I started at 7 or 8 back in the 60's. I wasn't athletically inclined and liked to stay indoors a lot, so models were a natural. I used to save my pennies until I had $2.00, enough for an AMT annual back in those days. I've gone through phases of building cars, WW1 biplanes, WW2 German planes, armor, boats, you name it. Girls, the service, 1:1 cars, marriage, kids, divorce, and life in general put a stop to it until the 90's when I started on NASCAR kits and was hooked again. Now it competes for time with my 1:1 67 Chevy pickup restoration and remodeling the kitchen and bath in our 100 year old farmhouse. In the winter modeling wins, come summer there's too little time and it takes a back seat.