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Greetings from Caledonia, Ontario

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  • Member since
    July 2010
Posted by roony on Sunday, March 15, 2015 10:21 AM

Welcome to the forums.  There is a Sci-Fi section, be sure to check it out.  Good to see another Canuck on board.

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    February 2011
  • From: Ontario, Canada
Posted by gunner_chris on Saturday, March 14, 2015 9:20 PM

Good to see someone else from the same province!

Enjoy Heritagecon - I can't make it this year but the models on display for judging are always inspiring.

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Saturday, March 14, 2015 4:13 PM

A yuh, yuh, you got that right.  Isn't that also where something gets left in the trunk of the car under some rags and brought in later?  When I was working, I used to keep them in the spare tire compartment under the trunk and sneak them into my briefcase one at a time before I left work.  It worked for me.  

Now, when I go to a show and find a few things I "need", before leaving the parking lot I put the left over raffle tickets on the boxes.  When I come home I can say "Look what I won"!Wink

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 Saturday, March 14, 2015 2:57 PM

fox

Bish, he says he's going to "browse" the buy and sell tables.  Where have we heard that before?  Bet he comes home with his wallet a LOT lighter. Wink

Jim Captain

Isn't that along the same line of ''hunny, I am just popping into the LHS to buy a tin of paint''

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

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    March 2015
Posted by qlabs on Friday, March 13, 2015 2:28 PM

Ha! :)

Well, I am leaving the house with my maximum spend as allowed by my "Operations Manager", as she would otherwise deem me to the couch for a yet undetermined amount of time if I came home spending too much.

Fingers crossed for some excellent finds.

Top of the list

Sci-fi stuff,

50's rockets,

ufo's,

movie ships (2001, Red Dwarf, Battle Star Gallactica, etc...)

I did route around in the storage bins and found my old airbrushes, which to be honest I haven't used very much, maybe 2-3 times tops. So that will be something neat and new to learn on getting back into the swing of things.

-Colin.

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  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Friday, March 13, 2015 2:13 PM

Welcome Sign

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  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Friday, March 13, 2015 12:52 PM

Welcome to the Forum!

 

 

 

 

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Friday, March 13, 2015 11:06 AM

Bish, he says he's going to "browse" the buy and sell tables.  Where have we heard that before?  Bet he comes home with his wallet a LOT lighter. Wink

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 Thursday, March 12, 2015 4:27 PM

Welcome aboard.

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

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Thursday, March 12, 2015 12:06 PM

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

Been there and done that with the R/C planes.  Had no trouble flying the things but couldn't seem to get the planes back on the ground in one piece.Crying  Switched to R/C sailboats and raced them for about 15 or so years without a single crash or sinking.  Picked up a few trophies along the way.  Raced R/C cars too.  Been building for 68 of my 74 years and plan to keep on building until I get to the Great Workbench In The Sky.  Got enough kits in the stash to take me at least 200 or so years.

Don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it.  There are great guys and gals on here that are ready, willing and able to help you.

Relax and enjoy.

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
    November 2010
  • From: Florida-West Central
Posted by Eagle90 on Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:41 AM

Welcome Colin!  Glad to have you on the forums!.  Be sure to post some pics of your builds.

Eagle90

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
Posted by qlabs on Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:42 AM

It's been so long since I've built anything static so I'm trying to decide what to do first.

For RC I really enjoy early flight/pioneer/ww1 and vintage gliders and vintage RC designs, though the thought of stringing up a 1/72 scale FE8 is nerve racking.

I have a bin of never built and half finished kits from my earlier years but nothing is catching my interest.

I kind of want to do something I could never find or afford until now. I've got a huge affinity for classic sci-fi movies and I've always wanted to have a shelf of flying saucers, rockets standing on their tails, etc... so I might look at tracking down some kits of those.

Rocketship X-M, Destination Moon's Rocket Ship Luna, etc...

There is a model show next weekend, Sun 22nd at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum that is just down the road, so I'm going to check it out.

See what others are doing, get some inspration and browse the buy,sell & swap tables.

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  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:30 AM

welcome aboard

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:01 AM

Welcome Colin, Welcome Sign

There are many RC'ers in here, including myself. However, because of the crashing thing and the cost, I've kinda slowed down with that and went back to something that doesn't crash...well it's not supposed to at least.
What scales and subjects do you enjoy?
 

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

  • Member since
    March 2015
Greetings from Caledonia, Ontario
Posted by qlabs on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 12:59 PM

Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself.
My name is Colin and I am from Caledonia, ON, Canada.

I've decided to get back into static modelling after a break of about 12 years or so. I've been building and crashing R/C for a good few years, more crashing than flying if I'm honest.

I recently saw an episode of Tested with Adam Savage of Myth Busters fame, where he built a resin cosmonaut garage kit and I was hooked, remembering all the fun I used to have building static models. I went over to my dad's place where he still has shelves of my models on display to get some inspiration back as well and I picked up the latest edition of FSM and couldn't put it down, so here I am.

So I've decided to put the R/C aside for a little while as I've got a few planes ready to fly for the spring/summer and give some plastic models a try again.
Time to build some of those kits I could only imagine buying when I was younger.

There will probably be more lurking and reading than posting on my part, but I wanted to introduce myself either way.

Cheers!
-Colin 

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