Hello to everybody.
It is the first time on this site and first time on any site too. I am not even a "social network" user.
I am from Italy, I am in the Army, I prefer rugby to football, Ferrari to Mercedes and beer to wine so it is easy to deduce I am used to suffering :crying:
I've been modelling since I was 8 (still thanking my late Grandpa for my first Airfix bagged Fiat G50) but I took a long break from 1987 to 2016 mainly due to my job. Now that I am well over 50, the mojo reached such a level to overcome some "minor" issues (lack of time, no bench, bad light, an old and fatigued compressor, a voracious carpet monster etc.).
If I'm back to modelling is mainly because of my MilMod site visits (that too a "late") and Shaun the sheep and his flock or, more precisely, their authors: admiring their modelling ability contributed to my return to the fascinating glue and paints world.
I have a lot to learn: new materials, new techniques, the modelling sites and tutorials, new brands...all new to me. The atmosphere I found on this site is very friendly so I decided to step in.
Here are a few pictures of what I have done/am doing. I am testing my skills on scales from 1:144 (the 2 Tigers) to 1:35, plastic or resin (the 1:76 winter Panther), just to try to fill the 30 years long gap.
Forgive my mistakes, both in modelling and written English: I am fully open to advice and constructive critics in both fields.
Andy
(My first name is Andrea, but I would like to avoid communications starting with "madam" as some Int'l staff officer did a decade ago, :smiling6: ... so Andy will just do).
It is the first time on this site and first time on any site too. I am not even a "social network" user.
I am from Italy, I am in the Army, I prefer rugby to football, Ferrari to Mercedes and beer to wine so it is easy to deduce I am used to suffering :crying:
I've been modelling since I was 8 (still thanking my late Grandpa for my first Airfix bagged Fiat G50) but I took a long break from 1987 to 2016 mainly due to my job. Now that I am well over 50, the mojo reached such a level to overcome some "minor" issues (lack of time, no bench, bad light, an old and fatigued compressor, a voracious carpet monster etc.).
If I'm back to modelling is mainly because of my MilMod site visits (that too a "late") and Shaun the sheep and his flock or, more precisely, their authors: admiring their modelling ability contributed to my return to the fascinating glue and paints world.
I have a lot to learn: new materials, new techniques, the modelling sites and tutorials, new brands...all new to me. The atmosphere I found on this site is very friendly so I decided to step in.
Here are a few pictures of what I have done/am doing. I am testing my skills on scales from 1:144 (the 2 Tigers) to 1:35, plastic or resin (the 1:76 winter Panther), just to try to fill the 30 years long gap.
Forgive my mistakes, both in modelling and written English: I am fully open to advice and constructive critics in both fields.
Andy
(My first name is Andrea, but I would like to avoid communications starting with "madam" as some Int'l staff officer did a decade ago, :smiling6: ... so Andy will just do).
. I don't think I've developed any specific technique for the moment; I follow the inspiration of the moment (which translates into: I do what I can with what I have :thinking: ). My only "invention" is what I use to burnish the Friul tracks: a mix of Tamiya acrylic thinner and green tea leaves...:nerd:.