Hello all. My name is James. I, like many, grew up building automotive kits through out the 70's and 80's. Mostly Mustangs. Never once did I give any thought about building planes, ships, tanks, etc. As I got older, I also got away from building. Life always gets in the way. Marriage, kids, mortgage comes first.
After I got married, I found out my wifes grandfather was a WWII veteran. He rarely talked about his time in the Army but I did hear a few stories. He was on a L.S.T. and was there on Utah beach on D-Day.
The last couple of years, I have watched, read or visited museums on war history. The L.S.T 325 is only a few miles from my house and I have been there several times.
So I guess you can say WWII history is my passion. I have purchased several kits to build. The (stash) contains mostly ships for now: 1/350 Tamiya Missouri earlier WWII kit. 1/350 Trumpeter Essex, Revell LSM, and a LST. I also have aircraft kits including an Academy 1/48 B-25B Doolittle raid, 1/48 Revell B-17G and 1/48 Revell Thunderbolt. Also a 1/35 Tamiya M4A3E8 Sherman Easy Eight and a 1/35 Jeep Willys.
I don't have much as much time to build as I would like as I have only started on one kit, the LSM and the (stash) gets bigger.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. I look forward to hearing from you all and learning more about the hobby. I really want to learn about PE. I have some for the Essex and the Jeep.