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Good morning from Big Sky Country
Posted by BigskyMark
on Sunday, October 18, 2020 10:56 AM
Hello all, I just joined the community. I grew up on the prairie decades ago building Aurora, Revell and Monogram planes and a few cars as well. I'm old enough to remember the slot car boom (and bust) and loved building and racing those cars as well. After decades away from any sort of modeling, I returned to scratch building slot cars about ten years ago and started building static model airplane kits 2 months ago; my goal is to complete the Aurora WWI warbirds collection--I had 5 or 6 of these as a grade schooler.. each purchased with my allowance money at the local drug store. I've acquired 16 vintage kits and am having a blast reliving my childhood.. this time knowing just a little more about painting, gluing and decal application. Nothing complicated about these kits (except the darn wing spars are a bit flimsy and fiddly for an old man like me), and I'm loving it. 6 kits done so far..Fokker DVIII, Fokker DRI, SE5a, Fokker DVII, Sopwith Camel and the SPAD XIII. I hope to have the remaining ten done by Christmas. Of course I'm going to need a new display cabinet as the book case is full! Cheers, Mark H. Helena, MT
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