As everyone else...built models as a kid, discovered girls , sports, cars, etc, and modeling became a distant memory. Got interested again at about the age of 35 after a severe back injury. I was going nuts lying around and needed something to occupy my time reccuperating. Now, nine years later, my back is as good as it`s going to be and I`m still modeling like a madman! The hobby has come a long way since I was a kid but it`s still pretty cool to see those old kits that I started out with still hangin` in there!