Keeping a promise to Alex, here are my first five 'returnee' builds.
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3 2 April 2017, 18:21
Alistair GrahamVery good. In 1977 or there abouts I gave away all my models to a young lad. I must have had over 100. All hand painted of course and most airfix. I had been threw every military offering in their catalogue land air and sea. Pity I have no photos for posterity
2 April 2017, 18:58
Spanjaardthey all look quite good, i really like the Revell Ar 234 and the spitfire.
i have to also publish some of my old builds.... i have pictures of my old ones... so i will not be as lucky as you 😄
2 April 2017, 21:06
Alistair GrahamYour figure painting looks very good. I have a pile of them from models that i keep promising myself i will try and paint. Mostly Armour kit guys. one day
2 April 2017, 21:08
Markus Antoniushej gorbygould... thats the spirit. very nice models there. biggest concern with 48 scale is the display space in my house 🙂 and using pe is overrated 😄
2 April 2017, 21:28
gorbyThank all for all for your very charitable comments.
Like Alistair, James and probably most of you, I also had hundreds of models when I was newly hatched - mostly Airfix and mostly 1/72 and all brush painted in un-thinned enamel paint, so they probably looked like they were wearing camouflage overcoats. They ended up 50% plastic, 50% glue, 0% filler, they must have looked awful by today's standards. But oddly, whereas I can see every defect in my models now, back then I thought they were perfect. Maybe there is a deep meaning in there somewhere about the process of ageing, but I'll leave that to someone who's concentration span has fared better than mine.
Note to self: 'stop waffling'.
Markus: I like 1/48, but storage is a problem. I store them in large drawers in a wardrobe and it's getting to the stage of – do I built more drawers, or clear the dead-wood?
With PE I've got the the point of about 55% enjoyment, 45% teeth-clenching frustration. I keep persisting, so I must be part masochist.
3 April 2017, 16:03
Spanjaardi fully agree with you gorbygould..... . my percentages were kind of 33% plastic/glue/paint... filler? I didn't even knew it existed at that time, so i did simply add more paint to cover the gaps 😄.
And yes , some of those models were looking amazing to me then, while now i see only imperfections in all my builds. ignorance is bliss, certainly.
1/48 1/72 is a difficult choice, and now that i have space issues, i am certainly thinking on focusing more in 1/72, more challenging to get same result, but will be more rewarding, and certainly will take less space.
3 April 2017, 16:43
Alistair GrahamSpace issues are affecting me. I now have two Ikea display cases, they are not ideal as they could do with another shelf in between the existing shelves and could do with being about 500cm wide. But I've been banned from buying more display cabinets because that would mean 'more Airfixes'. Hmmmm! We'll we can all solve the space issue as I'm sure you've all done as lads, hang them from the ceiling! only thing for me is my suitcase might be packed for me lol
3 April 2017, 16:48
Spanjaardha ha ha mothers alow that, but only to their children😉 once you are past 30 hanging airplanes is only an option if single 😄
3 April 2017, 16:59
Murad ÖZERGreat idea! i still have a lot from my childhood days most are incredibly dusty or damaged. Also like alot of folks i had to do a brief (~15yrs) hiatus due to school and real life - let me see if i can do a shoot with those mixed and mashed.
3 April 2017, 17:31
gorbySpanjaard: I have considered 1/72 as well, but I was always more interested in bombers as a kid, so the odds are I'd start doing the four engine stuff again. And as we all know, a 1/72 bomber is bigger than a 1/48 fighter, so I don't think I'd be fixing my space issue problem. 🙁
Alistair: I think my wife would call the men in white coats to come and take me away in their padded wagon if I started hanging them from the ceiling. Even if that was an option, eventually they end up as a ceiling hanging mobile, consisting mainly of dust. On the bright side, if she does pack your bags, you might get more storage in your new place – and it might be much quieter (that might depend on how far away you move).😉
Thanks Eugen. 🙂
Murad: I'll look forward to seeing your early work.
3 April 2017, 18:12
Gauge1TrainsDKI like these, especially the combo with the kettenkrad in the first photo. Well done, also for early builds (I am one to talk 😛)
3 April 2017, 18:36
Spanjaardok, you make do it... there goes also my album of early builds too, some of them are almost 30 years old! Early Builds or Hall of Shame - 1980's and 1990's | Album by hetspanjaard
3 April 2017, 20:50
Alec KWay to go! Very, very nice. All great work, and thank you for sharing. I have observed a pickup in mates sharing their earlier work, which is great 👍 👍 I like them all, but the La-5FN open engine and guy bay speaks to me 🙂
5 April 2017, 02:33
David Andrsgorbygould: Being back to the hobby after ~20 years, I share the same opinion that parts under certain size do not exist 🙂
Regarding bad kits, I only had one bad experience with the D-30 kit from Skif (knock, knock).
16 April 2017, 23:26
gorbyThanks Spanjaard & JD 👍
I'm not sure when I'll get around to it, but I have plans for the Ar 234. I won't say what they are as I don't want to give it nightmares – yet. 😄
JD: Your first dio was a corker (that's 'excellent' in Brit).😉
12 January 2020, 16:30
JDYou're too kind gorby, since the spotlight is on you here. My last post was a flop, but because of kind people like you, I'm not afraid to show where my skills are. A little embarrassment is a good kick in the ass. You got yourself another follower!
12 January 2020, 22:17
gorbyThanks Micky.
I'm surprised that this one keeps cropping up. As they were my first builds they certainly aren't the ones I'm proudest off.
18 February 2020, 14:41
Album info
Alec K suggested that we should show some of out early builds, not just the cream of the crop. All my childhood models went to the tip when I was 16 and no photos were ever taken of them, so I have a legitimate excuse for not showing those (phew!). So these are the earliest builds that can own up to. Incidentally, it was January 2015 I started modelling again.
#1 - Tamiya Me 262 with kettenkrad 1/48
So, this is the first plastic model I built after a break of 37 years.
The kettenkrad was the first model really. I decided that if I was trying modelling, I would do it propper. I found a good quality, second-hand compressor, but couldn't wait for it to arrive, so the kettenkrad (as well as the interior of the 262) is brush painted. I was quite pleased with my first attempt at using the airbrush on the exterior of the 262 and generally I was quite pleased with the model. Altogether it took me about two weeks – which I thought was a long time.
#2 – Tamiya Spitfire Mk.I
I was very impressed with the first kit