PFDale Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 Well.... I'm an incurable drag race "nitro junkie" that wants to somehow re-live the "Golden Era" of drag racing (from 1965 to approx 2005 impo) by building a few models. Those were the days of 98% nitro, real candy apple paint and hand lettering. The days when drivers with cool names and big personalities to match. "SwampRat", "Jungle Jim", "Snake & Mongoose", "John the Zookeeper", the "Bounty Hunter", "TV Tommy: and "Blue Max" for example. The nitro cars these days are plenty fast, but seem to lack the charm and the magic of those earlier showpiece funny cars and dragsters. Way too much vinyl - and too much "corporate speak" out there these days. I've been collecting 1/16th Revell-Monogram kits for 40 years and it's time to start building some. I've somehow became a full time modeler of sorts 22 years ago when I started an RC body company called Protoform Race Bodies - so I've at least had a chance to keep my creative juices going during that time - lol. http://racepf.com/ I've got a lot to learn from you guys - and I'm probably going to have lots of questions about the current state of the art in plastic modeling. Best wishes to you all in 2014! Best regards - Dale Epp
PappyD340 Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 WELCOME Dale, to the best modeling forum on the Net (IMO) you got questions? someone on here will have an answer, there are a great bunch of folks here always willing to help you along the way, glad to have ya, Happy Modeling!!
DumpyDan Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Welcome Dale, sounds like you have a stash already. So bring it on! Where are you located in Ontario?
PFDale Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 Hi Dan - I'm in St. Catharines. Where are you?
DumpyDan Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 The other side of Toronto about an hour and a half small town Campbellford. Do you go to the Toronto or Guelph model show?
PFDale Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 No - I'm really new this genre of motorsport hobbies. Where and when are those shows?
Toner283 Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Welcome Dale, from another fellow Ontarion. check out http://www.group25.org/ for links to some local shows. Group 25 is a Toronto based club.
peter31a Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Welcome, Dale! Nice to have another builder from Ontario on board.
kitbash1 Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Welcome Dale. Nice to have another Ontario Modeler on board.
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