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chris731

Member Since 12 May 2008
Offline Last Active Nov 12 2012 06:15 AM

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I'm 52 and been building since I was 10. I'm no master builder, I build for me and mostly out of the kit box. The challenge for me is to make what I was given into something cool. This year has been a real challenge for me.

I was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer. It was found in my neck, base of tongue and base of skull. I had radical neck dissection to remove the cancer and went through 35 treatments of radiation and 2 rounds of chemo. It ended in Feburary 2010.

So for the first part of the year I was to sick to even get up out of a chair, made numerous stays in the hospital, but I made it through the treatments and as of today, I am cancer free. I still cannot eat correctly due to lack of saliva and damage done to my throat by the surgery and radiation. But my saliva is slowly returning. I don't know if it will ever be back to normal. But I am alive and I thank the man above for that. It was only through his grace that I'm here to type this.

Well thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the models I post.

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Member Title MCM Friend
Age 53 years old
Birthday July 31, 1959
Location
Ohio
Full Name
chris cortel

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Are You Human?
yes
Scale I Build
1/25th

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Website URL http://www.youtube.com/user/classicplastic101?feature=mhee

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In Topic: Polar Lights Buddy Baker Charger

24 October 2012 - 04:02 AM

Thanks! The fit is actually good, the finish is something else. Their funny car kits are much better than the stock car. But there isn't many old school style stock car kits out there. I wish AMT or Revell would dust off the molds and bring them back out for a bit. Decals I hit with Testors decal bonder to keep them from breaking apart which all PL's kits with SLIXX were noted for.