New here, but not completely new...

Welcome!  I think you'll like it here. Might even be someone who can help finding parts you're missing. 

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

You've come to the right place. There is no such thing as a silly question. The only silly question is the question that you don't ask. The members here are very knowledgeable in all parts of the hobby and are always ready to help out with any question/problem that you might have. You can consider all of us your friends IF you hang in there, keep building and posting photos of your builds. That's what makes us happy.

I've been building for 70 of my 76 years. I build whatever strikes my fancy at the time and my wallet says OK. I learn something new almost every day thanks to the members here. Main thing to remember is to relax and enjoy the hobby.

Jim  

Welcome, glad to see another lady modeler on the forum.  Not many here but they turn out some nice builds.

Anything you need the folks here are a great bunch to pick brains with.  They have really helped my builds and are an inspiration to improve.  Of course, pics would be appreciated, either as finished product or as a work in progress.  We are a visual crowd.  Only downside to pics is you have to host them on an outside site such as photobucket, imagshak, flikr, etc.

Welcome aboard. I can sympathise with you. When i split from my now ex wife in 2003 i spent 5 years away from the hobby. Fortunatly she didn't trash my stash, but she did trash my built kits. But 9 years after getting back my stash is bigger and better than ever and thank to people on year my modelling has come along no end.

So dive in, enjoy and ask away.

I only joined here a couple months ago, but I've already learned a lot.  The folks here are super helpful and friendly.  Can't wait to see some of your work.

Cheers, Mark

Welcome Michelle ,

Like was said before, don't worry about the questions, we love answering questions. In fact, we will answer a question even if you ask it. Dive in a have fun.

Steve

Welcome to the Forums!

Are'nt X's wonderfull ! I could fill an entire set of Encyclopidia Brittanica with all the crud I went through with my x- wife.

I built this while thinking of her.

I stopped short of covering it in blood. I took my time getting it to look like a marble slab and could'nt bring myself to covering it up.

Anyways..... Welcome! Ask away ... we love to answer questions..... sometimes I even answer them right!!!

Welcome Michelle!

Love my SOLA gumbo and Sazeracs.

May he superglue his fingers to the hood of his car!

Welcome to FSM Forums!

Toshi

Welcome to the forums Michelle.  Glad to have you on board and be sure to post some pics of your builds!

Bobby

MrStecks

I only joined here a couple months ago, but I've already learned a lot.  The folks here are super helpful and friendly.  Can't wait to see some of your work.

Cheers, Mark

 

Southern Louisiana.......where abouts? 

Thanks for the welcomes! I'll come back in a few minutes to do individual replies, but I do have a question I want to go post really quickly while I know I have a minute. Just wanted to give a quick thanks first... 

See y'all in just a minute. 

Michelle

BTW if you are going to get a photo hosting site STAY AWAY FROM PHOTOBUCKET!!!

shamoo

Welcome!  I think you'll like it here. Might even be someone who can help finding parts you're missing. 

 

Thanks! Luckily I am able to get the parts I need for a fairly decent price from the manufacturers/distributors I've gotten in touch with so far... 

Michelle

fox

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

You've come to the right place. There is no such thing as a silly question. The only silly question is the question that you don't ask. The members here are very knowledgeable in all parts of the hobby and are always ready to help out with any question/problem that you might have. You can consider all of us your friends IF you hang in there, keep building and posting photos of your builds. That's what makes us happy.

I've been building for 70 of my 76 years. I build whatever strikes my fancy at the time and my wallet says OK. I learn something new almost every day thanks to the members here. Main thing to remember is to relax and enjoy the hobby.

Jim  

 

Thanks for the welcome. I understand the whole silly question, but my fear is asking redundant questions. As far as photos, I promise to soon. I don't exactly have a dedicated workplace set up yet, and time is limited, but I'll work on grabbing pics as I can, and seeing up my own thread. I do feel like I should apologize in advance, seeing some of the gorgeous work on here, my work will be no where near as nice just yet, but hopefully someday! 

Michelle

goldhammer

Welcome, glad to see another lady modeler on the forum.  Not many here but they turn out some nice builds.

