Hi from Baton Rouge

I am Tom,

I have only been here a week, and I finally stumbled onto where I seek to introduce myself.

I've basically "jumped ship" from another modeller site where I've done book and kit reviews and was essentially the sites' mentor/answer guy for beginner modellers' questions. Although the other site has an all-American sounding handle, I found you will not feel welcome for very long if you do not speak with a British accent, and frankly I got tired of the rivalry and petty bickering there.

After a week, I find it quite refreshing here.

As for my background, my brief bio is posted with my profile information.

Since I grew up on the West Coast, my favorite modelling subjects are WWII naval, either ship or aircraft, or USMC armor, although I do have a nice stash of the typical WWII German Tamiya armor kits.

Because I retired from doing engineering in the later 20th century, my typing skills are very poor, since the norm for engineering documents up until the full advent of the PC was hand-written.

I do have a general question, though:

How do you guys sneak a photo into your signature box?

Thanks in advance guys

Tom