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Welcome back James! That's a heckuva story. Glad your son reeled you back in, even if it was only by accident.

Welcome back to the hobby and to this forum James!  You'll find a wealth of knowledge and assistance on this site.  I'd suggest joining a local model club if there is one in your area, though they may be meeting via Zoom right now.  Check out the videos on You tube, there are a ton of sites depending on the are of modeling that you're interested in.  Finally, try out the various modeling podcasts on the streaming services.  They offer tons of tips and are great to listen to while driving in the car or working at the workbench.  Take care and stay safe.

TJS

Welcome back.  I was busy with other hobbies 1:1 cars, RC... and sold off most of my stash as well.  That lasted about 4 years when I pulled a kit off the shelf and started building again.  Here we are  7 years or so later and my stash somehow replenished itself..lol

510 fan?  I had a '71 back in college and really wish I would have held onto it.  They make the coolest little track cars.

Tim Kidwell

Welcome back James! That's a heckuva story. Glad your son reeled you back in, even if it was only by accident.

Thanks! Yea got a lot of those (interesting stories) glad to be back and thanks for the welcome!

MR TOM SCHRY

Welcome back to the hobby and to this forum James! You'll find a wealth of knowledge and assistance on this site. I'd suggest joining a local model club if there is one in your area, though they may be meeting via Zoom right now. Check out the videos on You tube, there are a ton of sites depending on the are of modeling that you're interested in. Finally, try out the various modeling podcasts on the streaming services. They offer tons of tips and are great to listen to while driving in the car or working at the workbench. Take care and stay safe. TJS

I gave up the hobby, but never the interest. I still watch youtube videos, follow other builders on Instagram all that. Still, the tips are appreciated!

keavdog

Welcome back. I was busy with other hobbies 1:1 cars, RC... and sold off most of my stash as well. That lasted about 4 years when I pulled a kit off the shelf and started building again. Here we are 7 years or so later and my stash somehow replenished itself..lol 510 fan? I had a '71 back in college and really wish I would have held onto it. They make the coolest little track cars.

Yes, unfortunately I too sold my 71 many years ago. I purchased it with the hopes of turning it into a track only or time attack car. But life had other plans. Living in the Bay Area is not easy and I was in and out of Apartments. I couldn't afford the money to store it, and had no idea how long it would have been stored for. Had no family to ask to keep it so I had to let her go. That was 2009. Now its 2021, and had covid not happened wed have already purchased a house out of Ca and Id be looking for another one. For fun, here are a few photos

The day I brought her home:

The last Day I drover her before the tear down, and probably my most fun day of Car ownership ever.

 

And where I stopped the project when I had to move for work and had nowhere to put her. 

 

Quite a bit of work done there.  Too bad you had to let it go.  Though I've regretted selling every 'fun' car I've had so... need a bigger garage :)

 

Welcome back to the hobby and to the Forums! Glad to have you aboard.

I started building models in 1946 (6 years old) and never stopped along with a lot of other hobbies. Used to  race at Atco Dragway back in the 60's for a few years until I finally realized I couldn't continue to race the car that I had to use to get back and forth to work with. Favorites are WWI & WWII planes followed by sailing ships.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

 

fox

Welcome back to the hobby and to the Forums! Glad to have you aboard.

I started building models in 1946 (6 years old) and never stopped along with a lot of other hobbies. Used to  race at Atco Dragway back in the 60's for a few years until I finally realized I couldn't continue to race the car that I had to use to get back and forth to work with. Favorites are WWI & WWII planes followed by sailing ships.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Thats an awesome story Jim, thanks for sharing. Waay back I thought about venturing into planes and tanks but never did. Im obsessed with WWII history and love the machines from that period. I held onto some tank diecast, but pretty sure I let all the Dragon kits go. Shouldnt have. 

 

James

Glad I held onto this old thing. Took a while to dig it out of storage haha. It takes up quite a bit of space on my work bench so Ive moved stuff around so it will go underneath when not in use. 

We also took a trip to our LHS to pick up some paint. It was my sons very first trip to one. He was a bit overwhelmed to say the least. Hes a HUGE fan of steam trains and the Polar Express so we spent 45 mniutes just drooling over the cool HO and N scale stuff. Hopefully we can build a decent sized N scale table in the future but thats a whole other forum haha. We bought his very first model kit. A snap tite fire engine. He helped me build it, and then proceeded to break it about 20 minutes after which is pretty much how its supposed to go am I right?

That's a huge spray booth.  I have the smaller model of that - Model Expo right?  Have you priced those lately?  $$$

Fun stuff with your son.  They are not quite tonka toys though

Welcome back. Welcome to the forums. There is alot if great info here . There are some great people here with lots of experiancein all areas and are willing to share it with anyone that asks. They even have a great sense of humor which I think is great. Again welcome .

keavdog

That's a huge spray booth.  I have the smaller model of that - Model Expo right?  Have you priced those lately?  $$$

Fun stuff with your son.  They are not quite tonka toys though

 

lurch

Welcome back. Welcome to the forums. There is alot if great info here . There are some great people here with lots of experiancein all areas and are willing to share it with anyone that asks. They even have a great sense of humor which I think is great. Again welcome .

keavdog

That's a huge spray booth.  I have the smaller model of that - Model Expo right?  Have you priced those lately?  $$$

Fun stuff with your son.  They are not quite tonka toys though

 

Randomly found my old receipt when I purchased this. $374 now they are almost $800 What in the world... 

All of these conversational posts would go better in the different sections,I think you find that you get more engagement in the specific areas,more people can enjoy those posts

James!

   Oh Good heavens! You had one of those too! I literally drove the wheels of mine driving from Texas to California and back, Plus, Finally wore it out in Bethel Island Ca. When the engine let go. I was on a salvage job and had just left Concord,Ca. Was building models all through it and during my time Asea with BP/Shell. Glad to have you back! 

Tojo72

All of these conversational posts would go better in the different sections,I think you find that you get more engagement in the specific areas,more people can enjoy those posts