I lost interest in stamp collecting when stamps were no longer engravings of art, and not easily mounted.
When I was just a lad, I wanted to be an engineer, watching 2-8-0s of the Western Maryland hauling carloads of coal along the creek at the southern end of
our farm.
The farm next to ours had a Curtis Jenny trainer his Dad purchased after WW1 and we helped him put it together (It was a crate job) in exchange for promises of free rides which he gave us, and I got into model stick rubber band powered airplane models.
Dad was a 30 year Navy man, which is how started plastic ship models, the USS Constitution being the star of the show. I am on my third Connie, the first two having been destroyed.
I got my license in 1959, in 1960 I purchased a 1953 Ford Custom line from a junk yard for 50 dollars and rebuilt it, then I got into model cars.
Then college interrupted, followed by Uncle Sam, then the love of my life intervened, we got marries 53 years ago, had five kids who felt their God given duty was to drive us crazy. All of this impacted what I did for a hobby.
Retired now due to medical issues, and seeing the beauty of real wood models, I purchased Model Expo's beginners' kit.

When I was just a lad, I wanted to be an engineer, watching 2-8-0s of the Western Maryland hauling carloads of coal along the creek at the southern end of
our farm.
The farm next to ours had a Curtis Jenny trainer his Dad purchased after WW1 and we helped him put it together (It was a crate job) in exchange for promises of free rides which he gave us, and I got into model stick rubber band powered airplane models.
Dad was a 30 year Navy man, which is how started plastic ship models, the USS Constitution being the star of the show. I am on my third Connie, the first two having been destroyed.
I got my license in 1959, in 1960 I purchased a 1953 Ford Custom line from a junk yard for 50 dollars and rebuilt it, then I got into model cars.
Then college interrupted, followed by Uncle Sam, then the love of my life intervened, we got marries 53 years ago, had five kids who felt their God given duty was to drive us crazy. All of this impacted what I did for a hobby.
Retired now due to medical issues, and seeing the beauty of real wood models, I purchased Model Expo's beginners' kit.
