Recently signed up to the forum and invited by admin/the mods to start with a short post setting out modelling interests, so here goes ...
always a keen modeler in my early years - Airfix, etc, but nothing too complicated. Tried a couple of things that flew but crashes tended to be terminal so found those rather disheartening. Years went by, modeling skills were subverted into house-hold diy, but always loved woodwork (Grade 3 at O-level!). Latter years have seen the extent of home diy decreasing (at least until/if we move again) so thought to build model boat to keep me occupied and give me something to ponder on. Also having an affection for power and speed I decided it would be something that I could shoe-horn an over-the-top power train in just for fun. Not into fast electric particularly but prefer the more traditional craft, so project decided upon is 1:24 scale Fairmile C, just cos I like the hull form and the fact the finished product (if I ever get that far) will be about 41/2 feet long (that's four and a half feet, not 41 or 42 feet). Anyway, that was back in October last year. To date it is still in the design stage, but progressing slowly. As this posting is meant to be brief I will leave it at that but am happy to say more at a later date, with photos of what has been achieved so far (if I can work out how to post pix to the forum). This forum has so far been a great source of opinion and experience and has already contributed significantly to decisions I have made about the boat, so thanks to all the mayhemers, you may never know what a help you have been.
Oldishseadog.