How did u get in to this hobbie??

[Ghost_9418]

I was just bored on day and decided to get a model because ive never made one before

[Hiroboy]

I went to the Network Q Rally of Great Britian in 1998-ish, and bought a Tamiya model EVO VI from a stall, not looked back since.

[emufarmer]

bimmerkid got me into it a little and the rest is just that i liked howheels cars then just got into models

[primera man]

Went into a toy shop when i was around 12 years old and saw some kits on sale and thought i'd give one a try and see what happened.
Been hooked evey since.

[flyonthewall]

Don't know how it started but i've always been drawn to models and modeling. In the early days i had to build them with the old man (i guess i couldn't be trusted with glue *sniff*), those were the days when we built a model in one afternoon with no paints - now that's what u call straight from the box

Eventually i was considerd old enough to attempt models on my own - about 8 or 9, I cant remember if my first model was a Monogram TransAm or an Airfix HMS Ark Royal??? Both turned out to be piles of shit anyway!

[OPM]

calling myself a 3d modeler...

well,first interest with around 7,lots of revell shit

big break till last year,found this forum over another 3dmodelling board and saw all those models..thought i give it a try,and here i am now,nothing is mroe fun than modeling "real" cars!

[grandprix92]

It all strarted when i was 5. my dad had bought me 2 NASCAR model kits of my favorite race cars (the cartoon network Chevy and for some odd reason the texaco Ford). after sitting in my closet for 3-4 years, i took them out and started building them. i soon quit because my dad said it was for a rainy day (there had been thousands but he never wanted to build them with me) so i stopped. i went to the store and found a snap-fast Lamborgini Diablo model, so my mom bought it for me and i built it (shittiest model job i ever did) and felt satisfied. it remains today to be the only model that had sticker decals instead of the kind you soak in water. i didnt need to paint it, and it looks like crap compared to the rest of my skill 2 models. many of them Chevy:finger: . and thats how i was born.

[D[X]P]

When i visited this sub-forum

[Asmenoth]

Well, let's see...can't remember if it was AMT or Monogram that offered this, but my Grandmother got me a membership in the model of the month club when I was 6 or 7. Snap kits at first, then my Dad bought me my first glue together kit, an early '80's Ford truck. He assembled and painted it while I watched. After that....I shudder to think about how much I have spent on this hobby.

[JE123]

I started when I about 10 years ago when I was given a snap-tite revell Corvette. I still have it somewhere.

[primera man]

Originally posted by D[X]P
When i visited this sub-forum

We try to tell people that come here its bad for there wallet's

[BOOSTD]

I have always been into imports and when I saw that Fujimi made a stack of cool imports and that you could buy exhausts and wheels for them I was hooked. My dad has always been into building military models so I guess I always had an interest in models too. I am a real perfectionist so if my models dont turn out PERFECT then I have to start again. My brush painting skills are quite good as I used to paint Warhammer miniatures for my local Games Workshop store but my spray can skills need work. Anyway thats me

[Guido]

Originally posted by zerrocool
ok here's my story :

it's really strange haha

i whas just browsing trough the web and i found a car site with a link to
modelauto.pagina.nl wich is a dutch site with modelcar websites links.
i just clicked a link and i came on this site http://users.skynet.be/automotomover/ when browsing trough that site i whas really amazed by what you can do wich 1/24 kits.
then i clicked on AF link (never heard of AF before that day) and i came on this forum and grom that day i came on this forum i'm addicted!!!!
that's my story how i got hooked up

That is the best compliment I can get for my site! Mission accomplished I'd say. Even the "forum-page" worked well apparentely.

[Guido]

as a ki(t)d we used to live near a military airfield and I was watching those planes every single moment I could with my binoculars. I even had a logbook. So aged 10 I picked up my first aircraftkit Airfix and was helped by my neighbour who worked as an aircraft mechanic on the base. So I made French jet fighters mainly in 1/48 scale from Ecsi and Heller until I went to the Military academy. During that period I didn't do any modeling and after graduating I picked up modeling again and strangely enough I started straightaway with cars. Never done an aircrarft again... And the military days and more then 10 years behind me now :angel:

THWATAM!

Guido

[exhaust smoke]

It first started when I was about four and my Dad used to buy Airfix aircraft kits from the local newsagents and put them together for me, no paint, etc., in about a morning! As Fly said, straight from the box. I remember I used to stand at the top of the stairs and chuck 'em down!....I was only four!!

Anyway, a long hiatus ensued, then around 1995 an aircraft partworks came out with a sprue a month and that perked my interest again. Soon discovered that car kits were made, and as I had always loved cars, it was the logical transition. My first proper kit was a AMT/ERTL Dodge Viper. Wasn't bad, but not too great either. It was at the stage where I did not use Primer as I though it would make the paint too thick! I've still got it in the loft.

The rest is history.

Oh AF came about last year via an internet search. I think Pmans models encouraged me to delve further into the Forum. Now I'm lost in it and can't find my way out!