. I really am. Seriously, though, you can’t find a better forum on anything, anywhere. I haven’t been here that long, and anything I post is helped with in a timely, very friendly manner. You can’t find a better group of guys (and gals) if you tried.
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[#welcome] mobydick to the FSM forums, there are many of us hear who had a long break from modelling only to return to it at a latter date.
Welcome to the family Moby Dick!!! Glad to have you aboard!!!
Welcome to the forum, Moby Dick. Build 'em the way you like 'em ! Have fun & enjoy the site.