Hi from Portsmouth, UK

[CliveT]

Hi all,

Clive here, another old duffer getting back into the hobby of his youth, and being utterly amazed by the quality of work being produced by everyone in his 30+ year absence! The choice of tools, paints, even models is way beyond how it was back then.

I am back to my original interests, aircraft with the odd nod to AFVs - mainly WW1, WW2 and just beyond. Whereas back in the day it was all 1:72, nowadays my 50-something eyes do tend to struggle with models that small. Thankfully there seems to be a great choice in the larger scales.

I had (well still have) a large scale railway in the garden, from which grew an interest in making my own figures, so from time to time I return to that.

I have found in myself a liking for unusual subjects or unusual variants on popular themes, so anyone doing anything out of the ordinary will more than likely grab my attention

I am very keen to learn new techniques for things like weathering etc, so hopefully I will learn a lot from all you experts!


Cheers,

Clive

[Lee]

Welcome to ISM Clive, I'm from Pompey too

[CliveT]

Hi Lee, thanks for the welcome. To confuse things somewhat I am from Bristol originally, but I have lived down here for nearly 30 years so I am more or less classed as a local

[Icemannique]

to ISM.

[SMAddict66]

[Spook]

Welcome to ism Clive

[Paul]

Hi Clive and welcome to ISM

We run a friendly and fun forum and hope you enjoy your stay with us, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Have a good look around the forum at the various sections and feel at home

If you have any questions please feel free to ask on the forum or message one of the Admin team for help

The ISM Admin team are (click on the names)

Administrator Paul Bretland (myself)
Administrator Lee Larholt
Moderator HIghAltitudeScale
Moderator ForbesHutton
GB/SIG Team Leader Les

Heres a few handy links and videos you may find useful

As well as the forum we also have a very busy Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Interna ... Modellers/

Our You tube channel can be found here, we have reviews, how to's, technique guides etc as well as our monthly news show. Also on a Tuesday and Friday nights we have Live "At the Bench" shows, starting at 7:30pm UK/8:30pm EUR/1:30pm Cen USA the link to watch goes up on the forum and facebook so feel free to tune in and watch.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCERZRn ... iDsORviL-Q

Myself and Lee also own Ultimate Modelling Products, we sell all kinds of useful modelling tools, washes, primers etc as well as Model/Resin kits and figures and lots of other products.
http://www.umpretail.com

To upload pictures to the forum you are best using a third party host like photo bucket, heres a guide video on how to use photo bucket and upload pictures to the forum. It also shows you basic usage of the forum so may prove a useful video, any more questions please feel free to ask.

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We also have ongoing Group Builds and S.I.Gs (special interest group builds) heres a video guide on how to enter those and we would love to see you participating

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Any questions please ask and have fun

Happy Modelling - Paul

[CliveT]

Thanks all for the warm welcome

[Les]

Hello, and welcome to the forums!

[arilo76]

Welcome toISM

[CliveT]

Thanks for the welcome. I am wondering if I should dip a toe in the water by starting a thread to show my progress on an old Airfix Skyraider kit.

[Lee]

Thanks for the welcome. I am wondering if I should dip a toe in the water by starting a thread to show my progress on an old Airfix Skyraider kit.

Go for it

[CraigPetterson]

Welcome Phil,

[GuyMac]

Welcome Clive. Same here: restarted my youth hobby and found out a lot has changed since then.

[Kevthemodeller]

[ElCapitan]

[kiwigav]

Welcome from NZ

[CliveT]

Thanks, friends!