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Gerry · 03-01-2008

Hi there Greg,

First of all, I would like to thank you for giving your time in replying to my querry and sharing your wisdom on the subject matter. I would definitely bookmark this site for my future references in my next kits to come as there are a myriad of very useful info.

I am relatively new in scale modelling Greg. When I was an 11 year old kid in 1966, after saving enough money of my daily allowance from my Dad, I promptly got myself a Revell 'Walk in space" astronaut (action figure) Gemini Space Program ,NASA. I would recall it was 1:6 scale. I assembled the model out of the box and it looked great! I had no knowledge of paints at that time and since the plastic was colored white, it fairly resembled the color of the space suit a US astronaut what with the umbilical cord attached to a base as if it was suspended in space, and I was happy with it. But that was long ago. Little did I expect that I would embrace this hobby again after more than 35 years. And I really marvelled at the kits, not to mention the paints and weathering techiques and materials that can reproduce history in a world war II armored vehicle as an exact replica. This brings the hobby to a very high level of sophistication.

I remember I used "Duco" and "Atlas" cement which more often than not, took a long time to harden and had no bruch to apply with. Hence, I often messed up with my kits, as I had no references with no one to ask, (no internet) but the art drawing on the box cover. I recall the only kits available were Revell, Monogram, Aurora and Lindhberg, which left much to be desired.

In 1966, there was the M48 Patton tank and today the M48 is still there, but now modelled with older but more careful hands albeit not so perfect eyesight.

Best regards to the family, Greg. I wish you the best of health and a prosperous new year from the Philippines.

Gerry

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Gerry Scale Model Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Visit Gerry's Gallery Posts: 27 Images: 19	Dust application on armored vehicles Hi there Greg, First of all, I would like to thank you for giving your time in replying to my querry and sharing your wisdom on the subject matter. I would definitely bookmark this site for my future references in my next kits to come as there are a myriad of very useful info. I am relatively new in scale modelling Greg. When I was an 11 year old kid in 1966, after saving enough money of my daily allowance from my Dad, I promptly got myself a Revell 'Walk in space" astronaut (action figure) Gemini Space Program ,NASA. I would recall it was 1:6 scale. I assembled the model out of the box and it looked great! I had no knowledge of paints at that time and since the plastic was colored white, it fairly resembled the color of the space suit a US astronaut what with the umbilical cord attached to a base as if it was suspended in space, and I was happy with it. But that was long ago. Little did I expect that I would embrace this hobby again after more than 35 years. And I really marvelled at the kits, not to mention the paints and weathering techiques and materials that can reproduce history in a world war II armored vehicle as an exact replica. This brings the hobby to a very high level of sophistication. I remember I used "Duco" and "Atlas" cement which more often than not, took a long time to harden and had no bruch to apply with. Hence, I often messed up with my kits, as I had no references with no one to ask, (no internet) but the art drawing on the box cover. I recall the only kits available were Revell, Monogram, Aurora and Lindhberg, which left much to be desired. In 1966, there was the M48 Patton tank and today the M48 is still there, but now modelled with older but more careful hands albeit not so perfect eyesight. Best regards to the family, Greg. I wish you the best of health and a prosperous new year from the Philippines. Gerry