Hello. Bob Here.

Hello There. Big Ole bob here.

And introduction. Well...

I used to be into plastic kit models between 87 and 90. I had a local hobby shop that was heavily into imported models and the toy stores in the area were heavily into selling import japanese models from the series 'robotech' aka Macross. Model cars and airplanes bored me. I wanted fun in assembly, not the paint job. Though I quickly learned a good or just decent paintjob made a model. Though I often resorted to drybrushing I never got into airbrushing. No decals and Dullcoat was my best friend because the only paints were enamels. Thats right Im a Testors guy. What can I say I just love those plastic sandpaper packs. I tried regular sandpaper of a smilar grit only to have it fall apart too quickly for how I was useing it. I once Had a dresser top full of macross models. Including the 'leader one & Cykill' from gobots fame which were really recast of the Mospedia-Driver Beta fighter and the um... i forget robo bike armor? I Did a 'pirate ship' model by i think linsey but never got into boats. The model was all white. What can I say. Everything ran smoothly untill one christmas. I had requested a big model of the USS constitution by revell. This was the old cast. Tons of flash and lots of solid pieces. Mast were solid as were the cannon mounts which resulted in lots of depressions from where the plastic had cooled too fast. It was a leveling/filling nightmare and It promptly killed my intrest in model kits. I shuffled it around untill I either gave it to good will or trashed it. I was out of models by a few years by that point. It naged on me about how much my folks spent on it and I never completed it. So I decided to purchase a 22inch MPC "hms victory" off of ebay and try my hand again. not the same model but a ship. Then came this past xmas. I asked my dear ole mum for a cheap 20$ model of the uss constitution. Aparently she couldnt find the few ship models in the wall of car and airplane models in the model shop and ended up spewing out 100$ for an overpiced 'pro woodworking kit' and a small 10" wooden model of the same ship. I felt guilty and and went back to return it to get the cheap one. (whispers) that pluss on such a small scale the plastic models have lots more detail. (normal) then I discovered the hobby shop had a no refund policy. Well It so happened they had the new cast of the 1/96 constitution by revell for only 54$ and the rest was spent in acrylic paints. I'm still doing research aton on it though. Im starting to do the rigging on the victory (enamel paints ewwww I can see why acrylics are so much preffered) and I intend to have a ball and do the constitution right. However On the same hand im thinking of auctual wooden ships. I've seen "cardstock" models of intense quality and Im wondering if they could be used as the building plans for a wooden model of the same scale?? Just random thoughts there.

Anyway Big ole Balding bespectacled Bob Here ready to get going. i hope to make a photojournal of my process of the 1/96 and perhaps the cardstock model later.

Thats a big 10-4 buddy. Take care.