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The short answer to your question "was this your first hobby?" - No. I started building plastic car models when I was about 8. With the help of my Dad I built my first "Hot Rod" when I was 15 - 1927 Tall-T with a Chrysler 600 hp. Hemi engine. It was road ready by the time I got my licence at 16 and drove it to and from school and work while I was in high school. By the time I graduated high school I was building 1/4 mile race cars - lots of fun but expensive. After I got married and our first child came along, the cost of racing was too much. After a couple years I got into flying R/C planes and built my own skin over woodframe model. Six months of building the plane and 5 minutes of flying time until the first crash sorta spoiled that fun. I spent 20 years in the military and while in Europe I got into WWII modeling for a while but lost intrerest after returning to the US. Built my first RR layout in 1985-86 then in '88 I was sent back over seas this time to Greece. I kept a couple locos and some of the rolling stock but sold the layout to my neighbor. While in Greece I got back into R/C's but this time I stayed on the ground. I built off-road buggies and got into racing them. I still have an intrerest in off-road R/C's and now have a couple 4x4 trucks. I don't race them in competion like I did the buggies, I just play with them sometimes on the weekends. After I retired from the US Air Force in '91 I started building wooden ship models. Last year, spring of '03, with near 45 years of model building, I decided to build another RR layout. I am 54, medically retired (if you're interested see my profile) and have a lot of time on my hands. So I am building my second RR layout a 5x12 HO with Santa Fe as the main road. I recently started building a ship model, the American Clipper Ship "Flying Cloud", and sometimes my grandson and I run the R/C's.
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