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  • Member since
    November 2012
  • From: Capon Bridge West by God Virginia
Posted by feldgrau23 on Sunday, September 18, 2016 7:07 PM

Welcome aboard Frank,,,, Glad you could join us!!

 

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, September 17, 2016 9:07 AM

I started with free-flight and control-line, and moved to RC when I finished school.  Static scale (plastic models) was a small part of my building.  But then I moved to a place with nasty weather most of time, and other than an occasional rubber free-flight, most of my building is now static scale.  So welcome, many others in the group with similar backgrounds.

One tip about the fine scale forums.  Take a moment some day to peruse the entire list of forums.  There are some real gems further down the list that many forum users never get to, and are unaware of.  Lots of building tips and problems are discussed in the tools, techniques, and reference material group of forums.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    September 2016
  • From: Ronkonkoma New York
Posted by Frank Steffens on Friday, September 16, 2016 6:28 PM

modelcrazy

Ahhh, RC. Such a fun and expensive hobby. I have 5 planes hanging in the garage at the moment from my old Goldberg Extra 300 and Great Planes Supper Skybolt to my little 3D ARF Pitts Python, which almost cut my thumb off. I still have a mangled thumbnail for my mistake. I just don't have a place to fly anymore so I focus my attentions on the slightly less expensive plastic side. I'm thinking of selling my RC stuff and using the funds for the plastics, but I know as soon as I do that I will regret it.

 

Anyway welcome to the forum and back to a fantastic hobby. [snWcm

 

I sold quite a few planes and managed to build up a healthy stash with the proceeds. 

For the price of a decent foam warbird that only needs a receiver, I can get five or six high end 1/48 World War II kits. I can get even MORE kits for what I paid for a few of the planes I have built, and that's before I factor in servos, motor, ESC and receiver. 

This really is the more economically responsible hobby for me though, especially after having strained a couple of planes through the trees around my flying field...

 

Thanks all for the warm welcome!

  • Member since
    September 2016
  • From: L.A. (Lower Alabama)
Posted by SaltydogII on Friday, September 16, 2016 2:13 PM

Welcome Frank. I've only been back a few weeks too. I have the perfect place to fly RC, but between 3-gun, 3 children, and modeling, I can't open up another money pit!

Chris

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, September 16, 2016 11:44 AM

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 Friday, September 16, 2016 11:34 AM

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

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
    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, September 16, 2016 10:20 AM

Ahhh, RC. Such a fun and expensive hobby. I have 5 planes hanging in the garage at the moment from my old Goldberg Extra 300 and Great Planes Supper Skybolt to my little 3D ARF Pitts Python, which almost cut my thumb off. I still have a mangled thumbnail for my mistake. I just don't have a place to fly anymore so I focus my attentions on the slightly less expensive plastic side. I'm thinking of selling my RC stuff and using the funds for the plastics, but I know as soon as I do that I will regret it.

 

Anyway welcome to the forum and back to a fantastic hobby. [snWcm

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
    May 2013
  • From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho
Posted by hogfanfs on Friday, September 16, 2016 10:19 AM

Welcome to the forums! Beer Welcome Sign

 Bruce

 

 On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                        1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Friday, September 16, 2016 10:11 AM

Welcom Aboard!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Friday, September 16, 2016 10:03 AM

Welcome to the Forums!

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    September 2016
  • From: Ronkonkoma New York
Back to the hobby...
Posted by Frank Steffens on Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:04 AM

Hello all, I'm a lifelong modeler who is back to smaller scale planes and cars after a 4 year foray into Radio Controlled planes.

Back in January, I took my daughter to the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale New York, and seeing the scores of high quality models displayed there, I got the bug and started building plastic models again. In the past, I built 1/72 planes, 1/25 cars and 1/35 armor, but now I'm focusing on 1/48 World War II aircraft.

I'm still flying my RC warbirds and Piper Cubs, but my building is focused now on plastic.

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