Wow, talk about bringing a post back from the grave!
Well, since it's here I may as well join in.
I remember, a long time ago, I built this jet model. I must have been 7 or 8 years old. All I remember was that I didn't paint it and I took it to show and tell at school. It was a big model, a military jet and had the nosecone like the concorde, that would bend down when the plane was landing. I can't think of the name of it right now. All I know is that I was proud as can be of that model and it sparked my younger-days career in modelling that lasted until I went to college.
So here I am, over 35 years later, and after a 15 year break, I find myself in love with the hobby again. I'm currently working on Heller's Soleil Royale, just recently finishing Revell's 1:96 Cutty Sark (which sits proudly in my boy's room. I have a Montague Dawson print coming in the mail to go behind it on the wall.) Waiting in the wings are the Heller 1:100 La Reale, two Revell 1:96 Constitutions, and the imposing Heller Victory.
Needless to say, I'll be kept in sailing ship heaven for years to come....