I too, am baaacccckkkkk!!!!!

[FloridaBoy]

Hey guys

I would guess that many of you out there in our model car community never even knew I was gone. I took a sabbatical, as my disability income ran out and I had to eke out a living for the past few months selling on eBay. That dominated my time and energy.

Since I have built models all of my life, I never lost the love of model car building, despite some people, even those close to me, still question why I spend so much time building plastic models. Heck, I don't question why they spend hours trying to catch a fish, or chasing a golf ball spending thousands of dollars, so what the hey!!! Over the past months, I did organize my workbench and some of my pending projects and even finished a couple of cars for momentum. Heck, even formed a goal to attempt in 2010, which I coin as "my year" to be more active in all of my interests. These plans include to finish 10 or more of the cars almost finished, enter a couple of contests, (NOT LOCAL) in the upper part of Florida or in Ala or Ga. I am now living on an unexpectedly generous retirement pension and social security, way beyond my cost of living, and now have the time, energy and attitude to finish some of my cars I always wanted to do.

Other plans include for 2010, are to attend the West Palm Beach Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction, attend the Delray Beach Tennis Championships which will feature John McEnroe, enter a contest in the Cleveland area while visiting friends and family in Ohio and W Penna, and then prepare for the following year and maybe even enter a few more contests out of state.

I have severed all of my friendships and affililiations with the local model car club and I am devoting what creative and physical energy left toward my cars. I hope to achieve a higher level in building, particularly in detail and workmanship, and master air brushing. If there is a free or cheap photo album storage service, like photobucket, which accepts, stores, and transfers photos to this forum, please let me know, and I will post pix of my pending projects. I am 62 and have been building since age 5 on dealer promos with my original mentor and sandbox mate, my Uncle Bob. I do not care if I win or lose model car contests, preferring to display and share work with others. When I displayed my cars in past years, they always garnered attention. I chop, channel, shorten, lengthen, widen, narrow, mold and french new fenders, headlights and such. I also make my own hinges and open doors/trunks and now sunroofs to my cars, so you can guess my stuff is "off the road" sort of.

Getting too uncomforable talking about myself, and now will go back to building. I just obtained a built AMT 3in1 original 1959 Ford Sunliner HT, which used every part in the box. After taking photos of the original buy, it will be stripped, sectioned, customized, lowered, using a 1957 Ford as a donor kit.

Now feeling the juices flowing again...................

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

Edited September 16, 2009 by FloridaBoy

[george 53]

Well Welcome back Ken! Whatever reason you left for is OK, all that counts now is that YOUR BACK!!!! Good ta hear from ya again! Well you know the program, so jus wade on in,caz the waters fine! Watch out for the REAL warm spots though!

Edited September 16, 2009 by george 53

[Foxer]

John McEnroe is the only "too old" in this thread! (that even includes George)

Welcome back and I'd suggest Photobucket to use for you photos. I find it the easiest to post from.

[FloridaBoy]

John McEnroe is the only "too old" in this thread! (that even includes George)

Welcome back and I'd suggest Photobucket to use for you photos. I find it the easiest to post from.

Foxer,

McEnroe is still under 50 and in incredible shape, playing the Legends and Senior Circuits, Team Tennis, and his serve still clocks in at about 120. He maybe lost a step from the 80's but the regular tour grind takes its toll. Even playing 12 tournaments per year is physically demanding. I know, because I used to play on the Florida Amateur Tennis Circuit back in the old days and playing 10 tournaments a year took its toll on me. Bad shoulders, knees, back, and elbows, and after a year of it, I realized I just couldn't wait to drive home with my wife after a weekend away, and start building on a project. A model car building tennis player who surfs and races Hobie Cats. My wife always said I had too much going. Now all I do is build cars and trains, help organize family functions, help my kids, and ex wife with issues, etc, and keeping my own place up.

I will post something soon with some evaluating my old work which was highly successful with today's work which is yet to be seen, but thanks to you guys, my attention to detail, reality and workmanship is tons better now than back even 10 years ago.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

[RodneyBad]

Welcome back to the fold.

Photobucket is free and easy to use.

I think Even George 53 uses Photobucket by now.

Can't wait to see some of your past builds and currents.

By The Way: Your never too old for modeling unless your doing Nude modeling.

[Harry P.]

Foxer,

McEnroe is still under 50 and in incredible shape...

Actually he turned 50 last February, he'll be 51 soon (born Feb. 1959).