I've not really attempted a plastic kit since I was at school, which is a number of decades ago now. At the time I recall being very much into WW2 Luftwaffe prototypes and novel projects (Komet, early jets etc.). I was also into railway modelling and that's where I've spent most - if not all - of my modelling time since, eventually setting myself up with a very, very small hobby business producing etched brass and resin kits. Hobby time in later life has veered away from modelling towards the prototype and I've spent a lot of time in the past 10-15 years as a volunteer, mostly on steam loco rebuilds.
My avatar is the Hotel Kleine Scheidegg with the Eiger in the background from a recent ski holiday in Switzerland.