Loach

Hi Every one, I do hope every one in the Britmodeller interwebs is well. In good form I shall introduce myself. I modelled in the 80s and early 90s as a youngling and teen, I modelled everything from Tanks (WW2 & modern) to sci-fi and aircraft... in that order. I did catch and love the very beginning of the photo-etch revolution. I owned a proxxon compressor and badger airbrush...... life was very good! Eventually I grew up and modelling somewhat disappeared from my life. I worked for a living and I did everything grown ups do. However modelling never disappeared. I always bought the odd "dirty" model mag here and there and I did this almost constantly whenever I could. I worked globally, and sometimes I even bought incredible foreign model mags before catching my flight. I had no idea of what the text said, but the work in process photos and the end models were just beautiful. I stared at the photos for hours. It was obvious through UK/American mags that the modelling world was exploding through the expansion of the accessory market and it all looked extremely good to me! I never modelled but I always bought tools and models. So now after the long years of expense, I have finally started using my hands and working the glorious plastic and enjoying the beautiful airbrush. My tastes have matured and changed quite dramatically; helicopters are awesome (aircraft, high end finish...oooofffff), Sci-Fi (any thing goes) and modern troop/transport vehicles (why?... why do troop/transport vehicles look so good to me now?). Hi guys, I am Loach, named after my favourite chopper.

For me it was 25 - 30 years ago that I built the Airfix Hawk, it was the best of the space 1999 model ever.... until the 1/48 Eagle came along. I would rather it was the 1/48 scale hawk!

After the Klingon Bird of Prey and voyager this is my third favourite star trek ship! I will be getting this one in 1/350! The detail looks superb.