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I too started model building in the mid to late 50's. I started with plastic car models building Ford model-T's and model-A's kit-bashing them into "Hot Rods". My Dad saw how interested I was in creating "Hot Rods" and helped me build my first car - 1927 Tall-T turtle back Hot Rod. Once I experienced 500 ponies hitched to a 1,000 lbs of sheet metal I was hooked - racing and custom cars is all I wanted to do. I spent several years building quarter mile drag racing cars - the Tall-T (built for the street but raced it on weekends) a '58 Chevy 2-door (Super Stock Class), a '58 Chevy 1/2 ton pick-up which I ran in B/Gas Class and a Gas Dragster. Oh! the rush you get from doing 0-187mph in less than 9 seconds - WOW!! After getting married, building 1:1 racing "models" became only memories. I went back to building scale models, this time it was remote control planes. I built a bi-plane - skin over balsa wood. After several months of building the dern thing and less than 5 minutes in the air I quit the aviation business and decided to stay on the ground!!! I went back to vehicles, only this time it was R/C off-road models. I built a buggy from the ground up using the fastest motor, the best bearings, wheels, tires etc. While the Air Force had me in Europe, the second time, I got into a club and started racing off-road buggies. Yep, here I am back to racing. Our second child was born and I sold everything to buy furniture. My third trip to Europe (BTW, I spent 11-1/2 yrs of a 20year US Air Force career in Europe) I got into modeling WWII stuff. I made a couple dioramas but soon became uninterested in WWII era modeling. During one of my Air Force assignments (state side) I met a guy that got me interested in MRR. He gave me a Santa Fe GP38-2, a few freight cars, helped me build my first 4x8 layout and I was hooked! Then when I went to Europe for the last time I sold the layout to my neighbor but kept the Geep, cars, powerpacks and a few other things. After retiring from the USAF in '91 I tried the aviation thing again, only this time I stuck with flexible plastic that could endure my flying skills. After a couple years of crashing planes - errrr, I mean flying 'em. I went back to off-road vehicles because they don't seen to have as many 100'-150' nose dives. [:D] Last year I un-boxed the MRR stuff and got the fever again. I am currently building a HO 5x12 layout which I plan to model in the early 50's era. Hmmm, looks like I've gone full circle - started modeling 40 some years ago in the 50's and am now modeling things from the 50's. My current modeling interests are, first and foremost, my HO layout, second is building a wooden square rigger ship and on the weekends my grandson (now 13) and I sometimes get out the R/C 4x4 Truck. For those just starting their modeling trek I hope you find modeling as enjoyable and relaxing as I have. Whether it be trains, planes, automoblies or ships - plastic, metal or wood - enjoy!
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