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I don't know if this is an opinion or observation about building model aircraft. Like most I started building model aircraft at an early age, 11 for me. I am now 59. After being out of the hobby for over twenty years and starting back up about two years ago I have noticed numerous changes, improvements in both techniques, tools, etc. WW II navel aircraft is my passion as I grew up outside of Pax River Navel Air Station in Maryland. I just renewed my subscription to FSM and love the articles and pictures. I enjoy reading builds off of Model Madness. I build models because it's fun, a great past time and I enjoy the solitude. I prefer 1/32 scale but have a lot of 1/48 models (my eyes are not so good anymore). Here are my thoughts on a couple of areas: you cannot build a model overnight anymore, it takes time, patience and money. I sometimes ask myself why I spend so much money on a particular kit or research books but than I don't feel so bad when a buddy buys a new golf cart or bass boat. I believe it takes courage to display your completed model for the whole modeling community to see and critic. I try to make an effort to build a model as close to the subject as possible out of respect for that particular aircraft and the pilots that flew them. I would see a model in a magazine or on the Internet and think I could never build a model that good, but guess what, I did, sometimes even better. I did this because of all the information available out there, people willing to share their techniques with others. I recently posted a question regarding a problem I was having with paints. I was amazed at all the positive responses I was given as to what my problem could be. I don't mean to ramble but these are just a few observations or opinions I have obtained since I started back to modelling. Thanks for your time.
Welcome back. You will find this place to be pretty helpful, and the internet itself to be a wealth of knowledge that we could have only dreamed of for reference as youngsters. And I bet you can still find a kit to slap together overnight with youthful abandon if you look around enough. ;-) Many of the older kits are still easily found. We have a 'weekend madness GB' every fall for the past several years for just such a purpose. 48 hours from start to finish.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
welcome back to building,and to the forums,have fun
I did not know that, thanks for the info.
My thoughts are that we have collectively raised the bar on modeling high enough that I feel compelled to try and equal, if not exceed, the results seen here on the FSM forums and elsewhere online.
If that means taking 10 months to get something right, then so be it. I can't stand to look at the models I rushed through as they're just ugly compared to the ones I didn't rush.
Welcome back to the hobby.
Welcome back.
(I did some work at the Pax River Annex....really cool area.)
Anyway, enjoy yourself. And I agree with the others, the bar has been set higher as the times have changed. Certainly technology has changed (sometimes for the better) and sometimes that technology has had a direct impact on our hobby. Like you, I've just come back after a many year hiatus. As I learn, I hope to improve.
Feel free to post the pictures. I for one just enjoy looking at others' interpretations of the subject. Sometimes I get great ideas. Sometimes it's a facepalm when I realize a mistake I made.
On the bench: Tamyia Mosquito Mk. VI for the '44 group build. Yes, still.
On deck:
Welcome back to the Plastic Jungle! I dont know about the rest of you guys but I cant build anything of quality in just 48 hours. Heck I cant even get my fingers unglued in 48 hours!
Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"
Add my Welcome back; and thanks for the thoughts of yours.
Your thoughts mirror mine closely.
Speed of building is your own determination as is the amount of detail to be added and the coulors used, if you like it ( at this stage in your development ) then its a success.
littletimmy Welcome back to the Plastic Jungle! I dont know about the rest of you guys but I cant build anything of quality in just 48 hours. Heck I cant even get my fingers unglued in 48 hours!
OH and littletimmy sometimes the glue just has to wear off, just don't touch your nose.
Steve
Building the perfect model---just not quite yet
Welcome to the Forums and Plasticaholics Anonymous. I love the smell of plastic in the mourning.
Jim
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.
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