Time to say Hello :-)
Posted: October 3rd, 2017, 2:15 pm
Well, after posting more than 100 postings here, I thought it´s only polite to introduce myself here, by telling something
about myself.
Modelling was my second hobby in life, the first kit I ever build was a Revell F4U Corsair in 72 scale, I must have been
around 10 years old. I remember I tried to paint it with water colours from school, I was so disappointed that the colour
didn´t want to stick to the plastic!
The first model I ever finished, with paint and decals on, was a Matchbox Zero! I had no light grey, so I used flat white instead, and I was very proud of the result !
Back then, I still built the occasional Matchbox tank, but I got stuck on planes right in the beginning!
I kept on modelling til I realized that I used this hobby as a compensation against my frustration with the "outside world",
and so kind of forced myself to abandon the hobby when I was around 21.
(But I always kept a secret stash, just in case, and some of my fave models!.... )
Then it was time for going to parties, meeting girls, travelling to the Middle East, and later, the Caribbean, no modelling for quite a while...
But then, in the second half of my thirties, I found myself going to LMS again, sometimes just to peek in the window, to look at presented models, there....
And then I had a job at an airshow, where there were some desks with model kits!!
And I couldn´t resist anymore.
The first kit I bought at the airshow was a Hobbycraft Vietcong MiG-17 in 48 scale (it´s still in the stash, started, though).
And then I started collecting kits for about 2 years, before I realized these things are made to be built, not to hang around on their sprues, hidden in cartons
Since I collected faster than I could built, I esteem my stash at around 120+ kits, mostly in 72 scale.
I joined a modelling club here in Germany 2 years ago, and it means a lot to me to do my hobby within a club,
because without it (or without a forum like this here!!!) , modelling is a kind of lone wolf thing, I believe.
I´ve been hanging around forums in german language, but quite often, I didn´t like the "air" these forums had,
because a lot of Germans have a problem with taking life easy, and take this hobby (or life in general) too seriously
IMHO, too many AMS peoples and rivet counters abound there.
( I feel a bit hypocritical writing this, cause I´m going a bit AMS-style on the Matchbox MiG I´m about to finish right now - but this model does not represent my usual style of modelling )
And another side effect here on uamf:
It helps me staying fluent in English, right now I don´t have so many opportunities to speak English, because I live in a rural area, not so much English spoken here, like in Berlin, where I used to live for quite a while.
Anyways, I want to conclude here, maybe add something more later on.
"Happy modelling" to all from me!
Don´t take it too seriously, it can become an unpleasant job, otherwise
PS: Another important reason for me to join uamf is my soft spot for classic kits, a lot of them being CBK´s.
(I still build Matchbox kits quite often, f.e.)
I can find a lot of soul mates here, I presume?!
...and, by the way, thanks for the warm welcome here
about myself.
Modelling was my second hobby in life, the first kit I ever build was a Revell F4U Corsair in 72 scale, I must have been
around 10 years old. I remember I tried to paint it with water colours from school, I was so disappointed that the colour
didn´t want to stick to the plastic!
The first model I ever finished, with paint and decals on, was a Matchbox Zero! I had no light grey, so I used flat white instead, and I was very proud of the result !
Back then, I still built the occasional Matchbox tank, but I got stuck on planes right in the beginning!
I kept on modelling til I realized that I used this hobby as a compensation against my frustration with the "outside world",
and so kind of forced myself to abandon the hobby when I was around 21.
(But I always kept a secret stash, just in case, and some of my fave models!.... )
Then it was time for going to parties, meeting girls, travelling to the Middle East, and later, the Caribbean, no modelling for quite a while...
But then, in the second half of my thirties, I found myself going to LMS again, sometimes just to peek in the window, to look at presented models, there....
And then I had a job at an airshow, where there were some desks with model kits!!
And I couldn´t resist anymore.
The first kit I bought at the airshow was a Hobbycraft Vietcong MiG-17 in 48 scale (it´s still in the stash, started, though).
And then I started collecting kits for about 2 years, before I realized these things are made to be built, not to hang around on their sprues, hidden in cartons
Since I collected faster than I could built, I esteem my stash at around 120+ kits, mostly in 72 scale.
I joined a modelling club here in Germany 2 years ago, and it means a lot to me to do my hobby within a club,
because without it (or without a forum like this here!!!) , modelling is a kind of lone wolf thing, I believe.
I´ve been hanging around forums in german language, but quite often, I didn´t like the "air" these forums had,
because a lot of Germans have a problem with taking life easy, and take this hobby (or life in general) too seriously
IMHO, too many AMS peoples and rivet counters abound there.
( I feel a bit hypocritical writing this, cause I´m going a bit AMS-style on the Matchbox MiG I´m about to finish right now - but this model does not represent my usual style of modelling )
And another side effect here on uamf:
It helps me staying fluent in English, right now I don´t have so many opportunities to speak English, because I live in a rural area, not so much English spoken here, like in Berlin, where I used to live for quite a while.
Anyways, I want to conclude here, maybe add something more later on.
"Happy modelling" to all from me!
Don´t take it too seriously, it can become an unpleasant job, otherwise
PS: Another important reason for me to join uamf is my soft spot for classic kits, a lot of them being CBK´s.
(I still build Matchbox kits quite often, f.e.)
I can find a lot of soul mates here, I presume?!
...and, by the way, thanks for the warm welcome here