Hello from Montana USA

[prowler83100]

Good afternoon folks,

My name is Eric McCann and I live in Bozeman, Montana. I started modeling a little in the early 80's when I was a kid, however I was never really serious about it. About 7-8 years ago I got really big into racing RC cars and after a few years found out that I liked building/working and painting custom bodies for my RC's more than I liked racing them. At that time in my life I was living in Grand Junction Colorado and had gone down to visit my local hobby shop for some more RC parts and saw a couple of model kits on an end row and I thought, what the heck, I might as well try to build one as it would be fun to paint something from the outside instead of the inside like I did on my RC bodies. Well we can say I got hooked. I am not a quick builder as I only finish a few kits a year (mostly in the winter months when things are cold and snowing outside), but I sure have fun doing it. Over the past few years now I have found that I collect more kits then I can build (at last count I think I was around 150 kits or so). Luckily, my wife is ok with that as I tell her I am making sure that I will have something to do when I retire (lol I only have about 18 years to go). Anyway, I stumbled across ISM on Youtube on one of Paul's build threads which lead me to your Facebook page, which lead me here. So that's my model history; I look forward to learning more from you fine folks!

[Gregwatters]

hello and welcome, your in the right place lots of cool folk on here and the facebook page and there is also the the live friday show is good also (if timezones permit)

[Kevthemodeller]

[onemac]

Welcome Eric

Loads of great info on here - all you have to do is ask

[digger303]

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ahhh Big sky country...welcome to ISM

[kiwigav]

[prowler83100]

I just wanted to thank everyone for the warm welcome. Also just throwing it out there, I work in the steel and recycling industry and if anyone needs reference photos of equipment for weathering etc. I have excavators and the like in my yard that I can post. I also spent 8 years in the US Navy working on aircraft particularly EA-6B's, F/A-18 A-D's, F/A-18 E/F Superhornets, AV-8B Harriers, and AH-1W Cobra Helicopters. I was an AME so I worked on ejection seats etc. If any body has technical questions regarding modern US Navy aircraft I can usually answer them. Again thanks for the warm welcome!