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Getting to know one another => Your Introduction => Topic started by: RichO on September 04, 2013, 08:56:39 AM
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HEY ALL,
I thought it was time to say hey and to let everyone know a little something about me.
I'm a recently retired art director and I've really gotten the bug to get back into modeling. I ran across this site a while ago, and was just overwhelmed at how the modeling world has changed so much from when I was a kid. When I found you guys I wasn't really looking for ww1 aircraft, I was just looking for something I could put some detail energy into. For those of you that like the details, I have the affliction bad.
The first time I built a ww1 iarcraft was the original release of Revells 1965 lt.blue plastic Dr.1 triplane, OOB. I was just 9 yrs old. I spent the next few years building and super detailing car models, and then in 1969 I found a reissue of the same triplane kit and rebuilt it again with much more detail. That was the last ww1 iarcraft kit that I ever built.
Years past and now I have found an entire subculture of modelers that build just ww1 aircraft of all types. So after months of poking around on the web I have decided to jump in and get involved with this subculture and see if the the affliction can take hold again.
I'm not quite ready to build just yet, I'm still acquiring parts for my first build and I thought I would just jump in with both feet. I just recieved WNW Gotha G.IV a few days ago and I'm on a quest to acquire all the third party deatils I can find befor I start the build.
I plan to build my models with working cables and air surfaces, and I'll attempt to make movable engine parts. I think 1/32 is a good scale from what you all are building and I'm excited to get back into model building.
So, thanks to DES for this great site and all of you for the insperation so I can try to tame the beast.
Thanks All for viewing and I'll post when I get started.
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Hi Rich -- welcome aboard! A former art director of sorts myself :)
Cheers
--Bo
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Hello Rich and welcome to the forum, so good to see you here. I am so much looking forward to seeing your Gotha build posted here soon, it will be a very exciting build.
Des.
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Hi Rich, glad to have you in our squad.
I looking forward to see your Gotha taking its shape.
Cheers
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Sub-culture, super-awesome!
Welcome, Rich. Looking forward to seeing the Gotha build.
Lindsay
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Sub-culture, super-awesome!
Yeah! I like that, too, Lindsay. We should get leather jackets with our colors on the back.
Welcome aboard, Rich! I, too, am looking forward to seeing your Gotha come to life here.
Cheers,
Bud
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Enjoy the Forum, Rich. Great people, no end of information, and all the resources you'll need to really enjoy the Hobby!
Cheers, :)
Lance
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Rich,
A Gotha you say! Now that worth waiting to see. In the mean time Welcome aboard my friend. I hope that you enjoy this friendliest to WWI forums. Looking forward to seeing your project posted here.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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Welcome to the forum, Rich. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress
with the Gotha. You really did jump in with both feet! Good for you.
Best Regards,
Ernie :)
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Hi Rich,
Yep, ease yourself in gently! :o
Looking forward to seeing the build.. Sounds like you'll be pushing boundaries... What's happened to us out of the box builders!
Regards
Guy
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Welcome aboard, Rich.
Enjoy! ;)
Von Buckle :)
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BO MONROE,
From Wisconsin. Thanks for reading my intro. What kind of art director of sorts were you? Let me know what you are building!
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DES from Austrailia,
You have a great site here! I'll be making a donation this week end. I found this site a few month ago and I'm really impressed with how much of a resource center this place is. I live just down the road from Boing's flight museum in Seattle. I'll be taking photos of the 18 ww1 aircraft there to add to the referances that already exist here. Hopefully aircraft that are not already represented here, but a small contribution anyway. Thanks for viewing.
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ZABU,
ZEPPLIN-STAAKEN, really? I'd love to build a 1/32 model of that aircraft. Have you built one, or maybe a scratch built one? The Gotha I just recieved is going to be right beside the AEG G.IV as soon as WNW has it ready. I just love these giant lumbering beasts of the great war! To bad there isn't one of these in the works. Thanks
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LINDSAY T,
Thanks for sub-culture comment. With so many people involved with this craze, it's getting to be a full culture. Thanks
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COYOTEMAGIC,
What is would your jacket color be? I'd like to sew my "BABY DOLL" logo on to a jacket. I had thought of putting the green white gold stripes of Irerland in the shield of the background ( my heritage), but I'm from the USA. I couldn't deside, so I left it blank for now.
Thanks.
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LCARROLL,
Thanks for reading my profile. Tell me 'bout it! This is a great place for resources, and I have a hunch that if I run into trouble with my build, I just need to ask someone for info. Really Thanks
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GREGORY JOUETTE,
Alixanders Ragtime Band, Dixiland, Dixiland.
This Gotha kit is enormus. about 30 inches wide. Still looking for the extras tho. Thanks for viewing.
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EARNIE PARSONS,
From Saskatchewan! I'm not sure what I've jumped into yet, I just hope it doesn't get to sticky tho! Thanks
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COYOTEMAGIC,
What is would your jacket color be? I'd like to sew my "BABY DOLL" logo on to a jacket. I had thought of putting the green white gold stripes of Irerland in the shield of the background ( my heritage), but I'm from the USA. I couldn't deside, so I left it blank for now.
Thanks.
Rich, the Irish flag would work for me (my heritage, as well)! But I think something relating to WWI aviation would be more representative of our sub-culture. ;)
Cheers,
Bud
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VON BUCKLE,
The famous BOB's... Thanks for reading my profile. I have seen that you have quite the influance with the builders of scratch built turnbuckles. However I think I'll be using Gas Patch turnbuckles tho, Sorry. Thanks!
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BUD,
I ran across a site somewhere that said that the IRISH also had fighter planes in the great war. Something I need to research more.
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BO MONROE,
From Wisconsin. Thanks for reading my intro. What kind of art director of sorts were you? Let me know what you are building!
i ran my own web & graphic design studio, which morphed into running the web department at small ad agency, after which I struck out on my own doing mobile and web application development, which I continue to do. I'm equal parts programmer & designer I guess. I studied fine arts in school. (painting sculpture etc.). I am building an Albatros. There's a small build log here (http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=328.0). Only 52 pages. Light reading. ;)
Looking forward to seeing your Gotha progress.
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BO,
I found your build report befor I started to intro my self here. This is one of the builds that really got me interested in this site. You guys are really great at technique and research.
The art dept. I worked in was totally old school when I started. Pen and Ink drawing by hand, and then into the dark room for pictures on an Argile-18 upright camera, and Kodak cems. Oh the fumes...I miss 'em. By the time I got out of the business I was working on a Mac with Illustrator/Photoshop.
My wife has been pushing me latley to get back into it tho. The cost is outragiuos tho. I'd have to start with new equipment and schooling to get cought up. We'll see tho, I have plenty of time anyway. Thanks
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ZABU,
ZEPPLIN-STAAKEN, really?. I just love these giant lumbering beasts of the great war! To bad there isn't one of these in the works. Thanks
Yes... i love them too because of their size. I have one R.VI to build... so we'll have one in the works someday ;).
Cheers
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Welcome on the forum!
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QUENTIN,
Thanks, where you from? What are you building?
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ZABU,
Where are you from? Ya know I also like to see some more 1/32 scale bombers. Blackburn Kangaroo or a Russian Ilya Mourometz maybe. I know most model builders are into fighters. I think us bomber guys are a little different somehow.
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VON BUCKLE,
The famous BOB's... Thanks for reading my profile. I have seen that you have quite the influance with the builders of scratch built turnbuckles. However I think I'll be using Gas Patch turnbuckles tho, Sorry. Thanks!
Hi Rich,
No worries mate! ;)
Enjoy your build.
Cheers,
Bob