Chris Bryant Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Hi all, I'm Chris, I'll admit I've been lurking on this page for some time now!! I'm just starting out in the modelling hobby really, when work allows. At the moment I tend to build in 1/48. I'm just coming to the end of an Airfix meteor F8 that has been on the work bench for around 2 years?!? 😐😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Welcome aboard Chris. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo88 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Hi Chris, new here too and just down the road from you. Good luck with your Meteor, hope it's been fun so far. Timbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bryant Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 30 minutes ago, Timbo88 said: Hi Chris, new here too and just down the road from you. Good luck with your Meteor, hope it's been fun so far. Timbo It's been an education! I've had all the nosecone issues that the airfix meteor is known for! Fairly happy so far though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 6 hours ago, Chris Bryant said: I'm just coming to the end of an Airfix meteor F8 that has been on the work bench for around 2 years?!? 😐😉 aboard Chris - I wouldn't worry about how long it takes you to make a model. Just enjoy it and plod on at your own pace. I've got a very poor finish rate these days, so I can't say anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo88 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Not got my hands on the Meteor yet, but one day..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bryant Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 40 minutes ago, Timbo88 said: Not got my hands on the Meteor yet, but one day..... Definitely worth a look in. Aside from the aforementioned nose cone issue, it's a lovely kit, just needs a little bit of work here and there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Hello Chris... from Chicago USA. Even if its a piece a week it is still modeling. My two longest builds were a RAAF PBY-5 in 1/48 that took just under 15 years. And a 1/48 PBJ-1H that took 9.5 years so dont worry about time. In the end they all get built. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo88 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I started the 1/32 Revell Hunter FGA9 in 2000. Stopped building it when my available work space became smaller than the size of that kit! I'm currently limited to using a Humbrol plastic work station on my lap. Hope to one day get a decent workshop again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Hi! My name is Chris, too. Greetings from Western Canada. Don't worry about your speed rate. I've been slowly working on a 1/72 Airfix Hurricane since January 2018. I've not worked on any other kit in that time. My pace can best be described as glacial. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Gidday Chris, welcome aboard, from West Oz. Although I'm into ships rather than planes the build philosophy is the same - build at your own pace, don't rush it and perhaps spoil it. And Dennis, I'm sorry but I can out do you in the dawdling stakes - My model of HMAS Perth II took me nearly forty years! 😁 And it was only a 1/600 Airfix "Rommel" I converted. Regards to all, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bish Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Welcome aboard. Origianlly from Norfolk myself but now in the wilds south of the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 As per the others welcome aboard ...I gob off a lot and occasionally model stuff....kits not myself 😬 Kinda like Norfolk and Suffolk..since I spent some time at Wattisham station as the army strangely call it and i know STANTA quite well too....nice part of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve86 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hello and welcome along from over the border in Suffolk, build time does not matter as long as you enjoy it and are happy with the finished result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Welcome Chris - quite an East Anglian collection on here from the looks of things. Also building 1/48 but somewhat nearer to a Wattisham than Norfolk. Mind you I get up to Thorpe Abbots way from time to time, even near Pulham St Mary airship station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Welcome Chris, Essex boy living in Lincs here so another one from East Anglia'. Know Norfolk pretty well, in fact, down to Norwich to me see lad tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, bar side said: Welcome Chris - quite an East Anglian collection on here from the looks of things. Also building 1/48 but somewhat nearer to a Wattisham than Norfolk. Mind you I get up to Thorpe Abbots way from time to time, even near Pulham St Mary airship station. With a name like Bar Side, did you used to go to Layer Road ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 18 minutes ago, PLC1966 said: With a name like Bar Side, did you used to go to Layer Road ? Season ticket holder in the bar side. Down the Drury before the match & after. Moved up to Suffolk a good few years back though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 9 hours ago, bar side said: Season ticket holder in the bar side. Down the Drury before the match & after. Moved up to Suffolk a good few years back though Used to go a lot back in the day. As a nipper used to go to the Old Open end under the clock until it was closed, and then started standing opposite side to the Bar Side. Not really been since they moved to the WHC. In fact, seen them away more than at home in last few years, and that ain't very often to be honest. See the Drury has turned into a Tesco/Sainsbury mini store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I still get to the WHC occasionally and still have mates with season tickets. Was hoping for play off last season, but that’s Col U for you. Was mainly there from Burley’s time until the end of Layer Road. Lived just over in Butt Road & could hear the ground from my back garden. Can’t ever bring myself to see Ipswich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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