mustang1989

Hey everybody. My name is Joe Shaw. As far as a modeling history goes I've been the house plastic surgeon now in my parents house as a kid and now my house as an adult on and off for about 32 years. I started as most folks do building cars and trucks and then gradually started building 1/48th scale aircraft. With my dad being a mechanic having his own shop when I was growing up lended itself to the perfect working environment. A workbench to build on and I could use all the enamel paint and thinner there and not have to worry about making a mess, the odors assossiated with enamel paints and thinners (which was gasoline !!! LOL). I never really got good in those years but it was a lot of fun. I strayed for several years from the hobby and built a couple of aircraft kits from 97 to 06 which had a lot of detail but I still lacked the weathering skills needed to replicate a realistic build. Finally after a 6 year hiatus I decided to go all out and build a realistic looking model. Of course, I went back to aircraft. I've now built two and am working on two more currently. Recently (in the past month) I've gotten the itch to build a car using the current skills.  I've got a background in the mechanical field wether its Huey helicopters or tracked vehicles in the U.S. Army and am now employed at a Chevrolet dealership here in Corpus so that helps some in figuring out what part does what and how to factor it in to the model world pertaining to colors , weathering and stuff like that. So with that I'm glad to be here amongst fellow modelers doing what we do best.......BUILD STUFF.