Introductions

Welcome Neil,

WOW, if you still have those old Shep Paine brochures then you trully have been around for a while. I would have keep all of mine if I know their value later.

the Baron

Shep gave back then is still valid today, even if products have changed

So true. I was reading the one from his B-17 crash and there's still so much that we still do today.

black widow

Hi all. New guy here returning to the hobby . Covid got me modelling again. I was avid from  age 10 to 20 and got fairly good . I cut my teeth on 1/72 airplanes, then switched to 1/48 and got into weathering and scratchbuilding, through the wonderful Sheperd Paine pamphlets that he did for Monogram, which I still have. However, relearning is humbling to say the least.   At least I have plenty of material to relearn on. I have about 100  unbuilt kits  I have been dragging around with me the last 35 years, many of them unopened.   When I improve then I will go out and maybe buy some nice new kits, but until then  I guess  its raised panel lines, flashing scraping, and '80s issue 1/48 Monogram plane kits, AMT cars and some german armor. I have this giant 1/24 MPC Stuka I am itching to do. Anyway, You'll be hearing from me. Thanks, Neal Zimmerman

Welcome back to the hobby and nice to have you here.  I'll bet you buy one of those new kits sooner than later.  Some of these new kits fit and are engineered way better than those kits I assembled as a kid.  It's really exciting seeing the hobby grow from what we remember as young builders.  
You'll find the forum to be very helpful 

Paul

Hello and welcome into the forum Neal. 

I buit the 1/24 Stuka as well as the ME-109 and the Fockw Wolf FW-190. I enjoyed them all and I hope you enjoy the Stuka. 

Please take some time to navigate through the different themes and subject strings. I believe you will find good information as well as inspiration; I know I have. 

Reading your broad backgrounbd, you may want to look into participating in one or more of the group builds (?).

Anyway, howdy and welcome once again!

DRUMS01

Welcome aboard.

Welcome back to the plastic!

Welcome to the Forums Neil and welcome back to the hobby!

If you need any help with questions/problems, just ask. The members here are very knowledgeable and are ready to help. There are no dumb questions. We've all been there at one time or another.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Welcome back Neil.  If it's the Stuka I'm thinking of, that was the last model I built before I started filling seams and sanding.  Took it to a hobby show and got some 'gentle' advice lol.  Look forward to your posts.

Hi Neal!

   If it's the Stuka I think it is, I first ran across it under Airfix labeling. Whoever, if they were faithful to the original, it is a beautiful kit, in which I had no fit issues. So, Welcome back to the Hobby and Welcome Aboard!

Welcome back to the hobby,and the forum