I had missed that one posted also on December 7, 2013.

https://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/spitfire/

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I think this new blog is just going to be fun.

I will only have short posts on this blog about model kit building. Short posts because I won’t probably build any model kits in the future. But then maybe I will if I can stop creating blogs after blogs after blogs…

In 1958 I had to choose between this airplane model kit… 

and this one.

My brother, who was 11 in 1958, chose the Spitfire.

There was no arguing because I liked the Sabre Jet better.

The Spitfire was the only model kit my brother would ever build in his life. I would go on to build hundreds and hundreds of model kits mostly from WWII era.

For every model kit I built since 1958, there has always been is a story behind each one! So I could continue on writing this blog about building model kits without even building another one.

Next time I will tell you where I got the box top images.

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Short posts because I won’t probably build any model kits in the future…?

Posted on December 9, 2013

https://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/

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Original post

Sorry for the long post yesterday even though I had only a few readers. In fact I just had one, and he probably got lost on the Internet. I don’t mind, I write by pure selfish pleasure.

This will be short post about a P-40…

I built this kit probably 20 years ago. No reason in particular, just that I like the shark markings. I have known about the Flying Tigers and John Wayne when I was young. I love that movie especially when John has to leave all the Chinese food on the table.

The model I made was a modified P-40 using U.S. insignia instead of the original Flying Tigers insignia.

Click on the image to view a close-up of 20 year-old dust.

I found this next story on the Internet. It’s about someone who got back into building model kits.

Excerpt

After taking nearly 4 years to build a 1/350 Titanic, I realized that I was not having much fun modeling. What could I do to love this hobby as much as I did when I was younger? Then I was lucky enough to meet Eric Freese and Dick Hague. They introduced me to a new style of building strictly for fun. After seeing numerous photos of fantastic looking kits built “The Old Fashioned Way”, I tried my hand at a few and I was hooked. My sincere thanks to Dick and Eric for their “therapy.” I hope you give it a try soon! – A.B.

Click here.

Nice job!

Very nice job…

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End of the original

I wonder if someone has already visited My Forgotten Hobby IV…