Why do you model?

Post by **aur0ra145** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:36 am

Avgas wrote: Nope.

We were lucky enough to have a two seat Spit based at our flying club (MJ627, http://www.waddingtonflyingclub.com/spitfire.html), now down at Biggin giving joy rides. Whenever they dragged it out and gave it an engine run or test flight the whole place stopped what it was doing. Of course you don't realise what you have until it's gone but when I used to take friends flying I would show them the Spit and they were to a man and woman awestruck that they could touch it and sit in it. There's something about Spitfires, it is of course a beautiful aircraft with an engine note to die for but it's what it represents from a historical point of view to most British folk I suppose. Iconic hardly scratches the surface.

I'm from Texas. And living in Texas that makes me a citizen of the USA. We Americans have amazing aircraft, every time I hear a Mustang fly over I get weird chills. Furthermore, for me at least, whenever I see a plane launched off a carrier deck some weird lump gets in my throat. I live just outside of NAS Pensacola and run outside every time I hear a weird jet to watch them break in the landing pattern. Hell, I've even had to "guard" Blue Angel practices. It's something surreal. The Naval Aviation Museum is about five minutes from my house and I go there often to touch the aircraft and have lunch in the Cubi Bar.

Though, we have no American equivalent to the Spitfire. The single aircraft that fought the Luftwaffe over your shores and staved off the German military. In my time off I've been reading extensively about the Battle of Brittan and it's amazing. I can barely imagine the national pride that wells up in people when they see a Spitfire. It seems like it'd be the equivalent of seeing Jesus throat punching Satan then breaking both his legs with a cricket bat. Winston Churchill put it best, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

Post by **Avgas** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:31 am

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

Churchill was a politician and given to hyperbole but in this instance he got it right. If the Spits and Hurricanes had failed, indeed if we had anyone else in charge of Fighter Command besides Dowding and Park (and luckily enough for us Goering in charge of the Luftwaffe) then there would have been jackboots marching down the Mall. We tend to forget that we came extremely close to being invaded and from a ground point of view didn't really have a cat in hells chance of preventing a march on London, although it has to be said that the Royal Navy would have probably chopped them to bits before they landed.

Post by **digger303** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:40 pm

Avgas wrote:
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

Churchill was a politician and given to hyperbole but in this instance he got it right. If the Spits and Hurricanes had failed, indeed if we had anyone else in charge of Fighter Command besides Dowding and Park (and luckily enough for us Goering in charge of the Luftwaffe) then there would have been jackboots marching down the Mall. We tend to forget that we came extremely close to being invaded and from a ground point of view didn't really have a cat in hells chance of preventing a march on London, although it has to be said that the Royal Navy would have probably chopped them to bits before they landed.

I think the the navy would have been as hard pressed as the army to do much about it. They had 57 U-boats in 1939 and only lost 9 in that year. The navy would have been sunk between them and the full weight of the Luftwaffe.

Post by **Avgas** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:57 pm

Don't know, historical thinking has it that the RN would have made a do or die effort and taken a lot of the barges out, although with the RAF gone they would as you say have been severely dented and I don't think at the end of the day they would have stopped them all.

All speculation of course.

Post by **digger303** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:07 pm

all speculation , but no harm in that.
U-boats ( sonar not operational yet) and Luftwaffe would have gone in first on mass before the barges and don't forget the rail guns. Which could reach out 23 miles....might be hard to hit a moving target on the sea. Still an aerial observer would be present. Also in the Chanel it would have been hard for the RN to maneuver it's large capital ships at the narrowest point without being at a distinct disadvantage.
London would have been truly panic stricken....army with no equipment, airfields made inoperable and most likely after previous successes an airborne assault. Even possibly a air assault to capture an airfield then fly in the transports to land even more troops with a beach landing to link them up. Absolute panic roads would be choked with civilians.

Post by **rm6239** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:23 am

To get back on topic.

