how old?

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I started about 6 months ago with a spitfire i made for my sons ceiling. Yes i think every boy should have at least 1 model dangeling from a bit of string. Anyway i enjoy spending the odd hour glueing, painting, sanding ,swearing getting really anoyed and throwing a big wobbly. It shore as hell beats watching T.V. Now my son has a miniture Battle Of Britain going on above his bed. I think as long as you enjoy making models age is not an issue. Paul .

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I used to do loads when I was a lad - kind of went by the wayside with the advent of beer and girls. An unintentional period of liesure in the early nineties saw me revisit the hobby briefly. I'm now working in Japan with no nagging other half and a lot more free time (and some of the greatest model shops in the world) so have started again.

I can control it.. Just the odd kit every now and then. Ooooh shiney...

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I also used to build models as a kid, when Airfix came in a plastic bag with a card stapled to it. A long time ago.... Although I watched the James May prog, I am not sure if it made me want to start again or not but, as mentioned above, I spend far too much time staring at a computer screen at work and at home so I think the idea of doing something with my hands again will be good and kits are my way of doing just that. I have a very basic tool kit, no airbrush and work on the kitchen table. My first effort is an Airfix Westland Whirlwind and a P47 Thunderbolt. I know they will not be very good but I am preparing a few 'sacrificial Lambs' to get to grips with it again before investing any great money in kits or equipment.

Found this site from loads of searching and, as you may have guessed, am new on here and am 58 years young.... never too late to learn something new.

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Hi John i started building kits when i was about 10 or12 to about the age of 16 at which time i joined the army for 3 years and never really had the time until my mid twenties then i got married, I am now 40 and i only started again early last year and i love it. It is nice to see younger people coming into modeling and i hope you love it enough to do it for many years to come.

scott

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I am 47 and started in july of this year. I have two partially built trucks (Scania) but in no hurry, partly because of funding. I built my first plane out of balsa at school. I then got a nitro plane on string a few years later but couldn't even afford the petrol as, life was very hard. Now I am back to my childhood enjoying all the toys I never had, and getting my sons involved too...

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I rekon I started when I was about 10 possibly a bit younger (with a brother 5 years older who only modelled occasionally) and built all sorts of aircraft right through to the point where I was lucky enough to start a career in flying. That made routine modelling wain although I made a couple of relevant models in my early 20s (comfort activity following a unforeseen and pretty harsh ditching by the then g/f). Started to look again at modelling once I was setlled down and married but lots of moving, long hours and lots of time away meant it was an "on hold but in progress" option. Did some more in my late 30s and early 40s when my lad was little - sowing the seeds (that was my excuse anyway...). Again a bit on and off depending upon how busy work was, no longer aviating but desk bound and lots of other responsibilities. Now I am a "weekly commuter" so the ideal time to get at the stash that has been on hold and I'm now 51. Again the collection is driven partly by my own experience so they have a specific and personal interest that will remind me of charging around in sharp, pointy aircraft in years to come. However my lad is pretty good at Warhammer figures and vehicles and has a small stash of aircraft. He has just bought a couple of aircraft of his own volition so I think he is hooked although other attractions are imminent I reckon! And there are just so many great kits out there now...