Greetings from upstate New York

ManCityFan

Member since
September 2016
From: Albany, New York

Greetings from upstate New York

Posted by ManCityFan on Monday, September 26, 2016 5:48 PM

Hello all,

At the age of 52, I have decided to get back to a hobby I enjoyed in college. I have a large bin full of unbuilt models bought in the 1980's, and am looking forward to getting some skills to do them justice.

Used to build models in college (quite badly, I must admit) without painting the whole model, leaving huge gaping seams, etc.

I have been looking at the forums the past couple of weeks, and this site is chock a bock full of useful information from folks that know what they are doing!

Pulled out my sadly neglected Paasche H, and already found out from experience what happens when you don't thin properly. In the process of ruining a Henschel 129 by MPC (so old the company is gone).

As you may notice, I am a huge fan of English soccer. Up Manchester City!!

Anyway, enjoying the forums. Thanks all!!

Dwayne or Dman or just D. All comments are welcome on my builds.

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checkmateking02

Member since
September 2003
From: AandF in the Badger State

Posted by checkmateking02 on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 3:47 PM

Welcome to the Forums!

I use the Paasche H, too. It's still a pretty good airbrush.

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 3:26 AM

Welcome aboard. By Soccer you of course mean Football Wink

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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jeffpez

Member since
July 2008
From: Summerville, SC

Posted by jeffpez on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 6:55 AM

Where in upstate NY? I'm in the Albany area.

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Toshi

Member since
March 2015
From: Streetsboro, Ohio

Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 8:55 AM

Welcome aboard!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi

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BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Member since
January 2013

Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 9:16 AM

jeffpez

Where in upstate NY? I'm in the Albany area.

The true Upsate NY is where I live - in Central NY. LOL! We call Albany "downstate"....

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hogfanfs

Member since
May 2013
From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho

Posted by hogfanfs on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 9:35 AM

Welcome to the forums! Beer Welcome Sign

Bruce

On the bench: 1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

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ManCityFan

Member since
September 2016
From: Albany, New York

Posted by ManCityFan on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 10:32 AM

Yes, of course I mean football. But here in the States, if you say football, you get funny looks and snarky comments. My friends know that when I say football, I mean what most of the world knows as football.

Greatest quote from John Oliver: "When an Englishman says soccer, another Englishman dies". Smile

Dwayne or Dman or just D. All comments are welcome on my builds.

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ManCityFan

Member since
September 2016
From: Albany, New York

Posted by ManCityFan on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 10:35 AM

I actually live in Albany, County and City. Funny how upstate and downstate mean different things to different people. My ex-girlfriend lived on Long Island, and anything above the Tappan Zee was upstate. LOL.

Dwayne or Dman or just D. All comments are welcome on my builds.

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fox

Member since
January 2007
From: Narvon, Pa.

Posted by fox on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 10:43 AM

Welcome to the Forums! Glad to have you aboard!

Jim Captain

Main WIP:

On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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jeffpez

Member since
July 2008
From: Summerville, SC

Posted by jeffpez on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 12:14 PM

How funny. Westchester county is downstate. We're halfway to Montreal.

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Hub

Member since
August 2012

Posted by Hub on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 2:32 PM

I'm originally from Scotia, NY and went to Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY. If you're in the Schenectady area, be sure to stop in at the ESAM Empire State Areoscience Museum to look at some interesting planes and artifacts.

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armorbldr1045

Member since
January 2003

Posted by armorbldr1045 on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 3:25 PM

Well, I'm even further North of you - Watertown NY (Northern NY those unfamiliar) - I use to have the P/H but bought a Tamiya one some time ago which I use mostly for fine camo patterns. I also have a cheapo - Harbor Freight one I bought a year or so ago... been one of the best A/Bs I have ever used... easy to strip down for cleaning too! I'll be heading south to SYRCON in October - to enter this time around. I use to enter every year (at SYRCON/ROCON) until it seemed to get too crowded with repeat models from prior years.