Like most of my age, I built some kits with Dad and by myself when I was younger, then I got distracted by the following, (in no particular order), Horses, Guns, Girls, Motorbikes, Cars, Girls and Computers. Then after High School, one day while looking to buy a tennis racquet, I noticed the shop was also selling Model kits, I purchased and built a Kenworth, hated painting it and that was it for models for 30 years.

30 years later..........

After being made redundant and having just got married, to live I had to take a job that I classed as being in hell, I needed something to distract and to engage my mind, walking through a Newsagent I saw a Modelling magazine and on the spur of the moment I purchased it. From that moment on I have not looked back.

Like somebody said before, I can't sing, dance, paint or write a book, but I can follow a set of instructions (sometimes Dragon

) and I can paint a model and those 2 things fulfill some basic needs, tie in the reading that is involved when researching a build and I'm as happy as a pig in mud.

cheers
Rossco

Post by **Maverik** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:07 am

I started modeling when i was around 15 started with the trucks mainly then a few planes then i started work and going out chasing females and lost intrest .I stared up again not long ago because I watch a lot of youtube and came across paul and lee video's then I though yeah why not also the way they build them is great I never built them like that they gives them more life so cheers and happy modeling oh as for females modeling doesn't hurt your ears lol

YouTube · Post by **waylow** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:46 pm

I got into modeling because I look good in a swim suit

Post by **herbies** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:32 pm

As a kid I used to build collect the styrofoam rubber band propelled aircraft. When we moved from Australia to Papua New Guinea a kid in our compound built model kits with his dad and one year I received, I'm going to say, an Zero all I remember of it was it was light fluro green colour. Moved houses a couple of times and after my parents split. Sister and I lived with our dad on the weekdays and I remember going down to the grocers around the corner sold revell kits! Dad bought a spitfire and an old ship. So the 3 of us build both of em. I remember it fondly. When I was given pocket money by my mum, I would drag out haus girl (maid) with me to walk down to the same grocers, as it was dangerous for an expat to walk the streets let alone a kid of 7-8 to buy kits!

After my dad had a heart attack on his way home from work, my mum decided it was best for my sister and I to move in with her and partner (now my step dad) permanently. My step dad would frequently fly to the Philippines for work, I guess he tried to get closer to my sister and I. He would come back with gifts. For me he bought me a model kit! Can't remember what it was but I was over the moon! Since my mother is also from the Philippines we would fly frequently to visit family and one trip he showed me the store where he bought the model kit from! I was like a kid in a candy store, but a kid in a hobby shop? I picked out a Revell's 1/72 Lancaster and he gladly bought it. Over the next couple of years he bought me a couple more kits, B-17, spitfire, me109, mig29 and another lancaster.

Then I went to boarding school in Brisbane, Australia. So I was a teenager so girls, school, footy, new friends and a new culture took up my time. But I did pick up a ford mustang to build. Few of my mates where shocked that I building a model kit. Then after school went to Uni, chased girls even more. Dropped out of uni and started working. I dropped into a toystore and noticed they had model kits, this was around 2009-10. Though back in 2004 my father passed away. I didn't have as long as what my half brothers, half sisters n sister had with my father. So I knew we had one connection that none of my other siblings had which was aeroplanes. As my sister once said in a letter to me "you two would watch documentaries, gloss over the wrecks and even when at dad's work (he worked as an aeronautical engineer) you two seemed so happy walking around the hanger. It looked like fun and I was jealous, but I didn't want to invade." So standing in this toy store I picked out a model kit, few paints, glue, and sand paper. Then next is what you say is history.

In recent times, after having a family reunion and talking to my father's sibilings and even my own. All of them knew how much aeroplanes meant to both of us. I even have the idea of building a diorama of my father as a kid, who grew up in New Zealand, where his family would stop by the storage facilities of F4u corsairs left over from the war. I asked one of my uncles and he gave me permission.

Tldr: I model to feel closer to my father.

Sorry for the long post, modeling is important to me at the same time, just something to do to relax (besides the frustrating parts) and take my mind of things.

Love and miss ya dad!

Post by **qeialto** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:39 pm

well, it's hard to say, but I'll try to simplify as much as I can.
I do it because I love it even if I'mm not good at it!

