MisterE Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) Ow do! Built an absolute ton of kits in the 70s and 80s, but drifted away from the hobby in subsequent years. I did get into wargaming somewhat, so kept my painting and modelling (to a lesser extent) up to speed. Now, as a result of lockdown and a midlife crisis (rather than grow a ponytail, get divorced, buy a Harley and date inappropriate women) I'm looking to start making models again. Mainly figures and AFVs, but I might try the occasional aeroplane. I have acquired some of the old Airfix 54mm Collector Series from eBay, so those are the first projects, but would like to build a diorama for my cousins, whose dad (my uncle) was a proud Coldstream Guardsman depicting members of his old regiment. I'll post some Works in Progress in the appropriate fora. Oh, I'm Steve by the way... Edited January 24, 2021 by MisterE Typing 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Hi Steve, welcome to the forum. Although not a figure modeller, I built some of the Airfix figures in the early 70's and very nice they were and I look forward to seeing them. I have lived in Yorkshire for nearly years 50 years, so still an outsider, although Mrs T is a Yorkshire lass 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Hello from Keighley 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) I'm down in Doncaster. (Not a comment on my lockdown mental health, merely the fact I'm further South!) Edited January 24, 2021 by MisterE Spacing 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Welcome. I'm from Bradford, but being kept prisoner in Nottinghamshire. Send help. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don149 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Ey up Steve lad . Welcome from an ancient modeller in Wakefield . Don . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, TonyOD said: Welcome. I'm from Bradford, but being kept prisoner in Nottinghamshire. Send help. I'll start the tunnel... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Welcome Steve, I have lived in Yorkshire for 50 years, but cannot shake off my Suffolk, and I am married to a Doncaster lass. adey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 56 minutes ago, adey m said: Welcome Steve, I have lived in Yorkshire for 50 years, but cannot shake off my Suffolk, and I am married to a Doncaster lass. adey So are you living in Donny then Adey? 1 hour ago, Mr T said: Hi Steve, welcome to the forum. Although not a figure modeller, I built some of the Airfix figures in the early 70's and very nice they were and I look forward to seeing them. I have lived in Yorkshire for nearly years 50 years, so still an outsider, although Mrs T is a Yorkshire lass Mr T, meet Adey...you appear to be living parallel lives! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Hello Steve... from the windy city Chicago somewhere on the other side of the pond. Mostly aircraft here, but do venture into other types. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 10 hours ago, MisterE said: So are you living in Donny then Adey? We live in Scarborough Steve, but we regularly visit her family in Doncaster. adey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 12 hours ago, MisterE said: but I might try the occasional aeroplane. Nononono!! There are loads of them on here already. I'm sure that they're breeding. Anyway, welcome aboard, and it's good to have another AFV modeller join up. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Bullbasket said: Nononono!! There are loads of them on here already. I'm sure that they're breeding. Anyway, welcome aboard, and it's good to have another AFV modeller join up. John. I only said might 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Welcome Steve, I am from York but have been banished to Rhode Island, USA for riding horses into too many pubs. Was on the last prison boat sent over before the revolution. Regards, Pete in RI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 21 hours ago, TonyOD said: Welcome. I'm from Bradford, but being kept prisoner in Nottinghamshire. Send help. Nothing wrong with my county of birth, apart from the disappointing football teams. Nottingham was once reputed to have the prettiest girls in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 to the forums Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 hours ago, europapete said: Welcome Steve, I am from York but have been banished to Rhode Island, USA for riding horses into too many pubs. Was on the last prison boat sent over before the revolution. Regards, Pete in RI Could have been a shrewd move - I suspect RI is under far less water than York!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Ey up Steve @MisterE Good to have another tyke round these parts, especially one that builds armour 👍 25 minutes ago, Mr T said: Nottingham was once reputed to have the prettiest girls in England. Aye but Robin Hood was still a Yorkshireman! 😀 Regards, Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, fatfingers said: Ey up Steve @MisterE Good to have another tyke round these parts, especially one that builds armour 👍 Aye but Robin Hood was still a Yorkshireman! 😀 Regards, Steve Yes, yes he bloody was!! Sherwood Forest my *#!$!! Far more evidence for Barnsdale Forest!! Ahem, so you found one of my pet rants then? 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan_Farsight Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Welcome to the site! youll find a wealth of banter, knowledge, and tips on this forum! Was doing some site surveys up on the North Yorkshire Moors last week! Quite beautiful up there, but also surprisingly desolate! Stick a Yurt on the horizon and you could be fooled for thinking your on the Mongolian steppes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 26 minutes ago, fatfingers said: Ey up Steve @MisterE Good to have another tyke round these parts, especially one that builds armour 👍 Well, this far, the armour is a part-assembled Italeri Panzer IV in braille-scale, but it's a start... 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don149 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Aye Steve , he was ! . As a young lad , I think it was in 1938 I was taken to see his grave in the grounds of Kirklees Priory , near Huddersfield . ( Wrong forum ? ) , he could sure make an arrow fly !. Don . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Kushan_Farsight said: Welcome to the site! youll find a wealth of banter, knowledge, and tips on this forum! Was doing some site surveys up on the North Yorkshire Moors last week! Quite beautiful up there, but also surprisingly desolate! Stick a Yurt on the horizon and you could be fooled for thinking your on the Mongolian steppes! Aye lad, it's desolate and we like it that way! 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 As Robin Hood probably never existed as a single individual, I never believed in him even when I still lived there. Having lived in Yorkshire for most of past 49 years, you do have to be proud of your own origins to avoid being swamped by the whole Yorkshireness of the place. BTW, Sherwood Forest at its greatest extent is reckoned to have straddled the original border between Nottinghamshire and the West Riding. There have been numerous changes to the county boundary, most recently in 1974 when amongst other places Finningley found itself in South Yorkshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Which annoyed me no end, as the village I lived in near Finningley (walking distance to the annual air show) suddenly found itself in North Nottinghamshire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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