Cowboy,
Welcome, glad to have you. I am enjoying getting into modeling over the last couple of years or so. Not to say its been a high volume, and interest has waxed and waned, but lately has remained strong.
If it interests you, some of us are doing a joint build, all building an F-18 with a minimal tool list, starting tomorrow. Check out the thread "open challange to all modelers" in General Discussions.