VVM Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 Hello from Kharkiv city, it is in Ukraine. My name is Vadym. It is my third attempt for modelling, hope this time it will be longer then previous. For me, modelling started in mid 90-s (i was about 8 or 9), when my auntie presented me fine decorated box with model kit of MiG-29. I glued it in one day, without any painting, only with decals. After it i assembled couple of small planes, and dad presented me Lancia Beta from Heller. I started it, but without painting it was really dull. And supplies of hobby things were veeery scarce at this time. So, Lancia moved to storage for several years. Next try was more successful, in about 2002. On the way to pre-university classes i found cozy shop with the plenty of boxes. At this time i was reading some historical books, so inspired by them bought BT-7 tank in 1/35 scale and set of paints. Paints were nitro and stick well to surface, but smells awfully and pigment were set in nice rainbow-colored layers. At this time i didn't know that paint should be mixed thoroughly. But after the tank, i finished Lancia. Also migrated to Revell enamels - they were quite thick even for brush work (proper thinning was also unknown), but it was great progress. Also, it has funny smell of sour milk. In several years i assembled several models of different types and scales. Last one was Yamaha R1 motorcycle from Heller. At this point i found, that acrylic paint from local manufacturer gives quite uneven coverage, and i need to upgrade to airbrush. At this time it was not possible, so Yamaha went to cupboard for about 10 years. 2020. Quarantine, absence of outdoor and presence of WFH. During swiping of Facebook it propose me some quite ASMR videos of model building from nice Canadian guy named Scale Auto Garage. It was glitch of FB advert, or so, because i never get such videos before it. But videos very satisfying, and i subscribed for it. In some time he does giveaway of assembled Subaru BRAT. I made a promise to myself to buy airbrush and finish Yamaha if i win. I'm here at forum, so result is obvious. During quarantine our only offline model shop moved to cheaper location, but i bet that the nice lady who consult me about modern paint for airbrush is the same who sell me Yamaha ten year ago. Current state of car building will be soon.
Tom Geiger Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 Welcome! We look forward to seeing your works!
Russell C Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 Welcome! As I mentioned to Vitaliy in Tomsk in his introductory post here, it is interesting to me to see what faraway cities such as Kharkiv look like via the GoogleStreetMobile views.
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