GrumpyDad Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Hello and thanks for allowing me to join this esteemed company. I’m an old git (46) coming back to modelling after a brief 30 year hiatus. I decided to have another go, a I needed a break from painting wargaming minis and thought a nice easy weekend build would be relaxing... So I found a 1/72 Hasegawa Royal Navy Phantom in a cupboard and discovered the kit is old, possibly older than me, and it’s a dog... terrible flash, huge gaps, one half of the fuselage is slightly bigger than the other all round, the cockpit has zero detail, and I think the aircrew were originally sculpted from chewing gum 😂🤣. I’ll finish it as practice and then buy something shiny and new to build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Hello GD... from the city of Chicago USA. Airfix make a very new kit only a year or two old of the FG.1 Phantoms be a good chance to build a new kit of your subject. Im mostly a WW2 & Coldwar aircraft builder myself. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve86 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Hello and welcome along back to the hobby, you are a youngster and not an old git at all, I and a few others around here have a few years on you. Enjoy your return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyDad Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Steve86 said: Hello and welcome along back to the hobby, you are a youngster and not an old git at all, I and a few others around here have a few years on you. Enjoy your return. Oh! I see from your tag you're in Felixtowe, lovely part of the world. A large proportion of my family currently live in and around Felixstowe and Ipswich. Small world 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve86 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 It sure is, if you are round this way you will have to come along to an IPMS Ipswich club night when things get back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Greetings, OP. I'm a recent returnee and I'd be sunk without BM and its members. There's much friendly help and advice to be had, and everyone's welcoming and not a bit mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 11:50 AM, jackroadkill said: and not a bit mad. Here, Here! I'll drink to that. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escaflowne Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Hello, Welcome on this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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