nails3825 Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Hey guys, James here... I'm 36 years old, living in PA. Been checking this site out for the last two days and thought I'd join. I've been building scale models off and on for the past few (25) years. Time is going quick! wow... Anyway, it's been close to five years since I built anything ~ I just recently found myself with some "free time" and decided to finally start building again. Right now I'm working on a 1966 Ford Thunderbird, 1/25 scale AMT model I'll post some photos of the progress as soon I can. And a few of my past builds as well, including some models my Uncle gave me ~ which I'm planning to "restore" one of these days. They are all over 45 years old, very cool... and interesting. Well, get back to the build! Just thought I'd say hello, instead of just sitting here drooling all over your model photos.
WickedWelder Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Welcome to the forum James! I havent been on here that long, but I have already learned alot from everyone here. Everyone here is great, and full of helpfull advice. Take care and have a good one. Gary
RodneyBad Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Welcome aboard and back into the fold.. it is a Fun and Interesting place to be. Pics up when your ready.
jeffs396 Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Welcome to the site James!!! Great place here, wish I had found out about it years ago! Looking forward to seeing your builds!
cruz Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Welcome James, this place is great, I know you will enjoy it here! Where exactly in PA are you from? I belong to the Central PA Model Car Club, we meet every first Saturday of the Month. The club has been around for over 20 Years and we meet in York. It's a great bunch of guys and we always love to have new members joining us, hope you are not too far from us!!
Jim0205 Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 welcome from another new guy and a fellow "James" looking forward to seeing your results on the T- Bird I have built it and it truns out nice some issues with mounting the body to the frame nothing too serious though just make sure the frame is straight and true before you get too far into it.
crazyjim Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) Welcome to the MCM Forum James. This is a great place to display your builds, ask questions about techniques, find parts, and help each other. Edited January 28, 2010 by crazyjim
disabled modeler Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Hi James!....Welcome to the form! You will find its a great place, I see your going to restore your uncles old models....You have already met someone with something in common, I'm in the proses of restoring my dads old ones. You will find a lot of helpful builders here always willing to help out if they can...Mark
nails3825 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 Welcome to the MCM Forum James. This is a great place to display your builds, ask questions about techniques, find parts, and help each other. Thanks, couldn't help but noticed your avatar photo... got me to diggin through some of those old models my Uncle gave me
nails3825 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 Hi James!....Welcome to the form! You will find its a great place, I see your going to restore your uncles old models....You have already met someone with something in common, I'm in the proses of restoring my dads old ones. You will find a lot of helpful builders here always willing to help out if they can...Mark The models my Uncle gave me were sitting on a shelf, untouched for over 40 years... the dust build-up and dead spiders are insane! But it gives them all a nice touch, majestic in a way. Most of them don't have windows and many of them are missing parts. I restored two of them so far, a Corvette and an Avanti... will post them all on a new forum one of these days. Keep your eyes on the look out. For now, here's a hint of what they all look like
crazyjim Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) James - my avatar pic isn't a model. It's a real 1:1 EMPI Imp. And it's for sale. There could be a market (swap & trade) for some of your uncles old models. Some people around here (MCM forum) go nuts for that old stuff. Edited January 29, 2010 by crazyjim
nails3825 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 welcome from another new guy and a fellow "James" looking forward to seeing your results on the T- Bird I have built it and it truns out nice some issues with mounting the body to the frame nothing too serious though just make sure the frame is straight and true before you get too far into it. Thanks for the tip, you might have saved me from having an "episode" haha ~ The frame was straight enough... but I found that the fire wall was hitting the motor when I test fitted it. All is well, the fire wall to body glue job was still fresh and I was able to move it before any major damage was done.
nails3825 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 Welcome James, this place is great, I know you will enjoy it here! Where exactly in PA are you from? I belong to the Central PA Model Car Club, we meet every first Saturday of the Month. The club has been around for over 20 Years and we meet in York. It's a great bunch of guys and we always love to have new members joining us, hope you are not too far from us!! I'm about 25 minutes south of Pittsburgh (go steelers! ) Thanks for the comment, this is a great site.
nails3825 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 James - my avatar pic isn't a model. It's a real 1:1 EMPI Imp. And it's for sale. There could be a market (swap & trade) for some of your uncles old models. Some people around here (MCM forum) go nuts for that old stuff. Yeah, I'd hate to get rid of them though... for 20 years I spent my time begging him to give them to me He just recently handed them over ~ which was a good thing. I would've destroyed every single one of them if I had them when I was younger. The Dukes of Hazzard was a bad influence on me.
nails3825 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 Welcome to the site James!!! Great place here, wish I had found out about it years ago! Looking forward to seeing your builds! Thanks Jeff, I don't build too often but this site is giving me some motivation. My '66 t-bird is just about finished... another day or so, can't wait. I'm excited to see what it'll look like when complete. Haha, nothing like that '62 thunderbird Eero posted today... have you seen it? WOW...
nails3825 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 Welcome aboard and back into the fold.. it is a Fun and Interesting place to be. Pics up when your ready. Thanks, it's been a while... I wonder why it took so long to build anything ~ forgot how much fun it could be.
nails3825 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 Welcome to the forum James! I havent been on here that long, but I have already learned alot from everyone here. Everyone here is great, and full of helpfull advice. Take care and have a good one. Gary Hey Gary, I'm learning a lot on here too just looking at photos from other members... there is so much to learn Thanks for the comment!
george 53 Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 Welcome James!!! I think you'll like it here!
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