Proplinerman Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 My name is Bert Selier, born in the Netherlands and a retired A/P Maintenance Controller. I have been working 40 years with Transavia Airlines. I had been thinking what to do when I retire. When I found a copy of FineScale Modeler in a bookshop (February 1990 issue) with an article about filling cabin windows for an Airliner. It was after reading that article I became hooked, and began building model airplanes when I was about 47. And have been modeling ever since. The first, plane (helicopter) I built was the Alloutte 3 because I did work on it during my time in the Air Force (mandatory at that time in the Netherlands). Then I became a member of the Dutch IPMS, and a couple of years later a member from the SIG Airliners and Civil Aviation. Our group produces Airliners and other airplane’s which have been civil registered, for example several NASA airplanes are civil registered, you may think about race planes, fire bombers. I am also interested in experimental and reconnaissance aircraft. Our group does have a meeting every two months at different locations, mostly a modelers shop, who are willing to have us, and organizes some tables and put the date and time on their Internet site. The group take their models finished or not, and show them on the tables. We will discuss our models and the problems we have had, and we talk about to make a decision for the special theme for the Nationals, a contest once a year. Besides this we organize small trips for airplane spotting along a runway in use at that location. One of our members searches the Internet and sends us regularly new airplane and decals made by different manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PetrolGator Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Welcome! You will find that most of our members build aircraft. We'd love to see your builds if you have photographs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Hello Bert! Glad to have you here with the rest of we reprobates (well, speaking as one myself...) I'm currently working on the Minicraft 1/144 Boeing 727, and plan on doing it in Braniff markings. I look forward to seeing you on the forum here! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proplinerman Posted October 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 GIL, thanks for the welcome I'm currently working on the 1/72 Heller Constallation and the Heller 1/72 Canadair C.L 215. Recently I moved to another apartment so I still have to install my Airbrush equipment. I do have photograph's from finished models but don't know yet how to upload those photo's Bert 'sello Bert! Glad to have you here with the rest of we reprobates (well, speaking as one myself...) I'm currently working on the Minicraft 1/144 Boeing 727, and plan on doing it in Braniff markings. I look forward to seeing you on the forum here! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PetrolGator Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Use Photobucket or some other related website. One the pictures are online, copy the "Direct Link." On the IPMS boards right above where you type there is an icon that looks like a picture of a tree. Simply paste the URL from the "Direct Link" into this and hit "OK." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGronovius Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Welcome, my parents were from the Netherlands and I still have family in Gouda. They've been in the US since 1962, two years before I was born. Most of my relatives are Dutch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Welcome to these Forums. I'm looking forward to seeing what you have built and what you are building. I also have a Heller 1/72 scale Constellation that i plan to start soon. I only hope mine comes out half as good as yours does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aAzZ09 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Welcome aboard Bert! Feel free to ask questions anytime. Happy Modeling, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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