discussion Which is your other hobby?

[Guest]

Well we all must have another hobby, related or not with scale modelling. My other hobby is playing Airsoft. I was surprised to find out that in EU are arround 750 sites to play this game. But, more then half of them are in UK. There are so many people, all ages, sex, culture joining this game named "Game of Honor". Why? Because shooting with this small plastic pellet s at long distances is sometimes imposible to se if you hited your target( unless you have a sniper rifle)!(I have one)! .


So the player need to be fairplay and if he is hearing or felling the impact he/she declares "Hit" and live the game for 5 minutes. There are so manny rules, some of you know them, probably. My last game was 2 weeks ago, next one is next week. And , me and my son had spent some money on our gear.View attachment 249466

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[Guest]

My son Daniel plays airsoft mainly at Exeter I think the venue is called the bunker


I used to fly rc aircraft big p51 mustang but gave that up due to bad politics going on within the club now I just build static plastic and love the challenge


Roger

 

[Guest]

My other hobby, used to be my prime hobby, is photography. Don't get out and about enough now so it has been combined into the modelling.

 

[Guest]

My other hobby, used to be my prime hobby, is photography. Don't get out and about enough now so it has been combined into the modelling.

We all must have the second hobby photography. We have to!!!!

 

[Guest]

My son Daniel plays airsoft mainly at Exeter I think the venue is called the bunker
I used to fly rc aircraft big p51 mustang but gave that up due to bad politics going on within the club now I just build static plastic and love the challenge


Roger

I used to have a B29 and I was so bad! I managed to smash it in 5 minutes! And it was the big 1 m long one!

 

[Guest]

After spending money on modelling I guess I would say my other hobby is music,I have a fair sized collection.

 

[Guest]

I used to keep and breed reptiles but over the years slowly given up the hobby and sold near whole collection just have a few left!!! what was my reptile room is now my modeling room!!! at one point did have over 100 snakes and lizards etc.

 

[papa 695]

Scuba diving is my second hobby

 

[Guest]

hmm... well, i used to collect military surplus rifles and target shoot with them, but could be expensive along with the hard to find ammo, so i sold off most of them and just kept the ones i really had an attachment to.


i also used to surf. still have my two longboards.


i love cycling (bicycles) and ride whenever i can. i also love working on bikes, as well.... love to tinker. and let me clarify, i am not a cyclist that wears the costume... just jeans or what ever and a regular shirt. no lewd lycra shorts for me, thank you very much.


i guess that's all i do right now other than modeling.

 

[Guest]

hmm... well, i used to collect military surplus rifles and target shoot with them, but could be expensive along with the hard to find ammo, so i sold off most of them and just kept the ones i really had an attachment to.
i also used to surf. still have my two longboards.


i love cycling (bicycles) and ride whenever i can. i also love working on bikes, as well.... love to tinker. and let me clarify, i am not a cyclist that wears the costume... just jeans or what ever and a regular shirt. no lewd lycra shorts for me, thank you very much.


i guess that's all i do right now other than modeling.

Yep, I used to love gentle cycling but since my knees went, I only cycle to work and back. Only 1.5 miles each way and dead flat. Still painful but less so and quicker than using busses. Tried the black Lycra once but someone took out an Injunction on me ever wearing it again ..... I think it was my better half . I did look like an overstuffed black pudding though

 

[Guest]

Fishing for me. Cant do sessions anymore but love to see the float go under , when that happens I still get the feeling of an excited kid

 

[Guest]

My hobby "cycle" is interesting in that it has come full circle.


As a young lad did the whole plastic model thin, in high school I did RC models, after getting married did my PPL fixed wing and built a full size PA-18 super cub now I am a fabric teck on full size and busy with a Pitts S2b team.....and in my spare time to relax I build plastics again LOL


Theuns

 

[Robert1968]

Well if I was to be honest, after modelling I do like researching history and this is where the wife comes in as well as we both like this subject a lot, so we plan our holidays around this subject . Going back through the ages and finding out how the people used to live/ die ( English history is so brutal )


We have been to castles/ museums/ beaches ( Normandy ) holiday history is good too. One minute your in a cafe in France/ Belgium and then another you're in deepest caves looking at Hitlers V3 complex.


Regards


Robert

 

[PaulTRose]

used to have lots of hobbies in the past....shooting and kit cars and other things too....but these days it comes down to reading.......sci fi and crime thrillers..........and the grandsproggs......i get a lot of enjoyment out of them grow up (a granddad is someone who helps kids get into mischief they havnt thought of yet )

 

[Guest]

Well if I was to be honest, after modelling I do like researching history and this is where the wife comes in as well as we both like this subject a lot, so we plan our holidays around this subject . Going back through the ages and finding out how the people used to live/ die ( English history is so brutal )
We have been to castles/ museums/ beaches ( Normandy ) holiday history is good too. One minute your in a cafe in France/ Belgium and then another you're in deepest caves looking at Hitlers V3 complex.


Regards


Robert

We are doing the same thing, driving arround Europe and Uk, visiting casstles, ww2 camps and places. It is good to know the world history and to be there, toching this old relics.

 

[Pikeman]

Well we all must have another hobby, related or not with scale modelling. My other hobby is playing Airsoft. I was surprised to find out that in EU are arround 750 sites to play this game. But, more then half of them are in UK. There are so many people, all ages, sex, culture joining this game named "Game of Honor". Why? Because shooting with this small plastic pellet s at long distances is sometimes imposible to se if you hited your target( unless you have a sniper rifle)!(I have one)! .
So the player need to be fairplay and if he is hearing or felling the impact he/she declares "Hit" and live the game for 5 minutes. There are so manny rules, some of you know them, probably. My last game was 2 weeks ago, next one is next week. And , me and my son had spent some money on our gear.View attachment 149802 View attachment 149803 View attachment 149804

I play in the southwest baseball league.


Its not mlb by any stretch ( I wish ) but I love the sport and its as close as I will ever get to the real deal .


I am saving up for a jet ski as a few of my friends have got one and it's great fun.


Enjoy fishing too

 

[Guest]

Read!!!!


I love to read...and principally fantasy novels

 

[shaun platts]

My other hobbies are widlife photography and fishing. Love to be outside. Love to be close the animals seeing things that others would rarely get to see.

 

[Marc Stock]

In my teens I used to be heavily involved in Radio Control buggies, Kyosho Raider, Tamiya 4wd celica, and Tamiya Madcap. The madcap was what i called the most professional rc buggy and i used to take it down viables and race it around the RC track after the club members had finished their racing. I was going to to join and race but not long after i got my drivers licence and was racing up and down the m3 in my xr2 and of course that opened up a whole new social life.


Did Karate for a while, got up to green belt but found it boring. Handy to know some moves if you ever get into a fight though, there was a bully at my school who kept picking on me and was trying to provoke me and I snapped ;and nearly snapped his neck taking him down i injured him quite badly he was off school for 2 weeks with bruises round his throat and jaw he couldnt swallow for a few days due to a brused adams apple, I actually got into a lot of trouble for that.


Been into my jap cars, my favourite car i owned was a jdm Toyota Supra Twin Turbo with nearly 500bhp had that for about 2 years before settling down and having kids.

 

[Guest]

Other hobbies include cooking. Love cooking for my missus and trying new things. Egg and chips just doesn't do it for me though.


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I also like travel, mostly car touring holidays where the missus and I drive around.


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I also like angling.


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And drinking!


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