Hi there. I've been trolling around, grabbing snippets of info here and there, reading some of the posts that interest me for awhile now. Figured I might as well introduce myself. My name is Lee, and I'm addicted to modeling. Not he runway and high heels kind, the plastic car/truck/racer type.
When I was a kid, I built cars box stock and was lucky if I painted them. When I was 16-17, I started putting more detail into my builds. The last model I remember building was a Testors 1:16th scale Lambo. I wired the engine, painted it, put all kinds of detail into it. That was just over 20 years ago.
Here I am now, nearly 40 and have been back into the hobby for about 3 years now. My wife was kind enough to allow me to take over one of the smaller rooms in the house to turn into my 'Man Cave", where I can retreat to after a stressful day at the office. My first build, to get me back into things, was actually a sci-fi piece, a Mk-1 Colonial Viper from Battlestar Galactica. That hooked me. I then completed an AMT '57 Stepside pickup that was donated to a very good friend of mine, Kevin, who was the one I blame for getting me back into the hobby. Although it was the first car/truck I built in nearly 2 decades, I decided to chop the front and make it a flip nose. Turned out pretty good. My current project is a Revell '70 Ford Torino. Aside from wiring the engine and making new front springs/shocks for it, it is pretty much box stock.
My future builds include the MPC 1:16th General Lee, which appears to be a challenge given some of the body modifications and inaccurate/left out details (Back seat anyone?), and I'm going to try my hand at a Funny Car. I have a small collection of kits and hope to be acquiring even more.
Drop me a line, say hi, or feel free to strike up a conversation. I'm always open to chatting. Now.. Where did that hobby knife get to?
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1001904.aspx
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