I am Laurie Stewart living in Jersey Channel Isles for just under 50 years but born & bred in Surrey UK.

Now 72 & spent 50 years practicing architecture which included at times producing architectural models although there is much difference between that & producing plastic models.

Left architecture at 65 & have been producing films commercial & weddings as an extension of another past time.

Interest in World War two aircraft & being English RAF types. As a young lad I did witness over Surrey Spitfires & Hurricanes flashing about the sky. With excitment, although did not realize the danger, Tempests chasing Doodle Bugs (V1 flying bombs) across the sky & searching for & finding shrapnel in the garden. Also the crash of bombs at night & living in a small underground shelter in garden. Most, when I look back, the way my mother & father coped as they saw the extreme danger of the bombing with gaps where houses stood but their fear was not in any way transmitted to my sister & I.

I also have my own library of about 800 books on the WW2 & a good set on the Falklands War.

Complete novice at the moment struggling with a 1/72 Typhoon but putting together my way of doing things although I am very susceptible to change if I consider it is an improvement.