Post by **plasticsturgeon** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:01 am

I started modelling quite early, used to go into my local beaties on a saturday with my dad choose a airfix model and some humbrol enamel paint and id be away, i also loved wargaing and spent my early teens in games workshop on a saturday . I then had a long break as you do partying then getting married having kids and so on .So aout 5 years ago had a op go bad and spent a long time in and out of hospital and in a lot of pain. So i picked up modeling to try and take my mind of things, and i found that it helped more than any drug they gave me, i get lost spending hours in my own world and love every aspect, collecting building and painting, and now whats even better is my 7yrold son loves it too so it makes it even more special

Post by **Les0012** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:27 am

I started as a bairn many,many years ago, lost the mojo when I joined up and as you probably can guess just got to busy with shift work etc.

But last year I suddenly became un-busy (to quote a certain ex Top Gear presenter), So I thought get a kit and go from there and have never looked back since, to the wife's disgust.

Just waiting on a few bits and bobs to finish my man corner and off we go again, No way am I good enough to post on here but one day maybe just maybe.

Enjoy your hobby all Les.

Post by **Stokesy44** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:37 am

Les0012 wrote:I started as a bairn many,many years ago, lost the mojo when I joined up and as you probably can guess just got to busy with shift work etc.

But last year I suddenly became un-busy (to quote a certain ex Top Gear presenter), So I thought get a kit and go from there and have never looked back since, to the wife's disgust.

Just waiting on a few bits and bobs to finish my man corner and off we go again, No way am I good enough to post on here but one day maybe just maybe.

Enjoy your hobby all Les.

Dude, don't put yourself down. This forum is for modellers, not competitors. If you're loving what you're making then share that good stuff around!

Post by **digger303** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:58 am

Les0012 wrote:I started as a bairn many,many years ago, lost the mojo when I joined up and as you probably can guess just got to busy with shift work etc.

But last year I suddenly became un-busy (to quote a certain ex Top Gear presenter), So I thought get a kit and go from there and have never looked back since, to the wife's disgust.

Just waiting on a few bits and bobs to finish my man corner and off we go again, No way am I good enough to post on here but one day maybe just maybe.

Enjoy your hobby all Les.

I started when I was young, got a kit as a Xmas present an aircraft 1/72 scale. I never got many as we were not rich, I think I received maybe two and they always turned out unpainted, gappy with undercarriage that never stayed where it was supposed to and it had that HORRIBLE tube glue which always made spider webs.
In short it all turned out very disappointingly, still I do like to build stuff. Now it is amour....the wheels always stay on !!
Still not Master class or the even better class of Noob , but they do turn out better now. I enjoy it all now hunting down kits,buying, building, collecting the post in anticipation, but not so much the painting and weathering. Putting on the base coat is OK after that I bog down

It's all fun

Post by **Lysus** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:19 pm

Stokesy44 wrote:
Les0012 wrote:I started as a bairn many,many years ago, lost the mojo when I joined up and as you probably can guess just got to busy with shift work etc.

But last year I suddenly became un-busy (to quote a certain ex Top Gear presenter), So I thought get a kit and go from there and have never looked back since, to the wife's disgust.

Just waiting on a few bits and bobs to finish my man corner and off we go again, No way am I good enough to post on here but one day maybe just maybe.

Enjoy your hobby all Les.
Dude, don't put yourself down. This forum is for modellers, not competitors. If you're loving what you're making then share that good stuff around!

Seriously, Les, I have no idea what I'm doing but I leave some posts here and there. Unless you ask for it, people here post suggestions and encouragement, never criticism for the sake of just criticizing (that I've seen).

Post by **Spook** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:24 am

Like most of us I used to model when I was a kid and stopped around 16/17 mainly because I discovered beer, then joined the army.and didn't think about it again until a few years ago when I was laid up after being diagnosed with cancer.
After one operation I came across Pauls tutorials with the bf 109 which got me interested again and it was something to get my mind off what I was going through,and the rounds of chemo.
My aim is to build at least one of every f4 phantom of every colour scheme from every unit from around the the world.
And the best part is I'm now in remission so I'm hopeing to build a lot more rhino's.

