Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. My name is Nathan, and I am currently located in the San Francisco Bay Area. I grew up building plastic models, took a break in high school and college, and then picked the hobby back up a little bit after getting my career going in the early 2000's. More recently I've dived into the hobby in earnest and been doing a great deal more research into techniques and tools.
My latest project, which I'm almost through with, and which has been ongoing for roughly nine months, is a Model Shipways Armed Virginia Sloop. This was one that I started up after deciding I wanted to try something different that would offer me a new challenge
During the day, I build models digitally (3d modeling software) for animated films, so, for me, the modeling hobby is really just giving me a chance to do more of the same, except by working with my hands, instead of with the mouse. Anyhow, I just wanted to say 'hello' to everyone and I hope to become an active participant in the forum here.
I've got an ongoing build log on my ship model and my own web site with some of my photography and professional work, the links to which are in my signature below (hopefully, since this is my first post).
-nathan