HJK Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hi All, My name's Jürgen, I'm nearly 61 and I live in Bremen in the northern part of Germany. I'm an mechanical engineer and I'm designing and planning insulation systems operating at very low temperatures (minus 196 °C; minus 321 °F). As so many other fellows of this forum I built some models in the early 1980's after I fell in love with Mack's R-models during our first vacation in the US but then didn't have the time anymore because - you probably know it already - I had to finish my study, bought a house I had to renovate in a lot and then travelled a great deal from one construction site to the other to supervise the installation of the insulation systems I had designed. When I started renovating the house I still had a couple of boxes with unbuilt kits and stored them in the attic to get them out of the way. Several years back my wife and I travelled the US in our vacation again and I - you know what? - I couldn't avoid to encounter trucks of all sorts and makes and all of a sudden I remembered the boxes in the attic. Back from our vacation I got into the attic and had a look at all the kits and I believe you're not surprised when I tell you that the fire was immediately sparked again. At that time I got on the internet and I was highly surprised of the mass of information there is on our wonderful hobby. I've followed several sections of the forum for a couple of years already but didn't sign in cause I thought who'll be interested in my views as there are such a great number of experts and specialists on this forum who probably have to contribute more valued experience than me. Until yesterday when I browsed the 'On the workbench' section and found myself compelled to also add my view to one of the threads, so I logged in as well. That's the way it is. Thanks for reading. Jürgen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Hallo Jürgen, I'm happy to see that another fan from Germany is here. I've been thinking myself about truck models, but to do so I'd have to put my ships in the attic....so, maybe some other time. Greetings from Hessen, Michael Edited February 6, 2014 by 10thumbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JabMan Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Welcome, It seems to me that this forum accepts people of all skill leves of model building. I think you have came to the right place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hi Jason, Yes I think there are fellow modelers all over the world and all levels can be found. What a great international hobby! Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Welcome to the forum.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 WELCOME to the forum Jurgen!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hey Jürgen, welcome, and thank you for the wonderful beer, your country makes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammedi'am Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJK Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hi everybody,Thanks to all of you for the warm welcome.Michael: I'm sure you'll find lots of other German modelers when you go through the other sections.Yes, although my interest is in trucks and particularly the off-road beasts I nevertheless can imagine that it's difficult for you to put away the ships. Everybody's got their own area of modeling. For me that's perfectly ok.Thanks for your welcome as well.Enjoy the weekend.Jürgen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimer50707 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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