SniffyHuffnsnuff Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Greetings all from Southeast Michigan: I am a brand new member to IPMSUSA, something I realize I should have done decades ago, but nonetheless, I finally decided to make the move. Being 66 years old means, well, a few things; more available time at the modeling bench thanks to retirement, needing ever more magnification to see what's ON the bench, and like all of you, facing challenges in finding where to put the stuff I make. But I've definitely got the bug...bad. My dad passed on the genetic material that I now have for this hobby; he used to make kits himself back in the paleozoic era of the early 60's and I clearly remember some of the aircraft models he made that were hung from my bedroom ceiling, there until my brother and I knocked them down from horsing around. We used to make our models together back then, and when we broke them or got new ones we kept a huge spare parts box that we'd franken-glue new stuff together, kit bashing to our hearts content. No airbrush or hardly even paint back then, just Testor's glue and crazy imaginations. Dragsters with 6 or 8 jet engines, for instance, figures with 3 heads or animal/human hybridized concoctions, trucks with wings, etc., each one a different make or even scale. We didn't care and it didn't matter. It was decades later, after my own family was established that I re-discovered the old styrene aroma that so captivated me when I was young and I renewed my deep fascination with building, but now with much more patience, ability, and resources available to me than I ever dreamed possible. So today the dream lives on; I love being at the bench and can easily find myself squirreled away in my basement for 5-6 hours at a stretch fiddling over some cranky P.E. laced sub-assembly procedure until I can hold it up and crow with victory at what I've done. I don't have a huge stash like many of you have, but I keep trying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Welcome Kip! Your memories are very much mine and many others here too! Make yourself at home and let us know how we can help you have more FUN! Gil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Welcome Kip! Glad to see you here and I am thoroughly enjoying your stories of the past! Looking forward to seeing what you got going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetzer44 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Welcome aboard. Nice memories of model building decades ago. You will find many very helpful and interesting IPMS members here and on the other forums. Hae fun and ... Cheers! chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SniffyHuffnsnuff Posted March 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Thanks everyone for acknowledging me and my introduction. I hope to explore this hobby, your work(s) and more of IMPS ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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