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Posted by therriman
on Saturday, September 27, 2003 10:23 PM
Originally posted by tigerman
It's Saturday night and I'm bored; the wife is out with her parents. House to myself! ![Evil [}:)]](/FSM/CS/emoticons/icon_smile_evil.gif)
I've still got 12 beers left (I've had a "few" so far). come on over.
Tim H.
"If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942
Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy!
I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape!
Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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Posted by qmiester
on Saturday, September 27, 2003 10:53 PM
Since I've been doing this since 1953, probably in the neighborhood of 1500. If you count the number that got started but didn't get finished for one reason or another, would probably be a lot higher. Of course, back in the my teens and twenties, thought nothing about working five nights a week and all day Sunday on my models.
Quincy
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January 2003
- From: Central MI
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Posted by therriman
on Saturday, September 27, 2003 10:56 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by qmiester
Of course, back in the my teens and twenties, thought nothing about working five nights a week and all day Sunday on my models.
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I'm in my 40's (41 to be exact) and that's what I do!!!
Tim H.
"If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942
Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy!
I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape!
Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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March 2003
- From: Portugal
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Posted by lito.sf
on Sunday, September 28, 2003 12:20 PM
Well, since i started 2 years ago i´ve built 8 aircraft 1/72 scale all about WWII,
i´m still developing my skils and i dont consider my self a good modeler, i just love to sit down a bit and work on it to relax from work. I do it slowly and paciently
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Posted by Anonymous
on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 8:48 AM
Last year I did 14. Counting what I help my students build, that would be over 25. I have done all of this after 10 years out of model building.
This past year has been a hard year for me and my family, with some very dark days.
I restore vintage kits, so it takes much longer. My goal is build the model like it was my last. Make it a work of art.
Some model builders just don't get me and my passion for my model art. In some model groups on the web im the out guy, keep Dale out he's to much for us! Don't let him post his models on our site.To me when you take a model that is forty years old and give in a new life, when you restore it to 100% vintage, thats prue passion for model building, prue passion for art. I sometimes have buy 5 vintage kits to get one kit with all the parts. The price can for $20.00 - $100.00 per kit.
When you give your life to art as I have done, most of the time you are alone in your own world. I have told the kids that I have worked with over the years "Make sure you want your art it's a hard life"! It's a lonely life!
It's sad to say that my work is never in any model shows, only a few guys restore vintage Aurora models. I build them and post them on my website. Everyday I look to see the hits on the website, some days are good others are bad. I fear that some day I will wake up and the world of Aurora models will be over, gone just like so many other things. A part of what was once good in the USA is gone.
I have been thinking about some day selling models, but how do you put a price on ones ART? My talent is worth more then what most would pay for a 100% vintage Aurora model. I have forty years as a visual artist, I have done some things in art that others dream about or can't understand.
I build for me and what I like, pure passion, prue ART! No big numbers at years end. Like it or leave it!
Dale's Model Art
http://community.webshots.com/user/dales_model_art
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Posted by mtollens
on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 9:14 AM
A lot less than the models I've bought...................seriously, less than 100
Max Tollens
"plastic surgeon"
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November 2005
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Posted by Anonymous
on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 9:42 AM
Well, I guess since the mid 60's when I started I guess it would have to be close to 800 by now. I have built 8 motorcycles in the last 3 months, but then, I'm home 27/7 now while getting over my wreck so I have a lot of free time. I've done everything from bicycles to tanks and Piper Cubs to B-52's. That's also counting all of the U/C planes and R/C planes too now. Oh and not to mention the free flight powered and hand launch indoor stuff. Now that I think about it, it may be closer to 1000 if I count all the indoor hand launch and the U/C combat stuff. It was nothing to build 20 of those in a week to get ready for the contests on the weekends. You can go through them pretty quick on a bad day. Man, this made me think, if I had all the money I've spent on models of one sort or another, I could retire now. LOL, Thanks for the memories. ![Big Smile [:D]](/FSM/CS/emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif)
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Posted by Anonymous
on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 12:23 PM
Two.
F4U-5NL Corsair Revell 1/48
P-40B Tiger Shark Revell 1/48
Flushing rivets on a P-38J Lightning Revell 1/48.
Over and out.
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February 2003
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Posted by Jim Barton
on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 3:13 PM
Golly, that's a tough one. When I was building them in the 1970's, I probably turned out a dozen or so per year (which our cats would subsequently smash), but then I was out of modeling by 1979. I got back into it about 1996 but wasn't serious about it until 1998. Since I'm such a slow worker nowadays, since I got back into modeling, I've completed four models--a radio-controlled fishing boat (built as a static model), a MiG-21, Testor's Area 51 UFO and a scratchbuilt diorama for it, and finally, a 1932 Chrysler Imperial built with the ancient MPC kit. After ten months, I'm still only 40% finished with the tornado chase vehicle.
"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"
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