Any fellow modellers on here?

[Arch]

[QUOTE 2441769, member: 9609"]<pedant>I doubt 'Arnolds Sands' had ever heard of a dumpy bag, nor measured anything by the cubic meter </pedant>
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Well, the only other wagons to hand were Kelloggs and a milk tanker, so it was the best bet...

I thought N scale was cute until I discovered T-scale:

http://www.tgauge.com/

Oh my! I'm thinking about a starter set, maybe for Christmas. You can fit so much layout in a small space!

 

[cisamcgu]

Arch .. Please see your earlier comment re. Sight tests and glasses

 

[Arch]

Arch .. Please see your earlier comment re. Sight tests and glasses

I know, I know! I reckon it's a hobby I should start sooner rather than later, before my eyes give up altogether!

The lady I spoke to from the company at the York Model show said there was a small single bogey loco in the offing, which would be my sort of thing rather than the HST type they have at the mo. So I may hold off a little longer...

 

[dan_bo]

and for some reason I used to paint them after assembling them, which obv wasn't as good as painting the bits, letting them dry, then putting it all together (I was too impatient for that).

I also wagged that class.

 

[dan_bo]

I used to do 1/10th scale buggy racing when I was a kid and occasionally browse ebay wistfully. Have you seen em these days though? Soooo much faster! I was crap at driving as it was!

 

[MossCommuter]

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Aeroplane
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[MossCommuter]

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Aeroplane
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Having read up I see that the first use of 'airplane' was in British English, as is often the case with so many things that are thought of as Americanisms so I take that back.

Still don't like it though.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Raced 1/10th scale electric TC and 2wd/4wd off-road for many years (inc doing pretty well at national level) if that counts.

 

[TVC]

I use to do Airfix aircraft and then moved onto Tamiya armoured vehicles.
This is a great site, http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/models/plastic-models/airfix/1-48-aircraft-kits/

I could get lost on that website. This particularly caught my eye:
http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/caldercraft-joffre-tyne-tug/

My dad was a radio operator on the Tyne tugs during the war (started age 15) One of their jobs was to tow bombed burning ships out of the harbour to deep water, scary stuff. Anyway he loved building model boats, I wish he was still around, because this kit would be on it's way to him now.

 

[02GF74]

used to do Airfix many many years ago as a child then as an adult I moved on to full size by building a kit car and messing round with a land rover.

 

[classic33]

Well, the only other wagons to hand were Kelloggs and a milk tanker, so it was the best bet...

I thought N scale was cute until I discovered T-scale:

http://www.tgauge.com/

Oh my! I'm thinking about a starter set, maybe for Christmas. You can fit so much layout in a small space!

Well don't delay. There's only seven months left.
https://www.model-railways-live.co.uk/News/633/International_Toy_Fair__Nuremberg_2013

 

[Eribiste]

yes, have got back into big time. did a spitfire with my 5 yr old and am just getting through 1 red arrow. I might do them all !

have a Vulcan ready to go but not sure if it should be operational from 60s or the Falklands paint .

have a westland seaking 771 sdn in the box ready to go

I really do love Vulcans in anti-radiation white and low impact roundels, all set to deliver their bucket of sunshine to downtown Moscow! A beautiful reminder of threatening and sinister times, now thankfully behind us, just as long as Kim Jong-Un and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad manage to rein it in a bit

 

[Black Sheep]

Railway modeller in N gauge here. Don't have a layout yet but do have quite a few buildings to go on it when I get round to it (should be started next month hopefuly).

I've had a go at most aspects of modeling, worked in a model shop for a while.
currently working in 2mm (n gauge) in the coffee table

 

[captain nemo1701]

Yes, I made a lot of kits, especially the Airfix Apollo moon stuff and here we are many moons later and I've decided to tackle this wee plastic beastie :
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/trek/pm_refit.htm

 

[bicyclos]

I built a model cessna plane kit and fixed a glowplug engine to it 35yrs ago and 22 yrs later jumped out of a real one skydiving! I do have a rc helicopter I toy with and can it can be expensive for the spare parts if you damage crash it.........Just like any hobby or pastime (cycling).