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  • Member since
    March 2014
Hello all!
Posted by dave2aptc on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:58 AM

I recently re-subscribed to FSM and starting to get back into the hobby after 20+ years being away. I've built cars, trucks and aircraft in the past, albeit on an extremely novice level, but i'm jumping back in with huge ambitions.

Have been studying the techniques, tutorials and tips at FSM and various other places online. I've decided to attempt to recreate a truck i drove quite often when I worked for my father just after getting out of the US Navy (avionics tech, F-14A, TARPS equipped). The truck was a '79 Ford F350 Custom one ton, with a sort of unique flatbed my dad built himself. I've had this build on my mind even back before I stopped modelling.

Now, with the re-issue of the AMT 79 Super Stones, I've started on the project. I'm kitbashing that one, plus the Monogram F350 extended cab dually i managed to score on e-bay. I'm not concerned with matching the exact scales and measrements. I'm just trying to re-create the truck from memory, photos and aftermarket parts as closely as i can.

I'll try to post the project with photo's in the appropriate forum as i progress. 

Incidentally, since i was attached to the squadron that shot down 2 Lybian MIGs in Jan, 89 (VF-32), another future goal is to build one or 2 F-14A's with the squadron's paint scheme's at the time. Key terms being "future goal" Big Smile

Dave

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:27 AM

welcome back,nice projects on tap,look forward to the Mig killers

  • Member since
    November 2010
  • From: Florida-West Central
Posted by Eagle90 on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 9:09 AM

Welcome tot eh forums Dave!  I look forward to seeing those builds!

Eagle90

 

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 12:42 PM

Welcome to the Forums Dave! Glad to have you aboard!

Thank you for your service.

I've been building for 67 of my 73 years and build whatever strikes my fancy at the time. Will be waiting to see the pics.

Jim 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
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 1:05 PM

Welcome aboard, look forward to seeing your work.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 2:51 PM

Welcome to the Forum!

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by dave2aptc on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:13 PM
Thanks for the welcome folks! I'm a bit slow, so pics may take a little while. And i work afternoon shift, so i'm limited on build time. But i'll post some soon in the auto forum.
  • Member since
    April 2013
  • From: Minnesota City, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Posted by FlyItLikeYouStoleIt on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:52 PM

Welcome, Dave!  Yeah, I've been a little lacking in the build time lately too. Jobs Angry   There's a lot of time involved with building AND taking pics AND sharing it all here. I really need to find a balance between work and model building. It sucks how living just seems to get in the way of bench time.

Looking forward to seeing your work, Dave. Stick with us; great bunch in here.

Bill.

On the bench:  Lindberg 1/32 scale 1934 Ford Coupe and a few rescue projects.

In queue:  Tamiya 1/35 Quad Tractor or a scratch build project.

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