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  • Member since
    March 2012
  • From: Louisville, KY
Posted by Builder 2010 on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:53 AM

Great to be here!

It will be some time before the vict... uh... kids develop the symptoms of AMS (advanced modelers' syndrome). I have an acute case when I try to model things in 1:350th that would be 0.001" when scaled...

  • Member since
    June 2009
  • From: Netherlands
Posted by kermit on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:01 AM

And a warm welcome from me too!Toast Welcome to FSM and i really agree its admirable of you to try to convert new victi.... umm... people to our magnificent hobby the way you do. KUDOS

Richard

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Sir Winston Churchill

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:29 PM

Welcome to the Forums. Lots of great guys here with lots and lots of knowledge. Glad to have you aboard. Captain

 Main WIP: 

   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

  • Member since
    March 2012
  • From: Louisville, KY
Posted by Builder 2010 on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:08 PM

Glad to be here. Please see the post I put on the ships forum about the Missouri that I'm building. I had trouble with the embedding pictures thing so I included a link to PhotoBucket where pictures of this ship and other projects lie.

cml
  • Member since
    March 2007
  • From: Brisbane, Australia
Posted by cml on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:40 PM

G'day g'day Builder2010,

Great to see you involving the community and teaching younger generations the fun of scale models.  3 x 8 week courses - that's some commitment! 

Sounds like you have a lot of experience over a wide range different models - will be great to see some of your builds and i'm sure we can all learn a lot from you.

Look forward to seeing you around the forum.

Chris

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: Edmonton, Alberta
Posted by Griffin on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:06 PM

Hi Builder 2010. Welcome Sign I think it's cool that you're taking the hobby to a new generation. 

  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Washington, DC
Posted by TomZ2 on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:05 PM

Welcome Sign The pieces are sealed in the box, but there is a miraculous feeling of the model being there, invisible, illuminated by the crafter’s imagination, and clamoring to become visible.

Occasional factual, grammatical, or spelling variations are inherent to this thesis and should not be considered as defects, as they enhance the individuality and character of this document.

  • Member since
    March 2012
  • From: Louisville, KY
Hi There!
Posted by Builder 2010 on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:50 PM

I'm a model builder and Fine Scale Modeler subscriber. I live in Louisville, KY USA and I'm currently building a USS Missouri (Tamiya 1:350 WWII version) with all the bells and whistles. It's almost complete. I will post about this separately since it's not the exact theme of this post.

I've been building since I was 9 and now I'm 66 so that's a lot of models (and a lot of years). In fact, the first model I ever built was the Revell Missouri in 1954 on my birthday. I build just about anything. I have no particular theme. I just like them well engineered and complicated. I've built many for other people in a professional and semi-professional manner. For example: in the late '70s and early '80s I built 65 Pocher 1/8th scale classic car kits for the importer and then private collectors.

My son was more interested in computer games and didn't catch the scale model bug (he's now an eye surgeon so he didn't do too badly), but my grandsons are showing interest, with Alex (10) showing a real understanding of what it takes. We work together for many hours in the basement workshop I've built just for that purpose. My wife and I moved here to Louisville in 2009 just to be near the kids and grandkids.

This love of modeling got me to start a workshop at the community center called, "Grandpop's Scale Model Workshop". I've run three 8 week sessions so far for 10 to 12 year-olds, and there will be more. It all started with my grandson telling a friend that his grandfather was teaching him how to build models. The friend told his single mom who then asked my daughter "if her dad would like to teach someone else?" This child really liked models, but his mom had no idea how to help him. He just finished the Tamiya DeHaviland Mosquito.

This is my 6th forum of which I'm a contributor. In two of them, RCScalebuilder.com and WorldAffairsboard.com, I've written full build threads of some recent projects... the aforementioned Missouri and a large RC model of a B-17E with four, 4-stroke engines and four channel radio. The bomber was built on commission for a highly skilled RC pilot in the area. He had the model sitting in the basement for years but didn't feel he could build it. It took 13 months and flew successfully last April.

I'm also a railroad modeler with a huge pile of 3 rail, O'gauge scale trains in boxes waiting for me to reconstruct the RR that was dismantled for the move to Louisville. Yes... I am a Classic Toy Trains and Classic Trains subscriber also. Once the battleship is finished, my family is insisting that the trains be built in time for my grandsons to sill enjoy them. In fact, my son in law bet me a case of beer that I won't have them running by Summer 2013. He better be prepared to pay up.

 

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