Hi all. My name is Jason. I live in the Central Illinois area. I've had subscriptions to FSM in the past, but only learned about the forums today! Glad I found them.
A bit about me: I'm former Navy; I spent 6 years in, 4-1/2 of which were aboard the Spruance class destroyer Paul F Foster, as an electronics technician. After that I went to college to earn my Master of Architecture degree and have been striving toward licensure since.
I've been an extremely amature modeler for most of my life. In the past, I'd often start a model, but rarely follow through or really go all out; rarely ever produced anything worth keeping. I have been pretty much out of the hobby for quite some time, only producing a kit every few years or so for the better part of 10 years. As it happens, life has directed me back into it and this time I'm hitting the ground running. My daughter got me a model kit for Christmas a few years ago, the AMT Ecto-1A from Ghostbusters 2, and she asked why I hadn't started it yet. So, I started with that and found it much more addicting that I can remember. While out on a family grocery run, she came across the Polar Lights Ecto-1 from the first movie, and I couldn't resist (both pictured below). Since then I've also completed a USS Voyager model I had partially completed (minus the base) that was started probably 10 years ago (also pictured below). The other day, my daughter and I together assmebled a Revell AT-ACT from Rogue One.
In my stash, I mostly have a variety of older Star Trek and Star Wars models (collected during my time in the Navy, and mostly from Ebay). Lately, I've added a 1:350 scale model of a Spruance class destroyer, which I intend on modeling after the Foster in the condition she was in while I was aboard. But, most immediately, I have plans on starting a model I've been wanting to start for some time; an AMT USS Excelsior model. So you can tell I gravitate toward the sci-fi genre, but I'm really open to most genres.
Anyway, that's prett much all I can think of now. I'm glad to have found the forums and look forward to seeing more of what they, and you all, have to offer.
Thanks for reading!
