Another newcomer, please be gentle!
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Another newcomer, please be gentle!
Morning all.
Another newcomer here, from Reading, Berks.
I squidged a few kits together as a yoof (though rarely finished them!) and modelling kept me amused forany years. Bits like most of us it seems, I found alcohol and girls, full size cars and motorcycles, and modelling fell off the radar.
A chance glimpse of a picture of FaceAche has re-kindled the old bug though, so I've got a couple of basic Airfix 1/72 kits to see if I still enjoy sticking myself to bits of plastic - and I do!
I hope to do some learning from you knowledgeable folks, and see if I can't finish off some of my childhood kits.
Many thanks, Pete.
Another newcomer here, from Reading, Berks.
I squidged a few kits together as a yoof (though rarely finished them!) and modelling kept me amused forany years. Bits like most of us it seems, I found alcohol and girls, full size cars and motorcycles, and modelling fell off the radar.
A chance glimpse of a picture of FaceAche has re-kindled the old bug though, so I've got a couple of basic Airfix 1/72 kits to see if I still enjoy sticking myself to bits of plastic - and I do!
I hope to do some learning from you knowledgeable folks, and see if I can't finish off some of my childhood kits.
Many thanks, Pete.
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Re: Another newcomer, please be gentle!
That's a story most of us could copy and paste. Join in whenever you feel ready.
Nigel
Nigel
Re: Another newcomer, please be gentle!
Welcome on board Pete. It was a period of post operation convalescence that got me back into the hobby after a 40-ish year hiatus. I thought I’d beaten the plastic bug, but once bitten......
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Welcome aboard Pete! A familiar story to a lot of us, even more so for me having grown up in Reading (well Woodley to be accurate) and lived in the vicinity until 1988
Best wishes
Jim
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Cheers folks
Ah, iggie, you left about the time I arrived. The place has not improved, in fact it's becoming a real old dump!
And no model shops anymore :(
Ah, iggie, you left about the time I arrived. The place has not improved, in fact it's becoming a real old dump!
And no model shops anymore :(
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Welcome to our corner of the modelling internet.
David
David
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Welcome aboard. Enjoy your stay
Besting 60 years of mediocre building of average kits in the stand off scale
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Hi Pete and welcome to our little playpen. Hope you have fun here.
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
Greg
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Welcome aboard !
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Welcome aboard Pete, I am sure you'll enjoy it here.
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Welcome aboard.
David.
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