discussion "School boy hobby"?!

[stillp]

YES Ernie i was angry he did that but my mate went to that exfreind boat club members an told them all that he dint build HMS YORK an that i did an so i heard later that they sent him to coventry an wont speak to him so he got his comuperance in the end but i did not want to speak up in a big show about him as in my opinion it would have spoilt the show an i dint want to do that but it just goes to show there are some horrible people in this world dont it ?
chrisb

Coventry has enough pillocks already, I wish people would stop sending more.
Pete

 

[boatman]

Coventry has enough pillocks already, I wish people would stop sending more.
Pete

OH HI Pete enough pillocks allready eh lol well thats where they desevese to be lol

 

[Tim Marlow]

Coventry has enough pillocks already, I wish people would stop sending more.
Pete

Makes a change from sending them to parliament I suppose…..

 

[boatman]

Makes a change from sending them to parliament I suppose…..

OH YES Tim as i thought thats where they all were an are lol
chrisb

 

[Guest]

Jetex engines ... wow! Another memory jog! And making 'speed boats' utilising Bicarbonate of Soda! (Anybody remember the little plastic 'divers' that came free with breakfast cereal?)
Steve

Oh yes , forgot which cereal they came with .

 

[boatman]

Oh yes , forgot which cereal they came with .

WELL John corn flakes had some things in an i had to also cut out them voucher to send off an by the time id finished cuttin up the box my mum picked it up an flakes everywhere as he scirrores went mad lol

 

[boatman]

yes on these vouchers i remember if you got so many vouchers an sent them off for a big PLASTIC SUPERCAR model complete with mike mercrury in it an yes i got one an this i think was one of my first plastic models but it came all built all i had to do was grab it an run around goin Yeeeeehhhhhhhhhh an i would dive it into a big puddle with my freinds but we all had great fun such happy suny days then
chrisb

 

[dave]

Only ever entered one modelling competition when I was about 10, came second in my age group and never saw my model again. When I went to collect it at the end of the show it had been nicked.

 

[Ancientmariner]

Bit late to the thread, I started at about 8 years old in the 90s, carried on until 16 an then had a break for a few years, resuming at 30ish. Now 38, young at heart though!

 

[Mini Me]

At 38 I'd call it just plain Young....you lucky stiff! Just look at all the bench time you will have to look forward to :thumb2:

 

[Ian M]

That image came out much larger than necessary, would a kindly Admin somehow reduce it to a much more sensible size please?
Steve

As if by magic...

 

[Airborne01]

As if by magic...

I exalt your name unto the heavens O Wise One!
Steve (Very, very 'umble!)

 

[tigersteve]

I started in the sixties with aircraft 1/72 as was the norm then, early ones I remember were a Black Defiant and a Red Arrows 'Folland Gnat', as well as the Spitfire and Hurricane of course!
Married early at 19 and 3 kids turned up in quick order, so no money or time for model making from age 10 till around late twenties when I had a 1/12 scale Tamiya Lola bought for me and that got me back in! made a few 1/9 and 1/12th Motorcycles as that is my real passion, then stopped again until around 4 years ago.
We have sold up our house and most possessions and are now full time House sitters, looking after homes and pets while owners are away...
Pretty relaxing lifestyle travelling all over Europe for over 10 years now, but it does make me smile when I see and hear of peoples 'bench time' as I am usually using the kitchen table in various locations and like looking back on my few builds over the last 4 years and remembering where I was when I made them!
Storage obviously is a problem so I sold several on Ebay, the fun is in the build anyway.........