To my fellow forum members,
Just a theraputical practice for my brain in regards to memory. Thank you for allowing me to share this with all forum members of FSM.
Living in Europe, was a great experience for me, especially being only 18 years old and on my own. My first trip was with my band "Jazz Attack", I was 17 then. I set up a bunch of gigs, we went on tour to Amsterdam, Brussels Belgium, Paris France (To perform and celebrate the 200th anniversary of Bastille Day), and finally Zurich Switzerland. That's the year Chernobyl blew up, we were forbidden to drink milk and any green leaf vegetables. Yah, like that really help with all that nuclear practicals floating around!
Upon returning to the US, (I lived in Oakland, California East 14th Street, the ghetto and San Fransico) I realized how much respect as well as appreciation the Europeans had for jazz artists. You see, in America, I was a starving musician. In Europe, I was a jazz artist.
Two years prior to this this was the year 1982, I left my home in Hawaii for bigger and greater things. Little did I know of the struggle to be a responsible adult. While classmates were dating and going to the prom, I was playing in jazz clubs. I had rebuilt a 1966 Mustang three speed in line six. After three days of driving it around in Oakland, a drunk driver totaled my "Stang". I sold the heap of metal to a junk man named "Humble Harold" for $700.00, and wondered what my next step would be.
Well, needless to say, I bought several suits, a backpack, the type that you take when you go camping with a nap sack, purchased a one way ticket to Amsterdam with $20.00 in my pocket and off I went. To keep this short, I lived there until 1991.
I just wanted to share this with my fellow brothers and sisters of FSM Forum. I hope you don't mind nor insult anyone. If so, please forgive me in advance.
Getting into the main subject of modeling, after a delicious dinner that my daughter prepared of which was chicken and brocolli pesto pasta, I went straight to work on my Tamiya 1:32 P-51D Mustang Siver Chrome plated Edition. What's really cool about this build is that I can reference my previous build of the same size and scale Tamiya Mustang. I get to correct any errors made from my previous build. So here is an update of this evenings endevours.
Toshi
I just love working with PE!
The completed engine detail.
Much more updates to follow very soon. Thank you all for visiting my thread.
Toshi
On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell
Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi