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Offline steveb

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Hello from Louisiana...
« on: January 28, 2016, 05:20:24 AM »
I have always been into cars & airplanes, starting the in the early '60's as a little kid, drawing pictures of them & building models. Time went by & I didn't build any models until the mid '80's, when I built a couple WWII planes, then stopped building for another 15 years or so. I got back into model building, but this time it was custom cars. I've been doing that for the past 16 years & still have several projects going on at the moment. Even though I'm generally more of a car guy when it comes to models, I still get a thrill out of seeing a very well done plane, tank or diorama.
I recently started seeing some of Tom Grigat's stop motion videos appear on Face Book & was intrigued. That led me to looking into what WWI kits are available, & found that there are quite a few. Who knows, maybe I'll give one  a try. But, I think that I'll have lots of newbie questions. The last WWI planes that I built were in the '60's: an Albatros, Fokker D-VII?, Spad & something else, maybe a Nieuport or Sopwith Camel, all probably Revell.

Steve
PS You can see some of my car model stuff here:
http://www.sbkustoms.com/
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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2016, 06:56:12 AM »
Hello Steve and welcome to the forum, I'm looking forward to your participation with the forum and its members. You have a fantastic collection of cars and all beautifully finished, with your skills you will have no problems tackling a WW1 bird. The forum has some extremely talented members and all are willing to share their knowledge, so please feel free to ask as many questions as you like

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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2016, 07:14:15 AM »
Hi Steve,
 Welcome to the forum.

I like the style of your website and the content therein.
Enjoy your time here.

Cheers,
Von B  ;)



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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2016, 09:11:21 AM »
Welcome to the Forum from the Mountains of North Carolina. Your cars are Magnificent! Like Des said ask all of the questions you feel the to ask!
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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2016, 10:25:46 AM »
Welcome to the forums Steve , ask away . The folks here are the most helpful bunch you will ever meet !



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Re: Thanks!
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2016, 12:50:10 PM »
I really appreciate the warm welcome!

Steve

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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2016, 01:00:35 PM »
Welcome Steve, I just had a very enjoyable tour through your Website, beautiful classic cars. With skills like this you'll very quickly get comfortable in the WWI Aircraft Model genre, I'll look forward to seeing your work here!
Cheers,
Lance

Offline Monty

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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2016, 06:50:00 PM »
Hi Steve!

Welcome to the forum! Personally, I think cars are more difficult than planes, so you shouldn't have any trouble as you are a great car modeller! Some of the newer kits are of really good quality too, worth looking for!

Enjoy!

Marc

Offline Nigel Jackson

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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2016, 01:09:18 AM »
Welcome to this wonderful forum. It's a friendly, supportive and inspiring place to be. I'm sure we will be able to learn a thing or two from you, given the superlative work in your showroom.

Best wishes
Nigel

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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2016, 01:15:01 AM »
Hi Steve;

Welcome to the forum, a great helpful bunch of guys here so ask away, remember, the only stupid question is the one you don't ask.

Cheers

Pete.

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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2016, 08:26:52 PM »
Welcome Steve!

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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2016, 03:19:32 AM »
Welcome aboard, Steve!  I look forward to your involvement.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Hello from Louisiana...
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2016, 08:19:43 PM »
Welcome, steve!