Post by **Stokesy44** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:43 am

Spook wrote:Like most of us I used to model when I was a kid and stopped around 16/17 mainly because I discovered beer, then joined the army.and didn't think about it again until a few years ago when I was laid up after being diagnosed with cancer.
After one operation I came across Pauls tutorials with the bf 109 which got me interested again and it was something to get my mind off what I was going through,and the rounds of chemo.
My aim is to build at least one of every f4 phantom of every colour scheme from every unit from around the the world.
And the best part is I'm now in remission so I'm hopeing to build a lot more rhino's.

Hey Spook, great to hear you're winning. Keep them Phantom's coming Dude

Post by **Avgas** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:00 am

And the best part is I'm now in remission

Nice one Spook.

Post by **Lysus** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:48 pm

Avgas wrote:
And the best part is I'm now in remission
Nice one Spook.

Post by **SMAddict66** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:06 pm

Spook wrote:Like most of us I used to model when I was a kid and stopped around 16/17 mainly because I discovered beer, then joined the army.and didn't think about it again until a few years ago when I was laid up after being diagnosed with cancer.
After one operation I came across Pauls tutorials with the bf 109 which got me interested again and it was something to get my mind off what I was going through,and the rounds of chemo.
My aim is to build at least one of every f4 phantom of every colour scheme from every unit from around the the world.
And the best part is I'm now in remission so I'm hopeing to build a lot more rhino's.

You keep banging them Phantoms out Spook

Post by **MarkB15** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 5:14 pm

No way am I good enough to post on here but one day maybe just maybe. Les, I hope there are a lot more of us 'Lesser' mortals than the Jaw dropping talent

I/we on here every day. But what keeps me plugging away is the thought that once they were as ham fisted as I feel I am. All I can say is, I have never seen a friendlier bunch of chaps. I also am plucking up the courage to post my wall of shame, sorry portfolio. My problem is ' Right I have watched all the video's, I should be a genius at this now.' If only!!! The way I see it is if us average Joe's post more then more average Joes will be comfortable posting and the more the merrier. Hopefully got the idea cross.

Post by **Akula1959** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:18 pm

I have already posted why I model, but I have a 7 going on 8 year old godson/great-nephew who's b-day is this March. I suggested (sort of) that "Uncle Don" (me) wants to get him a small, cheap model to give him a start on the hobby, as well as man time with me and his dad. I am HOPING the decision is one of the die casts for him to build and play with as well as a cheap small model to actually start learning. The die cast is to satiate his need to play with his toys. So we'll look through Hell-Mart, erm, WALMART for something for him.

DonP

Post by **Paul** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:42 pm

Never be worried of posting your work on this forum, nobody will ever give anything but positive encouragement unless you ask for it.

Post by **Lysus** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:52 pm

Paul wrote:Never be worried of posting your work on this forum, nobody will ever give anything but positive encouragement unless you ask for it.

Post by **JimJ** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:26 pm

I model because I am a soon to be 65 year old disabled Veteran.........and I need something to stay busy & keep my mind off the DISGRACEFUL way I am treated by the useless "Veteran's Administration".

Post by **digger303** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:34 pm

JimJ wrote:I model because I am a soon to be 65 year old disabled Veteran.........and I need something to stay busy & keep my mind off the DISGRACEFUL way I am treated by the useless "Veteran's Administration".

Same thing happens to vet's the world over...afterwards no one wants to know. If the politicians all had to sling a pack in time of war it maybe a different story.

Post by **JimJ** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 2:56 am

digger303 wrote:
JimJ wrote:I model because I am a soon to be 65 year old disabled Veteran.........and I need something to stay busy & keep my mind off the DISGRACEFUL way I am treated by the useless "Veteran's Administration".

Same thing happens to vet's the world over...afterwards no one wants to know. If the politicians all had to sling a pack in time of war it maybe a different story.

Amen!..............

