Rockford Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Hello all, my name is Steve I'm now 56 and have built models for most of my life. When I was a kid in the 70s there were only really Airfix kits, though we used to see adverts for Aurora and Revell stuff in DC comics, they were so exotic! We were happy building the bombers, fighter planes and battleships that were Airfix's staples then but my brother sent away an order coupon from a magazine with a postal order and got a model of Star Trek's USS Enterpise from somewhere in the USA; it was fantastic! I envied him that kit for years. As the 70s wore on I got heavily into American trucks, mainly because of Will and Sonny's Kenworth in Movin' On and eventually found a shop that stocked AMT kits. I was so desperate for some of these I sold my model railway layout to buy some. My first was the 1:43 Peterbilt conventional which I built using the box art only. There was no internet or anything then and I'd never seen one in the flesh. Next came the classic 1/25 KW W925 which I built box stock. Then I discovered ERTL and the International Transtar 2 cabover which remains one of my all time favourite kits, so well done! I left school as early as I could to become a HGV mechanic [Class 8 in USA terminology] and loved it but poor health led me to come off the shop floor and into back office work. Ended up working for a Mercedes Benz dealer for 28 years. I've always loved American machinery. I had a 1970 Mercury Cougar as my first American car. Then a break after marriage until I bought a 1979 Chevy Caprice, which I sold to buy a 1976 Chevy Nova, which I have now owned for 20 years. My modelling went on hold after marriage; different priorities, but once established soon started building car kits because they were small and easy to display. Still had a yen for trucks though so when I saw some re-release of the 1/32 Snaptite trucks that I'd owned in the 80s I had to have them. That was about three years ago and the Coronavirus lockdown has given me the time to get them started. 1
slusher Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Welcome to the forum Stephen! Fantastic looking. Semis!
PappyD340 Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Welcome to the forum Steve, nice group of big rigs!!
Husky1943 Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Hey Stephen, welcome to the forum. Looks like a truckstop in the room!
doorsovdoon Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Very nice. The red Kenworth brings back memories. My dad built one in the early 80's based on "BJ and The Bear" Probably what got me into model building. Nice line up.
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