A Little About Me

[Z Cochrane V]

I worked as a machinist for about 40 years of my life. I've been retired for 3 years, now. As a machinist in the aerospace industry, attention to detail was a daily requirement. Hopefully that will serve me well as I assemble my first model in 30-40 years! The last two models I did were inspired by my job, an F-16 and an F-14. I got them done and they were mediocre at best. But, this time around, I plan to give my full attention to my project and really take my time. We shall see if this hobby is for me, now that I am older!

 

[urumomo]

Welcome Aboard !

 

[BarleyBop]

Welcome to the Addict!
Yup, give yourself the time to enjoy it!

 

[Tommergun]

Welcome aboard fellow aerospace guy.

 

[Z Cochrane V]

I've been looking at photos on here of people's finished projects. Wow, there are a lot of you who are truly artists! I think I'm out of my league! I'm going to keep dreaming that my project will look anywhere near as good as everyone else's work! With enough TLC, maybe I can come close? Time will tell

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Welcome aboard fellow aerospace guy.

Thanks!

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Welcome to the Addict!
Yup, give yourself the time to enjoy it!

Thanks!

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Welcome Aboard !

Thanks!

 

[BarleyBop]

come close

We kinda have a rule around here: we build for ourselves, all the while getting inspiration and learning from our collective mistakes and successes! So don't sweat it, enjoy!

 

[Pantherman]

I worked as a machinist for about 40 years of my life. I've been retired for 3 years, now. As a machinist in the aerospace industry, attention to detail was a daily requirement. Hopefully that will serve me well as I assemble my first model in 30-40 years! The last two models I did were inspired by my job, an F-16 and an F-14. I got them done and they were mediocre at best. But, this time around, I plan to give my full attention to my project and really take my time. We shall see if this hobby is for me, now that I am older!

Hi and welcome to the forum. Pantherman

 

[kevin]

Welcome aboard.

 

[Pantherman]

I've been looking at photos on here of people's finished projects. Wow, there are a lot of you who are truly artists! I think I'm out of my league! I'm going to keep dreaming that my project will look anywhere near as good as everyone else's work! With enough TLC, maybe I can come close? Time will tell

We like the good, the bad and the ugly here. As well as the weird and wonderful.

If you have fun building a kit then it really doesn't matter what it looks like.

I only started modeling 5 years ago and think I may have improved slightly but to be honest, it's just a bit of fun and stress relief for me so if the model turns out something similar to the box then that's a bonus. Pantherman

 

[styrenemachine]

Welcome to the ranks of the retired and back to the greatest hobby on earth!

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Hi and welcome to the forum. Pantherman

Thanks!

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Welcome to the ranks of the retired and back to the greatest hobby on earth!

Thanks!

 

[Blackbeard]

Hello @Z Cochrane V welcome to the Scale Model Addict Forum!

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Hello @Z Cochrane V welcome to the Scale Model Addict Forum!

Thanks!

 

[TimM63]

Welcome to the madness.

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Welcome to the madness.

Thanks! Already finding some helpful info. And I need all the help I can get!

 

[BarleyBop]

finding some helpful info

That's great. Don't forget that there is a 'Search' function in top right corner which works pretty well, as well as the 'similar threads' listing below...
As you might imagine, there are certain topics, and questions, that have been perennial favorites over the years, with a steady stream of folks getting back into the hobby.

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. I see already that this site will be visited by me often. I foresee a lot of questions as I embark on my project. And this seems like a good place to find answers.

 

[Ron2]

I worked as a machinist for about 40 years of my life. I've been retired for 3 years, now. As a machinist in the aerospace industry, attention to detail was a daily requirement. Hopefully that will serve me well as I assemble my first model in 30-40 years! The last two models I did were inspired by my job, an F-16 and an F-14. I got them done and they were mediocre at best. But, this time around, I plan to give my full attention to my project and really take my time. We shall see if this hobby is for me, now that I am older!

Welcome to the group. I started up about 8 months ago, I try to improve with each project and you will see yourself improve. Something I did was to build the same model that I built at the beginning and the difference was easy to see. It's a bit of a fun way to see your progress. YouTube has a lot of tutorials.

 

[PDGinther]

I worked as a machinist for about 40 years of my life. I've been retired for 3 years, now. As a machinist in the aerospace industry, attention to detail was a daily requirement. Hopefully that will serve me well as I assemble my first model in 30-40 years! The last two models I did were inspired by my job, an F-16 and an F-14. I got them done and they were mediocre at best. But, this time around, I plan to give my full attention to my project and really take my time. We shall see if this hobby is for me, now that I am older!

Welcome!

 

[user 22148]

I've been looking at photos on here of people's finished projects. Wow, there are a lot of you who are truly artists! I think I'm out of my league! I'm going to keep dreaming that my project will look anywhere near as good as everyone else's work! With enough TLC, maybe I can come close? Time will tell

No Way! Build a few, post them up, ask some questions and get some advice and then I'm sure you'll be turning out stuff you're more than pleased with. What're you going to start off with?

Welcome to the Addict!

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Welcome!

Thanks!

 

[Z Cochrane V]

No Way! Build a few, post them up, ask some questions and get some advice and then I'm sure you'll be turning out stuff you're more than pleased with. What're you going to start off with?

Welcome to the Addict!

I'm just getting started on a 1/600 Revelle USS Enterprise. It's going to take me a while because I'm trying not to make any mistakes if I can help it. I just spent a few hours painting the backsides of the windows. Tedious! I had to walk away before I ended up crosseyed! Lol

 

[Z Cochrane V]

No Way! Build a few, post them up, ask some questions and get some advice and then I'm sure you'll be turning out stuff you're more than pleased with. What're you going to start off with?

Welcome to the Addict!

And thanks for the welcome!

 

[Littlemarten]

I'm trying not to make any mistakes if I can help it.

Not to be discouraging, but mistakes are inevitable. I have often said that mastering this hobby consists primarily of learning how to fix one's mistakes so it looks like they never happened—and having fun doing it. Welcome to the best addiction in the world!

 

[Z Cochrane V]

Not to be discouraging, but mistakes are inevitable. I have often said that mastering this hobby consists primarily of learning how to fix one's mistakes so it looks like they never happened—and having fun doing it. Welcome to the best addiction in the world!

Thanks! Oh, believe me, I know! I just meant that I want to do my best to minimize them as much as I can.

 

[Pantherman]

Not to be discouraging, but mistakes are inevitable. I have often said that mastering this hobby consists primarily of learning how to fix one's mistakes so it looks like they never happened—and having fun doing it. Welcome to the best addiction in the world!

Well said, I absolutely agree with you. Pantherman