Eric Mc
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I have just joined Britmodeller today. I have returned to the hobby after 35 years.
I live in Sandhurst and when things return to some sort of normality I will join the local IPMS group in Farnborough.
I must admit I have not found the return to modelling as easy as I thought. I don't have an airbrush and bought Tamiya paints which I real struggled to use with a brush!!
I see you have a Caterham / Westfield in you picture. I hillclimb and sprint a TR7.
Regards,
Graham Ramsey
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Hi Graham
Hope to see you at an actual IPMS meeting some day (whenever our meeting hall opens up again).
At the moment we are restricted to monthly Zoom meetings - which have their limitations and probably would not be the best introduction to the club, to be honest.
If you want a flavour of what goes on at the club in "normal" times, we have a website -
https://www.ipms-farnborough.co.uk/
I agree that Tamiya paints are not great for brush painting. My favourite acrylics are from the Xtracrylic range - which is produced by Hannants. You can buy them online or by visiting the Hannants franchise shop which is near to the RAF Museum Hendon.
I switched to airbrushing about ten years ago, after a few false starts going back 40 years. It has made a big difference to my model making.
I also gave up on enamels around the same time as acrylics are far easier to manage with an airbrush regarding cleanup and odours.
I did a spot of sprinting in my Caterham 7 but haven't done it for over a decade. I'm not driving the car often enough, to be honest - but I don't really want to get rid of it.
If you want to chat off the forum, my e-mail address is
Eric
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