Hi
I’m brand new
(that’ll be the day)
Mayhem just about sums up my modelling interests as I’m a bit of a starter and stop merchant, I lay the blame for this firmly on my job, a teacher (does that break the potentially inflammatory political rule?), that only really allows modelling during the three larger holidays, the rest is really about the students. Having said that I do love the hobbies I get into as they help you escape. I’ve loved model boats since I was a youngster, running several models on the large pond in Letchworth and later the lake in Stevenage, the latter being an excellent venue. However, I now find myself in Plymouth which rather surprisingly does not have great facilities for model boats – the local club, not a member yet, use a very small pond outside the Civic Centre and for better facilities go over the river into Cornwall, well only just, for their alternate site. I’ve visited both and the club members are friendly but I yearn for better sailing waters. Maybe if I win the lottery I’ll build a fabulous large lake and invite the club to use it for free!
My current boats are mainly kits apart from a Southampton Tug, an impulse buy and a Graupner Wega, which has not been on the water yet but hopefully this summer. The kits are a New Maquettes Le Sphinx, hull made, a Billings Calypso, not started, a Graupner Azimut Challenger, very little done yet and a Tamiya 40EX still new in the box. Also having just heard the sad news about Graupner, I have been out of touch; I’ve just managed to find a new Jules Verne – over the internet from a shop in the Netherlands, which I’ve wanted for several years.
So, now I have enough models to choose from I thought that joining this forum would certainly give me some help when needed and I may be able to contribute something too.
P.S. Also into Trains – HO continental, O Gauge (HRCA member) and Gauge 1 (G1MRA member) building a coal fired Great Northern Atlantic “occasionally”.
Bye for now
Clive