New Member from North of Hadrian's Wall

[Wm David Green]

Have only recently been bitten by the classic and muscle car bug,  and have bought a few 1/25 scale kits recently,  including a very nice second hand Lindberg '53 Ford Victoria and the 'recent' MPC 1973 Ford Mustang (beyond the body shell, I'd say the rest of this kit looks a bit rough?). 

Previously I collected mostly 1/35 scale WW2 tanks and trucks.  Researching U.S. auto manufacturers has led me to this change, plus nostalgia for the era.  From  what I have seen and read so far I gather that a substantial number of the available 1/25  kits date back to the 1960's, with varying degrees of detail and/or authenticity.  

[Renegade]

Welcome aboard William. I have several of the 53s, very nice kits in my opinion. Great builders and a lot of great information on this site.

[crazyjim]

Welcome William.

[Ramfins59]

Welcome to our plastic playground William.

[afx]

I like you already William, you made me look up Hadrian's Wall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Wall

[bismarck]

Welcome William. And thanks for the link JC. Now THAT is interesting.

[Wm David Green]

Thank you to all  for the warm welcome.

Yes there are some beautiful places up here, great countryside, and coastline.

But the climate, it rains a bit, it's got to be hard work for classic auto owners.

Salutations from the land of the wet and rusty.

[stitchdup]

Welcome William, I am also from north of hadrians wall where the romans feared to go and the vikings ruled

[Matt Bacon]

On 10/12/2018 at 2:32 PM, Wm David Green said:

From  what I have seen and read so far I gather that a substantial number of the available 1/25  kits date back to the 1960's, with varying degrees of detail and/or authenticity.  

Welcome aboard, William! You might think about investing in this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1613253958/

Excellent reference and history, and very clear on what the good kits of "xxx" are, and which ones are best avoided!

best,

M.

 

Edited December 12, 2018 by Matt Bacon

[D. Battista]

Welcome to the forum William...!

[<profile removed>]

Hello and welcome! I built a few Airfix kits many, many years ago and made the transition to AMT and Monogram sometime in the 70s. I believe you will enjoy building the American cars and kits. Cheers!