discussion What Model got you back into building

[Guest]

Well this was mine, my step daughter bought me this one for Christmas in 2003.

I was building an R/C Spitfire at the time & she thought I might like it, I think from start to finish it took me a day to build & paint, nothing fancy just OOTB stuff I can't even remember witch one it is, I think it's a Mk 5 in D-Day markings.

I new nothing about weathering till I joined this site.

It still has a place in my glass case as I haven't the heart to through it out.

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John

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[Snowman]

What got me going again after many years (about 20) was a Tamiya 1/12 Tamiya Yamaha GP bike kit an old friend of mine bought or gave to me for Xmas about 3 - 4yrs ago. It's been "drop tested" and glued back together - it still remains on the shelf along with the other bikes that have built since then.

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/gallery/data/809/medium/complete_27.JPG

 

[eddiesolo]

It was Warhammer play boards, for my lad that got me back into modelling.

Si

 

[Dave W]

I took up the hobby again after a break of about10 years and built a Classic Airframes 1/48 Hudson.A limited run,multi media kit.Not the best kit to start with.I followed it with a1/48 Tamiya Beaufighter.Much easier to build.

 

[Alan 45]

That's a nice build John I like that

I got back into the hobby by accident, this old feller down the local an a really nice bloke , it was decided to do something for his birthday and as he had served in the Royal Navy we all chipped in and got him a model , he served on the HMS Ramilies during WWII but couldn't get that so we got the HMS Warspite, I built it and painted it and it was then I realised I was hooked

But this was my first build for myself

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[spanner570]

What model got me back into building?

The wife - and she's still as fit as ever!

Yes dear, I'm coming to mop the floor right now!

 

[Guest]

I got back because I watched Youtube video about scale modelling by accident then my interest came back. then bought a Tamiya kit and really proud with the end result.

 

[Guest]

This blooming starter set: http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/new-to-modelling-and-a-challenge-for-the-experienced-members.28223/

The irony being if I'd started with this: http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/airfix-starter-kits-theyre-watching.28484/

I'd have gone "Well that wasn't so hard, must have just been rubbish at it as a kid!" and that would have been the end of it, I'd never have joined here for help, nor carried on buying models to see what I could make out of them!

 

[Guest]

None not stopped since I started. Rather like my wife's chatting.

Laurie

 

[eddiesolo]

None not stopped since I started. Rather like my wife's chatting. Laurie

I'll tell her...

Si

 

[Guest]

I returned on 2010, just building a transformation, two Die-Cast 1/18 Land Rover (a TUM and a Pink Panther).

An officially.... When I started with the kits, was on 2011. I arrived to this forum with my first kit, a Tamiya Pink Panther.

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/in-some-place-of-the-desert-….13074/

PS: I started as well a Rover ambulance, but I never finished it

 

[AlanG]

I stopped building models when i was about 17 due to me moving around with the RAF (Beer, women and motorbikes also played their part lol). I re-started again when i was about 33. My first kit I made when I came back into models was an Airfix 1/72 Lancaster B.III http://allynesmodels.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/here-are-older-kits-ive-done.html

I still have it to remind me of just how far my building and painting skills have come since I re-started

 

[PaulTRose]

tamiya 1/24 lotus 7

 

[peterairfix]

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All i can say is this did.
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[Alan 45]

View attachment 95232 All i can say is this did.Peter t

A first Dr dalek , does this have the dish on the back Peter?

 

[peterairfix]

A first Dr dalek , does this have the dish on the back Peter?

Not at the moment as its slowly going thru a refurbisment as its now 15 years old and nearly imposible to find another one.

Peter t

 

[Peej]

Built loads when I was a kid but I must have lost interest and didn't do any for years. About 20 years ago I had a bad motorbike crash and started painting citadel figures for something to do. I live in Bomber County (Lincolnshire) not far from RAF Coningsby so I'm fortunate to regularly see the BBMF fly over. My wife bought me the BBMF kit as a Xmas present a couple of years ago and it got me hooked.

 

[Guest]

What started me was going past the local toy etc. shop for the umpteenth time and eventually going in and asking "How much is a Spitfire". The seller was (is) an expert modeller and the rest is history.

 

[dave]

Used to build loads as a kid. But got back into modelling building war hammer 40k kits for my son.

 

[Guest]

From 13 or so to 43 I built absolutely nothing! But my first kit 4 years ago was Tamiya's Tiger I late version - no longer with me, which is probably a good thing!