Been modeling for about 65 years. Never got away from it even after childhood. Built while in AF, and when raising a family. For many years I participated in the newsgroup rec.models.scale, but Usenet (newsgroups) seem to be dying. I still participate but there are getting to be very few new posts each day. So, went looking for a web-based forum area, and this FSM area seems great.
Built all genre of models. If it moves, I build it. Kind of specialize in ships, but do a lot of planes and race cars too. Ships take a lot longer, so my display case has fewer ships than planes or cars, but I probably spend more time on ships.
Occasionally pick up a few bucks for a more expensive model by writing for some of the model magazines.