I started the hobby back when I sat on my grandfathers knee and we built a Skyhawk one summer. Loved it. I went from there too building my own planes and hanging them from my bedroom ceiling. I once won an award from Air cadets competition!
I had a protracted break due to adulthood getting in the way but i am back now after noticing over Christmas that
Airfix had a great sale and I bought a Merlin. That Helicopter flew me out to my FOB so I thought I would start building again to fill my quiet evenings once my kids were in bed.
Gladly due to the modern kits, that build has been great! Lovely scale and suits my painting style. Matt colours, forgiving weathering and great
decals. I have learnt some new techniques and really enjoyed myself again.
From there my wife bought me a little
revell 1/720 USS Intrepid. This has been a bitch to paint! Small fiddly details and my weathering is too large. I cant seem to get any depth or definition into it. I am hoping that once the planes get on the deck it detracts from the rest of the hull.
Learning from both projects I will be moving on to the new tool
Airfix 1/72 Skyhawk. it will tie it all nicely together with it's Intrepid markings and a nod to where it all started.I have already looked at different washes to pick out the lovely panel details and injecting a little character on the smaller scale. Depending on how well this goes my next project will either be the Hasegawa 1/48 Apache (Kit bashed into a UK model from the
Revell sprue, Never building
Revell again unless the reviews are highly positive) or the 1/48 Kitty Hawk F-35B if I can find the UK
decals. The Apache is my comfort zone but I would like to tax myself on the details on the Lightnings markings. the 2 tone greys could be awkward.
I cant see me ever scrapping a project or considering it a failure. Failures are just learning experiences. The only problem I have is what to do with them once I have finished? The Merlin might go in my office at work?