Hello From Sunny FL, USA!

[georgeshaeffer]

Thanks for accepting my application.

 

I'm George Shaeffer, 65 years young and I'm a retired Certified Public Accountant (Chartered Accountant for you Brits).

 

I started building models when I was about nine years old. My first attempt was a car model which was not made for beginners and that experience put me off model cars for a long time. I was a typical young modeler, so the kits went together quickly, right out of the box, with no attempts to improve them with seam filling or paint, etc. I left the hobby at about age 15, having discovered girls and real cars. I came back to the hobby in the mid-1980's and have stuck with it somewhat sporadically as time and working space have allowed. My particular focus is the endurance racers of the 1960's and early 1970's, as well as one-offs of my own (how about a 1934 Rolls Royce Monster Truck?) and movie cars that interest me (like the XKE hearse from the movie "Harold and Maude").

 

I also built wooden ship models for a time, but became disenchanted as I came to realize that the models built from the kits often bore little to no resemblance to the actual ship. I could have built from widely available plans, but that would have required a significant outlay for equipment that I was unwilling to do, so back to the car models. Oh yeah, I've also got a thing for WWII 1/72 scale MTB, PT Boats, S boats, etc.

 

I'll be running a separate thread  on this, but I've just managed to acquire one of my "Holy Grail" kits, a South Eastern Finecast MGA 1500/1600, which was my first car. It's a full detail kit. My problem is that it's a white metal kit and I've never built a white metal kit before. I've purchased a few inexpensive 1/43 kits from eBay to practice with, but I still don't even know the basics and I certainly do not want to screw up the MGA - that kit has been out of production for a long time and I count myself very lucky to have found one.

 

By the way, thank God for Google, or I never would gotten the answer to the security question on the membership application!

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Hello George ... Fellow newbie to BM from the chicago area. Been modeling since 1979 mostly ww2 aircraft and armor, But expanding. Just ask if you need help.

 

Dennis

[huvut76g7gbbui7]

Hello from a windy and wet West of Scotland!

This site has something for everybody and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.