Post by **cib2265** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 8:21 am

Interesting to post this now, after starting back in the hobby 3 years or so ago.

I started modelling because I needed something to take my mind off my work (at home futures/FX trader) and I did tanks as a kid before joining the Army and thought - let's do aircraft (my real passion - which Ive rediscovered with modelling).

Its gone from that humble beginning - stress release - to an almost addiction in and of itself! I now do it more as a way to express my passions and feeling about subjects and to make something different that pleases me and stands out from the crowd.

Im really interested in aircraft in flight (which no-one really does), and depicting armor/figures in action (also not done that much), to get as close as possible to realism and to display what these machines were/are used for. Thats my reason now to model! Oh and I stress more about getting color callouts right and weathering just so than I do about the direction of Pound Sterling!

Post by **BigoleDog** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:33 pm

I've always had a great interest in things that fly, drive, and go pew pew. First time I ever built a model was maybe when I was 7 or 8. I didn't have a problem building the kits, but it was the painting that pushed me away from it. This past summer took a real toll on me in a lot of ways and the stress led me to have a stroke at my young age in December.

Video games, movies, and reading/researching ate up time during recovery but I needed something more...physical. Sure I had my guitars and keyboard/mouse/controller to help me regain dexterity in my right hand, but it was all limited movements. Bored as one can be after burning away hours on world of tanks and war thunder and recently watching "fury" for the second time, I decided to check out modeling on youtube just to see were things were these days. I typed in tiger models and sure enough, I came across Coen and his video log of his 1/16 tiger build. The next three days I spent watching darn near all of his videos and I dont know why, but gave me the confidence and huge interest again into modeling.

After 20 plus years, I started my first tank (tamiya 1/35 m41) as well as my first plane (academy 1/72 P-51B) on January 1 and slowly working on my skills in all fields of the hobby. This happy allows me to run away from the not-so-fun times of live, therapy for my hands and mind, and just enjoy building things that I have a heavy interest in

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Post by **Sussexguy** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:27 am

Like most on here I modelled when I was a lad, then played with the real thing in the Armed Forces for a while. Now retired at the tender age of 55 following 30 years Police Service and like Coen a Big dose of PTSD and Depression, I use it to keep my demons at bay and immerse myself in something creative in my own space/mancave. the result isn't that important its the journey that matters.
Mark

Post by **newmodeler** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 3:40 am

I started modelling late(I'm 31 and started last December). I got into it for a couple of reasons. I have always wanted to do something creative and with my hands but my dexterity isn't great. I have a disability that affects motor skills so doing anything arts and crafts wise is somewhat difficult for me. I can't draw, paint or anything like that but I have always had the urge to build something. Woodworking doesn't interest me and living in an apartment doing something like that really isn't feasible anyway. I am also a Star Wars fan. With the release of the new movie, I initially started looking into collecting Star Wars stuff but I came across the Bandai kits and really loved how detailed they look. So I bought a kit and put it together. Didn't turn out great but I had fun but I found it is something that will improve my dexterity.

Post by **Luke1ab** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:39 pm

I started modelling when I was about 13 my first kit was a old RAF Lancaster kit that was given to me to build and I caught the bug I guess. kinda faded away for a few years then I thought one day I would start again and I find it very good stress relief from work and etc. nothing more satisfying then looking at something you put time and effort into it

Post by **MikeyBugs95** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:52 am

Huh... I've sometimes asked myself this question too... I started when I was around 5 or 6 I think. My dad bought me a 1/72 kit of a P-51. It was pretty cool. We both worked on it and I remember playing with it. Then I destroyed it because didn't all airplanes like that crash in the war?

So I buried the pilot in the backyard. I just find military vehicles interesting and I want to build. Not really sure why exactly I do. It's a fun and enjoyable experience... Most of the time.

Post by **Lego** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:08 pm

Have three kids and can no longer afford the quantities of cocaine I need to get me through family life. I just use glue to keep me high 24/7 and modeling provides the perfect back drop to hide my addiction.

Post by **Coen** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:54 pm

Hahahahaha!

