Thanks Bernard, I'm truely humbled by the thought that I've influenced anyone to build.
Two real influences in my building models are 1st, my Dad as he turned me on to modeling then there's Matt LeBlanc (member here) who has been a long time friend of mine and My #1 fan/Critic. I've gone back to the basics because of his straight forward no nonsence approach to telling me where my short comings are in my modeling.
Hence my return to building primarily in styrene. Matt's told me countless times "you can pile all the aftermarket/Machined aluminum stuff on a model, but if its poorly built then its just a pile of Aftermarket/Machined aluminum parts on a poorly built model. I have heeded is advice and have been building for me and I feel my work has gotten somewhat better because of Matt's candored opinions...