Greetings to all. After 17 years I am looking forward to getting back into the modelling scene . I enjoy all modelling subjects particularly 1/72 military vehicles, soo many new manufactures and products from what I remember not to mention sticker shock.
Welcome to the Forums. Lots of great guys and gals on here to help you with questions and/or problems. Only one thing to remember. They like to see lots of photos of your builds.
Jim [cptn]
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
— Erasmus, a.k.a. Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, (October 27, 1466 — July 12, 1536)
Erasmus didn’t buy plastic models. [snWcm]
Thanks for the welcome. I would like to post some of my builds but apparently they did not survive the storage experience too well. Some small repairs are in order. I will try to get at least one posted soon.
Welcome RX7850 ,this is a great forum for sharing ideas and pics,lots of both! Shame about the storage damage hope its not too bad and can be easily repaired,looking forward to seeing some pics,cheers Trey
[snWcm]
It’s been a while since I first posted. Since then I set up a make shift work bench, took an inventory and finally got a chance to repair some of the damage my models endured while in storage. enclosed are some pics.
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Here’s a pic of the work bench
Due to the long term storage I thought my paints had passed their expiration You know, when the pigment settles at the bottom no matter how much you shake it. Came up with this little bad boy. Worked extremely well.
The stash [:D] Been on a bit of a buying frenzy. Impressed with all the new manufacturers : Dragon, PST, Trumpeter Etc. Still appreciate my Esci thou. Thanks
Is that a Black & Decker jig saw? WHOA!
Yes it is . Guaranteed to rejuvenate 17 yr. old paint.[;)]
Now that’s a stash! [:O] [Y]
Jim [cptn]
Welcome to the forum and back to the hobby. Yep, thats some stash, and enough Esci to keep you going. I think i have bought more kits in the 5 years since i got back into it than i did in the 20 years i was building before my break.
Some great builds there.
Welcome RX7850! Oh Yeah, you will fit in rather nicely around here. Excellent models, really well done. And as far as your work space and stash go well, I bow to you in reverence.
Joe
Nice work,welcome to the forums,I think most of us have had that hiatus in the middle of our lives,before we got back to modeling
Nice-looking models. At first, I thought your stash was a photo of a hobby store!
Well, guess I know what I’m gonna build to shake my rattle cans with. [;)]
Those are some good lookin’ builds, and a good lookin’ stash and bench ya got there. Welcome aboard, sir! [B]
Welcome to the forum.
Sweet looking bench there…
And great shots of the builds.
Holy Jeez!!! Thats not a stash!!! This is a Local Hobby Shop!!! What are the store hours??? lol.
Welcome back to the hobby RX7850.
Thanks everyone I got a good chuckle from a lot of the comments. Yes I do think I have more kits than I will ever get to complete but you can never have enough[;)][Y]. Here’s a couple pics of some early builds.
On the agenda is to decide my first build. Since it’s been awhile I’m contemplating something with a simple monotone paint scheme ,Russian perhaps. This will give me a chance to try out some of Alex Clark’s techniques that he describes in his book Small-Scale Armor Modelling,(good read by the way). I hope to post the W.I.P in the forum.
Thanks