Hello/G'day from a Brit down under

[AlxBNE]

I am a long time Britmodeller lurker who posted my first reply in a forum today so felt I should say hello.

Many thanks to all of you for the encyclopedic database of helpful advice and walkarounds, etc that I have been enjoying for quite some time.

I was a very keen 1/72 plastic aircraft modeller as a kid, My dad even treated me to an airbrush (single action) when I was 10 years old but when I went to university I found I didn't have the time to maintain my hobby.

 

20 years later I found myself studying very hard for post graduate medical exams and I decided that as a grown up I could justify treating myself to the expense of some 1/48 scale kits and a dual action airbrush to rekindle my childhood passion.

I have always been obsessed with helicopters, especially rescue helicopters. In my limited free time I started to build several 1/48 scale versions of the 1/72 kits I had built as a child, but I didn't actually finish any of them!

Long story short..... I passed the exams, the airbrush and the 1/48 scale kits got packed away in a box and I became a rather busy NHS emergency medicine specialist. My childhood passion was once again ignored but definitely not forgotten.

 

My helicopter obsession was rekindled when I had the opportunity to fly around in the real thing (very much a passenger,they wouldn't let my take the controls) as a member of one of the helicopter rescue teams based in Australia.

A 6 month trip to Australia turned into 12 months, turned into "we aren't going back to the UK are we?"

 

So now I am a Brit down-under, settled in Queensland.

The boxes of stuff in storage in the UK have all been delivered to our new home in Australia and I have opened them up like a kid at Christmas.

For the first time in my adult life I find myself with enough time to try and catch up on the modelling skills I lost through inactivity.

Where better to turn for help and advice than here on britmodeller?

 

Looking forward to being a more active member.

 

Alex

 

 

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Hello Alex …  from the windy city by the lake Chicago USA. Ive been a passenger on many Helo’s, Bell Ranger, Hughes 500, and Bell Huey. Was able to handle the controls a little in the Hughes. My favorite was the Huey, was involved with a mock combat insertion for an airshow. I was given the opportunity to sit in the door gunners position. Let me tell you its a wild ride with the doors open, and only a 3” canvas belt holding you in. Im mostly a military aircraft builder but mostly fixed wing. Ive never had luck with getting rotor’s to not break. 
 

Dennis

[Bandsaw Steve]

Welcome aboard from W.A.

[Keeff]

Hello and welcome from the UK!  

 

Keith   😁

[Norman]

Welcome Alex !

[rob Lyttle]

Excellent.... Welcome 👍

Might be some nice civil helos in the pipeline, at some point? 😇

[Steve86]

A bit late in saying hello, but welcome back to the hobby, enjoy!

[Guest]

Welcome to the forum from an Aussie who migrated Up Over (Revenge for transportation of forebear). Plenty of very useful info to assist with one's modelling.

[Paul J]

Welcome from the Mother Country you left behind. Looking forward to your first completion here.