Post by **digger303** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:01 pm

Lego wrote:Have three kids and can no longer afford the quantities of cocaine I need to get me through family life. I just use glue to keep me high 24/7 and modeling provides the perfect back drop to hide my addiction.

...........

Post by **flundstrom2** » Sat Apr 02, 2016 4:40 pm

Stress relief is indeed a common factor, I recon from your posts.

All my hobbies involves thinking, which I really don't need after a hard days worth of it. But I recently picked up modelling again after a 30 year hiatus. And, my God, it is relaxing! It's creative, but sooo relaxing, and the brain can go to sleep completely while my fingers do the work!

Whenever I find myself tense, anxious or wound up, modelling works even better than the med's

I've had!

Post by **Vleugelmoer** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:45 pm

Hi All,

Why I got back into modeling??? Good question and its actually quite a story on its own. So pardon me if I get a little side tracked. For now I'll say get your rear end firmly installed in a comfortable chair get yourself a

and some

if your feeling peckish.

A good your back and to all the others thanks for sticking around.

About 3,5 year ago I got diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD for short). I would like to keep it at that for now and not go into any detail on the inns and outs on how I got it. But due to this newly discovered illness I had to give up my day job as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer on commercial aircraft. This fact sent me into a deep depression and some other circumstances in my personal sphere got me admitted to the psych ward. There I got in contact with psychologist that got me talking on how I got there. After hearing my story she sent me thru to seen the psychiatrist. A couple of weeks later in my weekly chat with the psychologist we started looking into the this that I did as a child and teenager for stress relief. My answer was reading books on AFV, Aircraft, militarily battles and plastic modeling of course. You have just got to do something with all those cool scenes and pictures in the books. After the weekly meeting of the medical staff on the ward it was granted for me to start with creative therapy, a grade school arts and crafts type of deal that gets you talking about your emotional state. This got me back into the mindset of tinkering and fettering with styreen again. Via the creative therapist I got my hands on some catalogs from various model manufacturers. Among those catalogs was the 2013 Revell one. As I have always liked the bigger scale aircraft I turned to the pages containing the 1:48 and 1:32 beauties. Here I found the "new release" P-39D. This was as I found a year later a re-box and re-brand of the special hobby kit but without the photo-etch. As I always found this aircraft very pleasant on the eyeball. For its time it was a very forward thinking designed aircraft. For instance, did you know this aircraft was the first aircraft designed in the US to have wat is called a tricycle landing gear? An added bonus was that it was in a scale that I like very much e.i. 1:32. So I set out to get permission to start modeling again. Not a small fete keeping in mind that I was still in the psych-ward. Long story some what shorter I was granted permission, mainly because modeling is considered to be a great stress reliever for people with PTSD. After getting the kit I was somewhat disappointed in the detail provided for this "new tool" aircraft from a renowned supplier It just felt like part where just not included for some reason or another. Later this turned out to be just the case. At the time I had only limited supplies, internet access and some other obstacles to overcome to just be able to build it. So I dug in and got started. Where I found detail missing I did my best to scratch build with what was available and allowed. After a good 3,5 months She was ready and all the staff and other patients where well chuffed with the result, and so was I. A completed model kit after a good 20 year absence from modeling. Unfortunately the bird didn't survive the move to my new appartement. As I was now back on main-street and had proper internet access I decided to do some more investigating into this model kit. A quick search on scalemates revealed what what I had already assumed the year before. This was a re-box and re-brand of a quite decent kit that originally had most of the detail that I was missing. So back onto the internet to see if I could find that kit. Sure I could but almost at highway robbery prices (at least in my old regular go to model haunts) "due to it being a limited run kit" or so they tried to convince me. During my search on scalemates I found that they also provided some, what I thought where out of date, retail info. Low and behold the opposite was true. Here I found a modelshop in Poland that had the kit, all but one of, the aftermarket goodies the paints and so on and so on. They even had a service for stuff they usually don't stock to be ordered at a fraction of the rrp, what a service it was even open to new customers. This and the regular discounts on everything modeling related has made this shop to become one of my now go to shops for stuff from the former east block and when the have sales on Tamiya tools

Hope I haven't board you readers with this tread as its quite a bit longer that most posts here.

