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  • Member since
    January 2010
  • From: Tulsa, OK
Beginner on Deck
Posted by DaBarge on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 11:32 PM

Hello all, got a subscription for XMas after having picked up an FSM at a local bookstore and leaving it laying around as a hint.  While wating for the first issue to arrive I have just been browsing around the forums and picking up tips/ideas and finally made a profile.  I am from Tulsa, OK and have been looking for a new hobby to get into and have always been interested in WWII history, so I decided modeling might help fit the bill.  Havent modeled since I was a kid so starting out fresh.

Biggest interest has always been in armor and vehicles (1/35 mainly, tried 1/48th and seemed a little too small for me to start with), but also plan to dabble in aircraft (1/48 and 1/72).

Started with a Tamiya P51 1/72 as a starter build.  Used it as a training aid on what I should be looking for in new tools/techniques to make the next model better.

A lot more to this then just slapping them together as a kid, but based on some of pictures people post, I can see the great builds people can do.  Hopefully as I progress with the stash of models I have already acquired from the LHS and online, and the tips/tricks/pitfalls I can learn from everyone on here I can make a model worthy of posting for everyone to see.

Thanks to all that post on these forums it has been a great place for a new guy like me to come to peruse and learn.

  • Member since
    September 2009
  • From: Guam
Posted by sub revolution on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 11:45 PM

Hi! Welcome to the forums! A great place to start is by joining one of the many group builds, so you can post your working pictures, and get helpful hints along the way. It's also a great way to interact with a group (and you get a cool badge!) I think you will find most of us are "newly returned" to the hobby after doing it as kids, so don't think we know everything yet.

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    February 2003
  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 8:12 AM

Welcome to the Forums Welcome Sign.  Glad you're here.

Regards,  Rick

RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: South Central Wisconsin
Posted by Daywalker on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 11:38 PM

Welcome Sign to the forums, glad to have you with us. 

Frank 

 

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: Edmonton, Alberta
Posted by Griffin on Thursday, January 7, 2010 8:27 AM

Ditto - Yeah - what they said. Welcome!

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    December 2007
  • From: Bridgeview, Illinois
Posted by mg.mikael on Thursday, January 7, 2010 8:35 AM

Welcome Sign to the forums, DaBarge!!! Hope to see you around!

"A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan next week." - George S. Patton

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  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:43 PM

Welcome Sign

 

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