Hello,
ok, introducing means telling something:
I am 46 years old, male, married, 2 kids, and live in Germany near Cologne (city is named Kerpen), working as an engineer in the field of engine development.
I build mainly 1:72 military aircraft. I chose the Hustler as Avatar because I like the look of it and because I managed to finish this model after thinking for years about the metallic finish. "Finish something", the title of one of FSMs editorials years ago, has become my main rule, because that is what I like most: Looking at something which is finished. Even when it is not perfect or maybe even "good". Therefore, I build mostly out of the box.
In the moment, I am working on the 1:72 AC-130 ESCI kit, and have just two Tamiya 1:12 F1 cars and one 1:43 Fiat 131 Rally car in stock. And some sets of figures, which I bought due to interest in the roman time and American Civil War ( I started a diorama of "Burnsides Bridge" also years ago, but I do not see me finishing this = exception to the rule).
Interests beside modeling: Collecting 1:43 die-cast race cars up to the seventies, 1:18 die-cast Mustangs, reading about historic motorsports (cars, engines, events).That is why I bought two old 1:32 Matchbox kits of a Mercedes SSK and an Aston Martin at eBay recently and why I think about switching more to classic race cars, even though it might raise the number of models in stock.
And I like holiday trips to the US with my family, where they buy cheap shoes, and I get the opportunity to visit Gettysburg, the Smithonian Air and Space Museum, the Pensacola Naval Air Museum...
Best Regards to everyone, looking forward to interesting discussions.