[WWI] New guy on the block

[Steve Cox]

Chris, welcome to the list.
I didn¹t just abandon it, I have some wings from a 1/48th vacform that can
be cut down to the right size. One day it will get finished, but that day is
not soon. Or it is possible that I¹ll make another elephant kit as an
elephant, and convert the one on the site to ŒMimi¹.
I have more kits on the go than I have finished, so it is just one more in
the Œdoing¹ pile, and things float up and down the pile as whimsy takes me.

This is a hobby, so enjoy what you do. You¹ll see the phrase Dicta Ira
bandied about, it means Œhave fun¹. You¹ll see all sorts of models and
varying standards. If you¹re having fun then you¹re doing it right, whatever
you make or how you do it.

There¹s a mine of information on the list, search the archives, or ask on
list- there¹s a lot of knowledge out there. It also a social club, through
the list I¹ve met modellers from around the world, and even the one¹s I¹ve
not met face to face I think of as friends.

regards
Steve
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  If I didn't spend so much time on line
    ‹‹ I'd get some models finished
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From: Helen and Chris <2kermavio at orange.fr>
Reply-To: WW1 Mail List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:20:57 +0200
To: WW1 Mail List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Subject: [WWI] New guy on the block

Hello everyone
 
I've been putting this off for quite a time as I didn't feel qualified
enough to talk to you as equals - I am not yet a modeller.
 
But Warren's requests for pics gave me an intro.
 
So, a quick bit about me and WW1.
 
I fell in love with WW1 aircraft as a boy when there were only a few Airfix
and Revell kits available (anything other than 1/72 doesn't count).  My goal
then was to complete a kit in the shortest possible time and leave the paint
to dry in front of the fire!
 
Despite using about three tubes of glue for each kit and gluey fingerprints
obliterating all detail, each time I picked up a model, they fell to pieces.
 
Now, some 50 years on and with retirement on the horizon, I've decided to
return to and nurture an old love.  I've amassed a collection of over 100
kits, some paint (Humbrol, what else?) and most of the clobber I need to
start building.
 
Then, during my research, I found you guys.  And my confidence soared and
crumbled at the same time.
 
A confidence builder in that there were other grown men out there who wanted
to continue building the same stuff (albeit to a much higher standard) as
they did when they were kids.
 
And a confidence destroyer when I came across such things as "I abandoned
the project when I discovered the wing chord was too narrow".
 
I can find a lot of stuff telling what is wrong. Where do I go to find out
what is right?
 
Bless those who gave us our joy.
 
Chris.


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