All that remains is to thank all who read this and which all off you happy modeling

Best regards.

Paul

P.S. As you can see by the models mentioned in my signature below If started to do the kit again as I wanted to do it in the first place and will try te get some pics up soon.

Post by **Lysus** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:56 pm

Vleugelmoer wrote:
Hope I haven't board you readers with this tread as its quite a bit longer that most posts here.

All that remains is to thank all who read this and which all off you happy modeling

Best regards.

Paul

I don't mind long posts, my days are peppered with weird idle times where I can't do much else other than read the forums a bit--too short for any bench time, too long to be satisfied with pamphlets.

My wife works with quite a few PTSD patients and we actually had a conversation about modelling, how it lets me zen and zone out for a time. She's a clinician, and a doctor, so of course she's going to consult journals etc. but she was really interested in adding it to her toolbox for client therapy. I'm glad it's working for you, truly.

Post by **Vleugelmoer** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:37 pm

Lysus wrote:My wife works with quite a few PTSD patients and we actually had a conversation about modelling, how it lets me zen and zone out for a time. She's a clinician, and a doctor, so of course she's going to consult journals etc. but she was really interested in adding it to her toolbox for client therapy. I'm glad it's working for you, truly.

I think a study was done by Harvard Medical on this subject but not sure on that. But is was something to do with use of both brain halves and performing fine motor skills or other taks that require focused attention or something like that. At least that was the waffel that I got at the first time I started on this project back in 2013.

Cheers for the best weshes

Post by **Andreas** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:28 am

The reason I'm modeling is to get all the girls... Girls like guys with skills

Post by **Coen** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:08 am

Post by **Vleugelmoer** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:13 am

don't overlook the :f14:

guy's, they do pretty awesome to with the ladies

Post by **Markinhedland** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:17 pm

Started out at about 5yrs of age with scale plastic models
Moved to C/L planes at 7 yrs old
Then R/C at about 11yrs
Now im back !!! (49 yrs old)

Scale modeling is much, much cheaper than R/C now I'm semi-retired (health reasons )

I am really hooked by all the new techniques , aftermarket parts & weathering products that are available.
To me now ,
1:5 scale RC modeling is EASY compared to 1/32
Bang for buck --''- cant go wrong with scale modeling to keep us entertained for hours,days,weeks !!!!

Pls check out my 1st attempt in 40yrs

Need some help though guys - SPITFIRE mk2a Prop colour? ?????,
Black is not just "black "
Have been advised to use mr hobby
"Tyre Black "

Mark

Post by **Richp1969** » Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:33 pm

Hello all,

I used to model when I was a teenager with my Grandfather. We would pick a different plane and I would listen to a WWII story as we put together a plane.
Then I graduated High School and went to college for a couple of years. My Grandfather died in those couple of years. I started my career as a plumber and got married. Then we started having children. After three kids I had no time to do anything but work coach soccer and football.
Now my children are 26, 23 and 21. The oldest two are out in their own with lives of their own. My youngest leaves in two weeks and my wife told me I need to find something to do with myself. So I started to go to WWII air shows with my father in law and found a vendor selling off his over stock. I bought a Tamiya and Hasegawa F4U Corsairs last June. That is when I saw Paul building his Corsair on YouTube. I was hooked again and have been starting to get back into the hobby.
I believe that is when I joined this group.

Thank you,

Richard

Post by **Snakeborne** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:41 am

As a young boy I modeled as did most of my friends. We then proceeded to the sandbox to lay out our armies and then fought the battle with BB and Pellet guns. Once I discovered girls that all stopped.

