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  • Capt. Bellinger
    • Jan 2022
    • 2

    #1

    Seems to be a recurring theme...

    What ho! Chaps.

    As with so many others here I have returned to scale model building after a fairly lengthy hiatus - in my case about 45 years. Although an obsessive and competitive modeller through my teens, life put a couple of little obstacles in the way: firstly, joining the Royal Air Force caused a huge discontinuity, leaving neither time nor facilities to keep my hobby alive, and then the bliss (never know who's reading this! ) of married life meant that modelling sort of faded into the undergrowth.

    Decades passed.

    And then in 2019 I had a sudden and unexpected urge to start building models again. But not just any models. This time around my interest is almost exclusively in building aircraft from the Great War, with the odd excursion as far as World War II. Almost anything from the period is fair game, but my major preoccupation is building 1/48th scale models of all the aircraft in which the Victoria Cross was won in WWI. For the past three years I've been ottering away (which is like beavering but much more fun) in solitude, but have now found Scale Model Forums!

    And there it is.
  • Mark1
    • Apr 2021
    • 4156

    #2
    Welcome to the forum, look forward to seeing some of your work.

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    • Bobby Conkers
      • Jan 2020
      • 529

      #3
      Welcome Captain. Good to see another gaining their wings here.

      Looking forward to seeing your work. With absolutely no criticism of anyone or anything, WWII aircraft dominate both the market and the hobby - seeing more from a different era, especially WWI, will be of great interest to those of us who don't really go in for WWII modelling.

      Pip pip!

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      • Mini Me
        SMF Supporters
        • Jun 2018
        • 10711

        #4
        Yup....here you are, and Welcome hope to see you work soon. Rick H.

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        • rtfoe
          SMF Supporters
          • Apr 2018
          • 9088

          #5
          Welcome aboard Capt. Bellinger, I have only done three pre WWII planes in my lifetime and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to your collection of builds.

          Cheers,
          Richard

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          • Ian M
            Administrator
            • Dec 2008
            • 18271
            • Ian
            • Falster, Denmark

            #6
            Welcome.
            It's a good place to be and we all hope that you enjoy it in here.
            Hope to see some of your builds.
            I bet after a long break you too have been overwhelmed by the amount of things that are available to us plastic bashers.
            Group builds

            Bismarck

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            • papa 695
              Moderator
              • May 2011
              • 22770

              #7
              Hi and welcome to the forum.

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              • Airborne01
                • Mar 2021
                • 3985
                • Steve
                • Essex

                #8
                Welcome aboard Cap'n - to say I'm looking forward to WW1 builds would be an understatement - I love 'em but have problems with the rigging. Will your WW2 builds be multi-wing? (I love Gladiators and Stringbags!) Welcome aboard once again.
                Steve

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                • boatman
                  SMF Supporters
                  • Nov 2018
                  • 14497
                  • christopher
                  • NORFOLK UK

                  #9
                  AN A WELCOME from me as well you will love it here a great bunch of guys an gals
                  chris

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                  • adt70hk
                    SMF Supporters
                    • Sep 2019
                    • 10413

                    #10
                    Welcome aboard!!

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                    • The Smythe Meister
                      • Jan 2019
                      • 6248

                      #11
                      ....... and it's a warm welcome from me too
                      I look forward to seeing you around the various bloggs.
                      Andy,(also ex RAF )

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                      • JayCee
                        SMF Supporters
                        • Aug 2019
                        • 1132

                        #12
                        A warm welcome from me too. If you haven't already noticed, this is a complete madhouse. Best forum there is !!
                        John.

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                        • Tim Marlow
                          SMF Supporters
                          • Apr 2018
                          • 18910
                          • Tim
                          • Somerset UK

                          #13
                          What Ho Captain. Welcome to the forum and look forward to seeing your workโ€ฆ.Live near Amesbury do you by any chance?

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                          • BattleshipBob
                            SMF Supporters
                            • Apr 2018
                            • 6803
                            • Bob
                            • Cardiff

                            #14
                            You cannot beat a good old urge, sadly the police did not agree

                            A warm welcome sir

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                            • Jim R
                              SMF Supporters
                              • Apr 2018
                              • 15709
                              • Jim
                              • Shropshire

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Capt. Bellinger
                              As with so many others here I have returned to scale model building after a fairly lengthy hiatus
                              Definitely a common occurrence with many here. A warm welcome to a great forum.
                              Jim

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