Good Evening

[Mr Toad]

Evening all 😎 

 

Just thought I'd introduce myself - I was going to say I'm new around here, but actually it turns out I registered on this forum back in 2015 . . . just haven't been a very active poster 🤐

 

I'm coming back to modelling after a very long break (35+ years to be precise, although I did half complete a few things along the way) , you know how it is, girls, motorbikes, children, jobs, houses, etc. all get in the way (and not necessarily in that order)

 

My passion is RNAS/FAA aircraft, and preferably in the larger scales, eg 1:48 or 1:32

 

I've been slowly building up a stash of models and reference materials over the last 10 years or so,  but every time I thought I was just about ready to put glue to plastic, something came along and got in the way, however with this enforced lockdown I now have no excuse. Well that's not entirely true as I run the communications team for our company and we've been VERY busy of late, although that seems to be slowing down and we now seem to be settling in for the long haul. The other fly in the ointment is that I'm in the process of moving out of London to a quieter place in the country, so put all my stuff into storage (elderly parents loft) and now can't get at it . So I'm now considerably poorer as I've had to go out and start from scratch in terms of paint, tools, and a couple of models, etc.

 

I'm looking to get into using an airbrush for the first time, so may turn up asking basic questions in other sections - I have a compressor that a bought a while back that came with 2 free airbrushes, so shortly I'll find out how good they are/aren't

 

My first kit to ease me back into the flow of things will be a 1:48 Airfix Seafire F.XVII 😀

 

However I'm also a sucker for punishment, so I'm also doing a Magna Models 1:72 Fairey Firefly T.2 🤔

 

Hope to see you around

 

Simon

 

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Hello Simon...  from across the pond in Chicago. You cant go wrong with a Seafire or FAA subjects. Im mostly WW2 & Cold-war aircraft in the mid scales of 1/48 & 1/72. Just finishing up four Spitfire builds myself, all of them down in the Spitfire group build. 
 

Dennis

[Steve86]

Hi Simon welcome back to the hobby, enjoy your first builds for a few years (we have all been there).