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                        Back after a 15 year hiatus.

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                        VMF214
                        • Member since
                          January 2019
                        • From: Indiana
                        Back after a 15 year hiatus.
                        Posted by VMF214 on Monday, January 21, 2019 11:53 AM

                        Greetings all, I started modeling again after a 15 year hiatus. I used to do a lot of Nascar models but burned out on that. I have always been mini WWII historian and favor WWI planes and ships. I saw someone posted about failing eyesight and I'm currently in that battle also. I am currently working on a '69 Camaro that I starte a LONG time ago and the 1966 Batmobile (for my son). I'm having a heck of a time with bare-metal foil but I'm slugging my way through. I look forward to learning as much as I can from you guys!

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                        MrStecks
                        • Member since
                          May 2017
                        • From: Denver, Colorado
                        Posted by MrStecks on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 9:05 PM

                        Welcome to the forums.  Welcome Sign

                        Cheers,
                        Mark

                        On the bench:  Revel 1/48 B-25J Mitchell

                        In the queue: Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A Corsair

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                        hogfanfs
                        • Member since
                          May 2013
                        • From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho
                        Posted by hogfanfs on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 9:17 PM

                        Welcome to the forums! Welcome Sign Beer

                        I look forward to seeing some of your builds.

                         Bruce

                         

                         On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                                                1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

                         

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                        mississippivol
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
                        Posted by mississippivol on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 9:35 PM
                        Welcome to the gang! If you want something to chrome with other than foil, try the Molotow chrome pens, some folks really like those.
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                        checkmateking02
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: AandF in the Badger State
                        Posted by checkmateking02 on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 9:48 PM

                        Welcome back!

                         

                         

                         

                         

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                        Edwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2019
                        Posted by Edwin on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 11:12 PM

                        Welcome Sign to the forum, VMF214. 

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                        keavdog
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by keavdog on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 11:47 PM

                        Welcome.  If it weren't for my specs and optivisor I couldn't build anything. 

                        Thanks,

                        John

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:59 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

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                        Tosh
                        • Member since
                          December 2018
                        Posted by Tosh on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:52 AM

                        Welcome to FSM Forum.

                        Your frien, Toshi 

                        Reside in Streetsboro, Ohio

                         

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                        VMF214
                        • Member since
                          January 2019
                        • From: Indiana
                        Posted by VMF214 on Monday, January 28, 2019 1:20 PM

                        Speaking of the opti-visor, do have any recommendation? I don’t need the “Cadillac“ but I don’t want the cheapest thing out there either.

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                        fox
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Narvon, Pa.
                        Posted by fox on Friday, February 1, 2019 8:17 PM

                        Welcome to the Forums! Glad to have you aboard.

                        I'm also a member of the failing eyesight group and shaky hands. Harbor Freight has some optivisors pretty cheap. You could also get drugstore reading glasses pretty cheap. I use 2X when working at the bench and the optivisor if I need to get closer. Can't do anything about the shakey hands though. Those darn freight trains keep coming by under the bench every time I'm working there. Have to learn how to work around them.

                        I've heard a lot of good things about those Molotow Chrome pens but haven't needed one "yet".

                        Good luck and looking forward to seeing your builds.

                        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.

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                        Est.1961
                        • Member since
                          July 2008
                        Posted by Est.1961 on Saturday, February 2, 2019 8:42 AM

                        Welcome Sign

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                        The Drifter
                        • Member since
                          January 2019
                        • From: Southeast Kentucky
                        Posted by The Drifter on Saturday, February 2, 2019 8:51 AM

                        Welcome aboard

                        Jeff

                         

                        On The Bench: Coming Soon

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                        Daddyman
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Galloway,Ohio
                        Posted by Daddyman on Saturday, February 2, 2019 10:19 AM

                        Hi, VMF214, and welcome.

                        There a lot of us on the forums with the vision struggles. FSM had an article a few years ago that talked about the same issue with suggestions on solutions. I had to laugh when I started to read the article because I had just reached or was a couple of years passed the age referenced in the article as the start of most vision problems. If I can find the article, I'll let you know. 

                        Welcome back to the hobby and I hope to see some of your work in the future.

                         

                        Bill B 2.0

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                        Tosh
                        • Member since
                          December 2018
                        Posted by Tosh on Monday, February 11, 2019 3:14 PM

                        Welcome to FSM Forums!

                        Your friend Toshi

                        Reside in Streetsboro, Ohio

                         

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