Hi!

[Simo5555]

Hi!

I'm not so new here, but still - i consider myself as a newbie. I noticed i havent really looked around in this forum until now - theres actually some pretty good stuff on the other threads too. So i thought i'd do an introduction post about myself too  

My name is Simo. Currently, im 36 years old, building from a small country called Estonia. Got my first model back in 1997 or so. It was a 50s Ford Thunderbird - probably from monogram or something similar. Built it horribly unpainted with an epoxy glue. Loved every bit of it. After that, i got another Willis jeep model - cant really remember much about it except it was just as awsome to build as the Thunderbird. I also built some ships (also pretty horribly) along the way, but wasnt really my cup of tea. The building part was still awesome to do. I didnt build any models after that until about 15 years ago i tried to build some cars. I've always been a car guy so this was my way of combining two hobbies. Didnt know anything about painting or sanding different grits or different tools etc. Just grabbed some smooth enough sanding paper and cheap spraycans from home depo type stores and went with it. 


I built a Merc:
       
Tried to do a mustang:

An Audi:

Some Ferraris:




I even had a stash of models


Did some experimenting with different paints (and learned the hard way why you should never mix enamel and acrylic paints


Did screwed up a lot too.

Got a lot of help from my local forums about different things.

But life got in the way. Had a son, bought a home, got into other hobbies (motorcycles mostly) etc and i stopped building.........
After moving, i sold my stash as a whole. My models went into a dusty box.



Up until about a year ago  I was really bored at home and decided to pick an old hobby up again and do another build - nothing serious, just a simple build of one of my favorite musclecars of all time - the Superbee. But this time, i decided to do it right. Got myself an airbrush (an expensive one - the Iwata eclipse HP-CS), a cheap shop compressor and some tamiya paints. And i built it (still screwed up a lot)  

Oh boy was it fun to do. Just some small work here and there over the evenings until it was finished. Took me a month or so to finish.

It was so fun that i got myself another kit - the Roadrunner. And built it too:


Seeing you guys building some really cool looking models, doing some really skillful stuff that i cant even get my head around made me want to become a member too. So i can try new stuff, learn some pointers from you guys and trying out some stuff myself too.

So i got my third model - The Charger. Oh boy was it a tough build.
 

Then my forth one (or maybe fith?) - The mustang


And another one:


And did some more cool cars:





I even did a Ferrari at one point:


So, this is where im at Just building my models the way i want them.
Right now, i'm trying to piece together an 1966 Impala. You can check it out in here if you like: 

After that, i might do another Italian exotic - or another muscle - a corvette maybe. Who knows  

Thanks for reading

Edited November 21, 2024 by Simo5555

[Bainford]

Welcome to the forum, Simo. Interesting progression of building skills illustrated there. Your builds are looking very good, and your latest work looks very clean.  Nice paint work. As you have seen, there is a lot of great info to be gleaned from this forum, and lots of helpful people. Enjoy the forum, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your builds. 

[PappyD340]

Welcome to the forum Simo, some super nice builds!

[slusher]

Welcome aboard the forum, Semo, great builds!

[Zippi]

Welcome to the site Simo.  Interesting story and a lot of nice looking models.  

[titino]

Hello Simo, your models look good, I like them. Welcome!!

[SpikeSchumacher]

Welcome Simo! As they say, "each model is just practice for the next one...". 😉 Keep up the nice work!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Welcome Simo. Hope you will enjoy and participate in the forum.

[Street Rod]

Welcome to the forum, Simo!