Hey!
Figure since I started posting, I should introduce myself.
I was originally from Canada ... moved to SC in the 90's ... now in VT.
I built models from as far back as I can remember (mom and dad would help me build models when I was maybe 5 or 6), till when I was in college (by then I was casting parts and trying for realism).
I am a machinist by trade, went to a three year college for engineering ... and am a general "mr fix it" (heck, a few weeks ago I was standing in a barn full of cows working on the neighbors tractor) My wife is paralyzed from the shoulders down as the result of diving accident when she was 12 .. so I work out of the house. I am just finishing up building a workshop (you can check out of my facebook page and see the project ... 4500 sq ft and have put every nail in myself. https://www.facebook.com/michael.csele https://www.facebook.com/VermontCountryWorkshop ). There is also pictures of the control boxes I built and a Victrola I refurbished last year. Just a big kid .... never grew up ... like to play!
I had always planned to get back into my "old" hobbies ... never lost interest. I still have all my HO trains packed away in boxes. I have my slot cars (Strombecker 1/32). I even have my 049 Cox control line engines.
Over the years I have collected "a lot" of plastic models. I am guessing there is 20 or more in boxes waiting to be built. There is the Gemini capsule ... the transparent P51 Mustang ... an Avro Arrow ... a few Glenco space models ... a cut away submarine ... I don't even remember what others.
Anyway .... I am hoping that once I finish the workshop, I will have time to get back back into model building. At 62, I am not getting any younger.
I am still on the hunt for a few things ..... a detail kit for the Gemini (that was my first post I just put up.
I love the Disney version of the Nautilus ... till having problems finding one .... thinking I may have to learn to 3D print to get this one.
I also will post in a few days for advice on the Seaview and Flying Sub. Of all things I have never used a photo etch kit ... not sure if I need one (or a decal kit) for these two kits.
Hope everyone is well and staying warm!
Michael Csele
Jericho, VT
Figure since I started posting, I should introduce myself.
I was originally from Canada ... moved to SC in the 90's ... now in VT.
I built models from as far back as I can remember (mom and dad would help me build models when I was maybe 5 or 6), till when I was in college (by then I was casting parts and trying for realism).
I am a machinist by trade, went to a three year college for engineering ... and am a general "mr fix it" (heck, a few weeks ago I was standing in a barn full of cows working on the neighbors tractor) My wife is paralyzed from the shoulders down as the result of diving accident when she was 12 .. so I work out of the house. I am just finishing up building a workshop (you can check out of my facebook page and see the project ... 4500 sq ft and have put every nail in myself. https://www.facebook.com/michael.csele https://www.facebook.com/VermontCountryWorkshop ). There is also pictures of the control boxes I built and a Victrola I refurbished last year. Just a big kid .... never grew up ... like to play!
I had always planned to get back into my "old" hobbies ... never lost interest. I still have all my HO trains packed away in boxes. I have my slot cars (Strombecker 1/32). I even have my 049 Cox control line engines.
Over the years I have collected "a lot" of plastic models. I am guessing there is 20 or more in boxes waiting to be built. There is the Gemini capsule ... the transparent P51 Mustang ... an Avro Arrow ... a few Glenco space models ... a cut away submarine ... I don't even remember what others.
Anyway .... I am hoping that once I finish the workshop, I will have time to get back back into model building. At 62, I am not getting any younger.
I am still on the hunt for a few things ..... a detail kit for the Gemini (that was my first post I just put up.
I love the Disney version of the Nautilus ... till having problems finding one .... thinking I may have to learn to 3D print to get this one.
I also will post in a few days for advice on the Seaview and Flying Sub. Of all things I have never used a photo etch kit ... not sure if I need one (or a decal kit) for these two kits.
Hope everyone is well and staying warm!
Michael Csele
Jericho, VT
