dharma66 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Hi, I’m Phil, I’m in my fifties, and have been model making on-and-off since I was very small, as a typical Airfix child. My ambitions far outweigh my skills. At the moment I have a stash that includes a few WWI aircraft from Wingnuts, a Revel Apollo Saturn V, a Voyager spacecraft and other bits and pieces of aviation and real space. I have a Monogram LEM that has been on the “bench” for over ten years (the bench actually vanished nearly 10 years ago). But my pride and joy - and the thing that is also farthest beyond my current skills - is an Accurate Models 1/20 Rocketdyne F1 motor. Every year or so, I take it all out of the box, look at it, read the instructions through a dozen or so times, then put it away again in a state of mild panic. One day... one day... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4rky Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Hello and welcome from a fellow mancunian. Just looked up the rocketdyne kit and it looks brilliant. i understand the reluctance to build such a kit. thats why i have never bought some of the pricey model factory hiro car kits. I just couldnt do them justice. Maybe one day i’ll have the confidence to build one. i have been listening to “13 minutes to the moon” on the bbc sounds app. Makes me want to build an apollo kit of some form. mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Hello Phil... from across the pond in Chicago. Mostly aviation here with the occasional armor or sci-fi build to break it up. Ive thought about visiting Manchester someday as I'm a Fan of Man U though as an American don't get to see a lot of matches here. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Greeting from Western Canadian self-isolation. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharma66 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 17 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hello Phil... from across the pond in Chicago. Mostly aviation here with the occasional armor or sci-fi build to break it up. Ive thought about visiting Manchester someday as I'm a Fan of Man U though as an American don't get to see a lot of matches here. Dennis Man U fans from anywhere on the globe are always more than welcome! Well, when I say “always”... maybe give it a few months! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 17 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: I've thought about visiting Manchester someday as I'm a Fan of Man U though as an American don't get to see a lot of matches here. As my cousins (Rabid Man City fans) from that fair city say 'Puts you in the 99.5% of United fans* then' There is a great museum there Museum of Industry, Science and Technology. Drop the female(s) and their credit cards for shopping and spend the day there Time it right and you could do Scale model World at Telford at the same time. Just a thought. Welcome to BM Phil, you have an interesting set of projects there, every so often Aldi and the like knock out cheap Airfix starter sets. A good source of practice materials. Keep an eye on the bargain section for the next round of issues. * the real word is too rude for sensitive ears or websites Cheers Nick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Another Real Spacer - the more the merrier. We are a rare breed so all newcomers welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 aboard Phil On 28/03/2020 at 14:23, dharma66 said: My ambitions far outweigh my skills. You're not alone - I think almost every modeller thinks that way, self included 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Hello Phil & glad to see you popping your head over the parapet. I'm also a Mancunian - now resident in those hills past the edge of town - you know the ones - when it snows - that's where it sticks!!! Glorious Saddleworth. I hope you have fun here & it would be nice to see some of the stuff you have either on the bench or completed. Best regards - Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharma66 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 4 hours ago, BIG X said: Hello Phil & glad to see you popping your head over the parapet. I'm also a Mancunian - now resident in those hills past the edge of town - you know the ones - when it snows - that's where it sticks!!! Glorious Saddleworth. I hope you have fun here & it would be nice to see some of the stuff you have either on the bench or completed. Best regards - Steve Hmm... I don’t really have anything to show I think I have an old Spitfire in the garage, but it’s now under a pile of stuff. I have the LEM, but it was really early stage of the build when I stopped. Those two items are 15 and 10 years old respectively, and anything I had older than that has been discarded decades ago... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, dharma66 said: Hmm... I don’t really have anything to show I think I have an old Spitfire in the garage, but it’s now under a pile of stuff. I have the LEM, but it was really early stage of the build when I stopped. Those two items are 15 and 10 years old respectively, and anything I had older than that has been discarded decades ago... Time to get building then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 6 hours ago, BIG X said: Glorious Saddleworth. I've said it once and there's no doubt that I'll say it again Steve. That's dangerously close to Yorkshire. Welcome Phil. They are a friendly bunch on here and you will pick up lot's of tips to help improve your skills. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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