petetasker Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Joined in January but I forgot to say hello. Lapsed modeller who gave it all up some 25 plus years ago when work and life in general just got in the way. I used to run the IPMS Helicopter SIG in what now feels like a previous life. Just getting to the end of my first build, the new'ish' Airfix 1/48 Hunter. Mr naïve here thought he would drop back into the hobby as if he’d never been away - boy was he wrong. It’s been a very long frustrating learning curve but hopefully one that’s going to get easier. I was tempted to throw the lot in the bin on more than one occasion but being a stubborn old git I wasn’t going to let a plastic model and an airbrush get the better of me, after all, just how hard can it be? – well quite hard actually! I used to finish a model every couple of weeks - this ones been on the go since the beginning of the year. Glad to see a lot of the people and retailers I used to know are still in the hobby. Not finished my first model yet but I’ve already spent a small fortune and the stash seems to be taking on a life all of its own - again! Avatar picture (or whatever its called) is of our Cockapoo pup 'Rosie' - she's much prettier than I am! Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Hello Pete ... from Chicago USA. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Greeting from Western Canada. Welcome back. I, too, have just got back into my first kit in years, but I started mine at the beginning of last year! It's a 1/72 Airfix fabric-wing Hurricane. My avatar is our late little Shih tzu - Bichon mix named Sushi. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve86 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Hello and welcome along, I started a simply not too many parts as a quick build last year and it’s still not finished! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hi Pete I did loads of kits as a kid, then didn’t for years. Then was given a kit for Christmas and got started again. This time I moved on to 1/48 which was a new scale to me. I have found that there are lots of cheap old 1/48 kits on ebay that you can get your skills up on before jumping in to a hi spec new kit. I have built a good few ESCI & Monogram kits before trying a Revell Tornado - which is more than a bit intimidating. Not tried the Airfix Hunter yet - all the best with it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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