Anything you need the folks here are a great bunch to pick brains with.  They have really helped my builds and are an inspiration to improve.  Of course, pics would be appreciated, either as finished product or as a work in progress.  We are a visual crowd.  Only downside to pics is you have to host them on an outside site such as photobucket, imagshak, flikr, etc.

 

Thanks for the welcome! Glad I'm not the only gal in the group, like I usually am, lol! Thanks also for pointing out the starting point for a build thread. I promise to start one soon! 

Michelle 

littletimmy

Are'nt X's wonderfull ! I could fill an entire set of Encyclopidia Brittanica with all the crud I went through with my x- wife.

I built this while thinking of her.

(...) 

 

I stopped short of covering it in blood. I took my time getting it to look like a marble slab and could'nt bring myself to covering it up.

Anyways..... Welcome! Ask away ... we love to answer questions..... sometimes I even answer them right!!!

 

OH, migoodness! I didn't wanna go that far! Nice work though! Luckily, it was a decent enough divorce process, both of us are much happier now and we're able to stay friendly. He didn't mess them up on purpose, just didn't realize what everything was /how fragile it was /my system of organizing... 

Thanks for the welcome! 

Michelle 

mustang1989

 

You'll be echoing the thoughts that Mark said here in a few months. Start a build thread, post plenty of pictures and remember that the only "silly" question is the one that's never asked. You're gonna be A-OK here Michelle. Will be watchin' for a build thread with either that F-16 or that Charger of yours. 

 

Southern Louisiana.......where abouts? 

 

I promise I'll start a build thread soon, but it won't be as nice as most of the work I've seen so far, not yet anyways. I'll get there eventually! For now, it'll be the F16 since planes are my main attraction as far as models go. 

As far as questions, I'm more worried about redundancy than silliness. 

For now, I'm in Plaquemine, but thanks to my bf working in plants, that tends to change fairly often. I'm originally from a little town in between Gonzales and Sorrento, not too far from Baton Rouge. 

Thanks for the welcome! 

Michelle

Michelle

it won't be as nice as most of the work I've seen so far, not yet anyways. .  As far as questions, I'm more worried about redundancy than silliness. 

Don't worry about how good you are there Michelle. Just post it and that'll do because you wont get nitpicked to death here. Believe me , ask for help (no matter how redundant you think it'll be) and you'll get it. My modeling skills just took tha heck OFF after I started posting my builds...........particularly in Group Builds. You'll be fine, trust me. 

Michell ;

 I went through the same thing almost . My late wife's children tore open every box and container looking for some Silver Dollars she left .That included dumping my models in a pile while I was at work and couldn't be there .They left Texas with Protection orders against them .

 The Coins ? She Spent Them ! On What ? She bought me a New Boat ! that was the first birthday present she gave me . Boy were those kiddos Pi%^%^ed , It took almost three years since to straighten out the kit parts . you'll succeed though . Good Modeling . T.B.

 hey louisiana gal!! welcome, we're all here to help, you can communicate with anyone via the messanger after you send a request, that's how i met friends that i talk to on the phone nowadays. 

 now, far as your parts for the (yes mpc) 1/16 street charger..  i have one i built seveal years ago but is now in the shambels of the "parts bin".  all i want of it is the body, wheels/tires, and the hemi.  i could send the rest of it if it helps you out.

 we can talk through the site here, or you can e-mail me(it's on my profile).

Gotcha! Headed there now.............

Great to have you with us Michelle!  You can always ask the community for any parts that you are missing for the kits you have.  Many of us have a good collection of spares.  If you ever need aircraft advice or spares for aircraft, that is my cup of tea.  I am happy to help.

Welcome to FSM!

Wellcome, wellcome...

Welcome back to modeling, Michelle. Sorry to hear about the stash. My ex (seems we all have them here in the modeling world....) didn't trash my stash (I'm a poet and don't know it), but she did trash most of my built stuff, more-than-likely up against the wall. Guess I can't blame her. Probably made her feel better. 

But, I am glad to see another fellow modeler here in the forums. Hope to see a lot of your work in the future. 

I build mostly aircraft (1/48 & 1/32, as my eyes aren't that great anymore). What's your main interest, model-wise?