1:700 scale U.S.S. ENTERPRISE : This version of the first Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier before it was retrofitted in the late 1970's removing its distinctive thimble shaped antenna Pod. "Okapi Brand" this kit has an accessories to motorize - sold on line -
A "Trumpeteer" 1:350 Scale Chinese PLA QING DAO type destroyer. Built this during my Mid 30's, Just saw this Kit in a hobby shop while window shopping, at that time it was 75% cheaper than most kit of the same scale on the rack, bought it and wait for the right circumstances to build it. Later on, this type of vessel is Frequently featured on News Stories involving Chinese economic and military growth. This scale model is motorized. - sold online.
1:72 scale German World War II Era U-boat, I already forgot the brand of this Model, Also a post colllege Built, sold this one online before Digital camera beccame prevalent. hence this last remaining scanned image, This is a very good quality Kit, very Fine details It looks like a static model but it is Motorized with Automatic Diving and surfacing Action! - Sold online
The first scale model kit that I had was a 1:700 scale Aircraft Carrier (Enterprise), It was a Gift from an uncle from abroad, He offered me to choose between two warship kits ; I chose the carrier because of the really Tiny Airplanes that is included with it, a cousin got the other box, its a Japanese WW2 battleship. I'm probably Seven or eight years old.
I wanted to build the kit a soon as I got home so I can play with it but as I explore the Parts stems I realized It looks more like an adult jigsaw puzzle than a fun toy, I ask my father to build it asap but he suggested that I keep it until I'm confident enough to built it myself, and I did, It was forgotten for several years in the lowest drawer of a cupboard.
One day, During a visit to my grandmother my cousin showed me his fully assembled "scale battleship", It is only then that I recalled my "Aircraft Carrier". Again sought the help of my father which built it halfway, then ask the help of my cousin to finish it, Most of the time acting like an assistant to an expert; handing tools, glue tube and assembling the big and simple parts of the kit. We eventually finished it, but at the that time I never really got the philosophy and significance of building and completing a scale model kit. Because I cannot find a suitable "body of water to run it, I eventually lost interest and it joined the pool of junked toy in an old storage chest.
It was in the dawn of the Internet that my conciousness was rekindled to the hobby, after seeing several personnal webpages featuring scale models, I incidentally posted an old photo of one of my scale airplane to test the feature of a Trial website that I'm been tinkering with during leasure times, eventually I un-dusted my first kit from the junk pool so I can feature it in my rag-tag website. Many parts of my carrier cannot be salvaged, so I had to scratch build some major elements to make it somehow distinguishable for what it is supposed to be. From the original compliment of more than fifty airplanes that is supposed to be on deck of the ship less than ten was found when I recovered it.
On my late 30's I though I was in the brink of settling down and merrying a girl, so I started to slowly to dispose of the things and activities that kept me in perpetual childhood up to that time, Getting married and having a family is a mature business and I thought that disposing things that associated me to being a child is the first mature thing to do. I want to condition myself to accept that Childish endeavors has no place for a man who will face the responsibility of raising a family. The Three ships models featured above (Carrier,destroyer,submarine) are the first items I sold online, buyers are varied; from a kid that's probably interested in scale modelling but quite scared of doing the assembly process yet, and some ... are claimed collectors.
My Intention to "settle down" never materialized that's why I can still write a more than Six hundred words blog right now.
1:72 scale German World War II Era U-boat, I already forgot the brand of this Model, Also a post colllege Built, sold this one online before Digital camera beccame prevalent. hence this last remaining scanned image, This is a very good quality Kit, very Fine details It looks like a static model but it is Motorized with Automatic Diving and surfacing Action! - Sold online
INTRO TO SCALE MODELLING :
The first scale model kit that I had was a 1:700 scale Aircraft Carrier (Enterprise), It was a Gift from an uncle from abroad, He offered me to choose between two warship kits ; I chose the carrier because of the really Tiny Airplanes that is included with it, a cousin got the other box, its a Japanese WW2 battleship. I'm probably Seven or eight years old.
I wanted to build the kit a soon as I got home so I can play with it but as I explore the Parts stems I realized It looks more like an adult jigsaw puzzle than a fun toy, I ask my father to build it asap but he suggested that I keep it until I'm confident enough to built it myself, and I did, It was forgotten for several years in the lowest drawer of a cupboard.
One day, During a visit to my grandmother my cousin showed me his fully assembled "scale battleship", It is only then that I recalled my "Aircraft Carrier". Again sought the help of my father which built it halfway, then ask the help of my cousin to finish it, Most of the time acting like an assistant to an expert; handing tools, glue tube and assembling the big and simple parts of the kit. We eventually finished it, but at the that time I never really got the philosophy and significance of building and completing a scale model kit. Because I cannot find a suitable "body of water to run it, I eventually lost interest and it joined the pool of junked toy in an old storage chest.
It was in the dawn of the Internet that my conciousness was rekindled to the hobby, after seeing several personnal webpages featuring scale models, I incidentally posted an old photo of one of my scale airplane to test the feature of a Trial website that I'm been tinkering with during leasure times, eventually I un-dusted my first kit from the junk pool so I can feature it in my rag-tag website. Many parts of my carrier cannot be salvaged, so I had to scratch build some major elements to make it somehow distinguishable for what it is supposed to be. From the original compliment of more than fifty airplanes that is supposed to be on deck of the ship less than ten was found when I recovered it.
On my late 30's I though I was in the brink of settling down and merrying a girl, so I started to slowly to dispose of the things and activities that kept me in perpetual childhood up to that time, Getting married and having a family is a mature business and I thought that disposing things that associated me to being a child is the first mature thing to do. I want to condition myself to accept that Childish endeavors has no place for a man who will face the responsibility of raising a family. The Three ships models featured above (Carrier,destroyer,submarine) are the first items I sold online, buyers are varied; from a kid that's probably interested in scale modelling but quite scared of doing the assembly process yet, and some ... are claimed collectors.
My Intention to "settle down" never materialized that's why I can still write a more than Six hundred words blog right now.
