![]() It's fun, satisfying and therapeutic when the pressures of life create challenges. I have this weird sympathy for anyone who doesn't build models - I guess because I get so much enjoyment out of it I can't imagine why everyone doesn't do it. That girlfriend I mentioned, well, we're married (29th anniversary this Sunday, Sept 15, 2019) and we have two wonderful daughters 20 and 16. My non-model related passions are playing hockey, ball hockey and golf. So yeah, I love modelling various types of subjects and I also love that the hobby has introduced me to other hobbies and passions. That started a love a photography as another hobby. Along my modelling journey, I wanted to be able to take nice pictures of my finished projects so in 2007 I bought a Nikon D50 camera and a photo booth. The nice thing is, as a result of building F1 cars, I'm now a rabid F1 fan which gives me another hobby to keep my interest. I built about 24 straight cars before getting up the courage to try an F1 car. I did mostly armour for about two years then I started with cars. I built one aircraft carrier in 2003 but that was it until 2014 when my kids bought me a tank for Fathers' day. I was exclusively a plane guy for a long time. ![]() ![]() Now I can build some kits in a few days or take on complex projects and which take longer but I am usually pretty happy with the results. 20 years ago it would take me 6 weeks to build a Tamiya Spitfire. Still not satisfied, I bought books to learn more skills (this was before the internet.) I now live in Ottawa and over the years I have gotten better and better and faster and faster. I didn't have an airbrush so I painted clear gloss with a brush to get the decals to look better. Then I found a Fine Scale Modeler Magazine with an article on how to correctly apply decals. Once I finished University I started building more but I wasn't satisfied with the results - decals were my main source of dissatisfaction. ![]() I built that A-10 in my dorm room - it came out pretty well considering. I didn't build much in my teens but my girlfriend in University bought me a Monogram A-10 because every time we went to the mall, I would go into the hobby store but not buy anything. I joined the model club at school and started building plastic kits, mostly planes but sometimes other subjects. I was born in 1967 in Nova Scotia and I my first model building experiences were building balsa wood kits with my dad. ![]()
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