Long time modeler&Fine Scale reader.New to forum.

 This kind of thing is new to an almost oldfart like me,so bear with me 'till I get into the swing of things.  I've been with the hobby for quite a while now ,(over 40 yrs),building my first kits when I was about 8. But it wasn't for a couple of years later did I start to develope a sense of precision and order in my skills. I had a good mentor, my then teenage older brother. He always had the latest hot rod magazine and built many beautiful model cars. Often he would take me along to the local hobby shop (maybe mom made him do that).My dad was career Air Force (WWII vet,Korea,SAC),so I also grew up around airplanes.Especially the B-58 Hustler.Talk about a hot rod !  Anyway; unlike most teen boys of the 70's, I was very much into building models.Some cars,but mostly airplanes ,WWII airplanes . I really cut my modelling teeth on the Monogram kits of the 70's ,any scale. After a hitch in the Air Force my model interests shifted to modern combat jets until my future wife and I moved into a 1bdrm apt . Not much space for model planes. Still, I couldn't leave the hobby alone so I started building cars .Street rods,stock cars,sprint cars,and the occasional new Detroit stuff.  In 97,got married , bought a house, tinkered with models a little, but for the first time I pretty much stepped away from the hobby. Didn't have time, the house needed work, work!, etc. In 03 , celebrated the birth of my daughter (at 45 my one and only). Past 3 or 4 yrs , figured out ways to get back to the hobby . Granted; not as hot and heavy as in earlier years .But, I've got a dedicated hobby desk (complete w/ paint & tool shelves),space to display, and I manage to build 3,4,5 kits a year. I prefer 1/48 WWII warbirds,ETO . I like this scale for the detail while still not taking up too much display space,except for the bombers. I've always loved the old birds and they offer lots of opportunity to really dirty them up . My recent creation is a B-25J ,fictious markings , named after my little girl. She is thrilled that's "her airplane". I will post photos later. Currently building alittle nostalga. The reissue of the Monogram P-40B Tigershark, and Spitfire Mk II. That's all I've got to say for now . Thanks for reading my post.