Fast forward years later. I had just graduated the Scout Platoon Leaders course and had some time to kill before my trip back home. Walked into the PX and there was the M2 Bradley with interior from Tamiya and I just had to have it. This triggered my interest in the hobby once more, but now I had a another reason to do it. After the Bradley I purchased all the modern Russian armor I could find. I figured it would increase my personal knowledge of the vehicles and ease of identification after spending several months on each kit. After all we had to prep for Fulda Gap when the hordes came across.... After a couple years of this and feeling bored, I went back to my real love - WWII vehicles. From then on I only bought WWII kits - mainly German Armor up to the Pz IVs, and early war British stuff and one-off/limited production stuff. Still have yet to build a Panther or Tiger since my days as a kid.

So to answer "why do you model" the real answer is I just plain enjoy it. The answer I tell my wife is its either this or the bars, you choose. Maybe that's why I am lucky she supports my hobby.

Post by **Akula1959** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:48 am

Snakeborne wrote:As a young boy I modeled as did most of my friends. We then proceeded to the sandbox to lay out our armies and then fought the battle with BB and Pellet guns. Once I discovered girls that all stopped.

Fast forward years later. I had just graduated the Scout Platoon Leaders course and had some time to kill before my trip back home. Walked into the PX and there was the M2 Bradley with interior from Tamiya and I just had to have it. This triggered my interest in the hobby once more, but now I had a another reason to do it. After the Bradley I purchased all the modern Russian armor I could find. I figured it would increase my personal knowledge of the vehicles and ease of identification after spending several months on each kit. After all we had to prep for Fulda Gap when the hordes came across.... After a couple years of this and feeling bored, I went back to my real love - WWII vehicles. From then on I only bought WWII kits - mainly German Armor up to the Pz IVs, and early war British stuff and one-off/limited production stuff. Still have yet to build a Panther or Tiger since my days as a kid.

So to answer "why do you model" the real answer is I just plain enjoy it. The answer I tell my wife is its either this or the bars, you choose. Maybe that's why I am lucky she supports my hobby.

Oh yeah, I well remember the days and LONG nights on the border, just at the Hof Gap. It got righteously cold those winters. 2Cav Forever Toujours Pret!

DonP

Post by **Stokesy44** » Sun May 01, 2016 11:00 am

Snakeborne wrote:As a young boy I modeled as did most of my friends. We then proceeded to the sandbox to lay out our armies and then fought the battle with BB and Pellet guns. Once I discovered girls that all stopped.

Fast forward years later. I had just graduated the Scout Platoon Leaders course and had some time to kill before my trip back home. Walked into the PX and there was the M2 Bradley with interior from Tamiya and I just had to have it. This triggered my interest in the hobby once more, but now I had a another reason to do it. After the Bradley I purchased all the modern Russian armor I could find. I figured it would increase my personal knowledge of the vehicles and ease of identification after spending several months on each kit. After all we had to prep for Fulda Gap when the hordes came across.... After a couple years of this and feeling bored, I went back to my real love - WWII vehicles. From then on I only bought WWII kits - mainly German Armor up to the Pz IVs, and early war British stuff and one-off/limited production stuff. Still have yet to build a Panther or Tiger since my days as a kid.

So to answer "why do you model" the real answer is I just plain enjoy it. The answer I tell my wife is its either this or the bars, you choose. Maybe that's why I am lucky she supports my hobby.

Very cool story. I love the whole 'familiarising yourself with the enemy's equipment' idea. Brilliant.

YouTube · Post by **sdufresn1988** » Mon May 02, 2016 3:40 pm

Modeling for me is something I use to relax and some what escape from reality, while being constructive. It also gives me a chance to come into contact with vehicles that no longer exist, and tell the story of historical events.

Post by **FuzzSquad** » Wed May 04, 2016 11:17 pm

I did a bit of modelling as a child then gave it up. About 3-4 years ago I started again building aircraft for my son, these early builds were a bit basic.

In the last 18 months modelling has now become a distraction (which I thoroughly enjoy), which has been recommended by everyone from my Physio, through to my consultant. This is because I fell badly at work where I basically wrecked my knee, to a point I've been unable to work amd now registered disabled. I've now had 2 ops, and waiting for my 3rd. Due to the at times horrific pain, I find modelling a distraction, not only doing it in short bursts, but also reading, watching and researching about it.

Cheers