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Hi,
By way of introduction I have recently taken up modeling again after a few decades of military service. It was a teenage hobby which I remember thoroughly enjoying, and I’m finding it to be so again. The impetus that brought me back to it was the convergence of circumstances: frustration with retirement, forced idleness brought on by winter and a knee injury, the rediscovery of several unassembled model kits that had been packed away in a moving box for I can’t remember how many years, and frustration with retirement (did I already mention that?!). There was also a recent visit to and a personal connection with the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum’s Forrest Sherman class USS Edson (DD 946) and several Forrest Sherman class model kits I inherited from my dad stacked on a bookshelf that begged to be assembled. It so happens too, that Atlantis Models has a decal set that includes the hull number and name for the Edson which settled the matter. And so, it was with an Atlantis Models Forrest Sherman kit that I jumped back in.
Modeling has been a lifelong interest. With an uncle who had been a longtime editor for the Nautical Research Guild as well as a maritime historian and professional model builder in his own right, visits to his home were always exciting. With his basement workshop and library stacked with all manner of books dealing with maritime themes, ships plans hanging from numerous racks, an extensive tool collection, and models of all sorts and in various stages of assembly, not to mention the completed ones in display cases on the main floor, how could I not take interest!
Like my uncle my primary interest is in sailing vessels – I have a particular affinity for naval sailing vessels – but also more modern destroyers of the WWII and immediate post-WWII era. While all my experience has been in plastic kits from well known companies such as Revell, Lindberg, and Monogram, I aspire to graduate to wood kits, perhaps this winter. So it is that I look forward to participating in this forum, asking lots of questions, seeking advice, and sharing my humble attempts to ever increase my skill and abilities.
Attached are photos of my first attempts after a 40+ year break from the hobby.
Semper Fi,
“Eddie”
By way of introduction I have recently taken up modeling again after a few decades of military service. It was a teenage hobby which I remember thoroughly enjoying, and I’m finding it to be so again. The impetus that brought me back to it was the convergence of circumstances: frustration with retirement, forced idleness brought on by winter and a knee injury, the rediscovery of several unassembled model kits that had been packed away in a moving box for I can’t remember how many years, and frustration with retirement (did I already mention that?!). There was also a recent visit to and a personal connection with the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum’s Forrest Sherman class USS Edson (DD 946) and several Forrest Sherman class model kits I inherited from my dad stacked on a bookshelf that begged to be assembled. It so happens too, that Atlantis Models has a decal set that includes the hull number and name for the Edson which settled the matter. And so, it was with an Atlantis Models Forrest Sherman kit that I jumped back in.
Modeling has been a lifelong interest. With an uncle who had been a longtime editor for the Nautical Research Guild as well as a maritime historian and professional model builder in his own right, visits to his home were always exciting. With his basement workshop and library stacked with all manner of books dealing with maritime themes, ships plans hanging from numerous racks, an extensive tool collection, and models of all sorts and in various stages of assembly, not to mention the completed ones in display cases on the main floor, how could I not take interest!
Like my uncle my primary interest is in sailing vessels – I have a particular affinity for naval sailing vessels – but also more modern destroyers of the WWII and immediate post-WWII era. While all my experience has been in plastic kits from well known companies such as Revell, Lindberg, and Monogram, I aspire to graduate to wood kits, perhaps this winter. So it is that I look forward to participating in this forum, asking lots of questions, seeking advice, and sharing my humble attempts to ever increase my skill and abilities.
Attached are photos of my first attempts after a 40+ year break from the hobby.
Semper Fi,
“Eddie”
