armyairforce
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
I'm Steve Carr, new to the forum, but an old hand at all kinds of model making. I recognise a few members names from other forums ( one of the reasons for joining here ), and for those who may know me, I am 'B-17_Fortress' on another railroad forum, but trying now to stick with the armyairforce name to keep all my forum names the same!
So; you now know who I am, but what do I do?
I build models as a hobby and for a living, but it all started with plastic modelling around the age of four. I got into railway modelling with my dad about five. At thirteen, I discovered R/C flying, and for almost 30 years, I've been heavily involved in radio controlled model aircraft, ending up display flying very large warbirds as can be seen from my 1/6 scale B-17 shown below.
In 2004 I got Asthma and a wood dust allergy which forced a break from the balsa dust for a few years. At that point, I got back into railway modelling, building three N scale layouts over the following three years. All were exhibition layouts, and all were sold soon after completion after people saw them and took a fancy to them. I think they only made it to one exhibition each!
Around the same time I also bought a 1/1 scale Willys Jeep to play with. This was followed last year by a Dodge Weapons Carrier, both being modified to represent Airfield Flying Control vehicles.
My main railway scale is N, though I started out in OO, and have built in OO9. I mainly scratch build structures and some rolling stock, but haven't tackled locos yet.
Over the coming months, I hope to be sharing some of my builds with you, and I hope you jump on board for the ride.
Thanks,
Steve
I'm Steve Carr, new to the forum, but an old hand at all kinds of model making. I recognise a few members names from other forums ( one of the reasons for joining here ), and for those who may know me, I am 'B-17_Fortress' on another railroad forum, but trying now to stick with the armyairforce name to keep all my forum names the same!
So; you now know who I am, but what do I do?
I build models as a hobby and for a living, but it all started with plastic modelling around the age of four. I got into railway modelling with my dad about five. At thirteen, I discovered R/C flying, and for almost 30 years, I've been heavily involved in radio controlled model aircraft, ending up display flying very large warbirds as can be seen from my 1/6 scale B-17 shown below.
In 2004 I got Asthma and a wood dust allergy which forced a break from the balsa dust for a few years. At that point, I got back into railway modelling, building three N scale layouts over the following three years. All were exhibition layouts, and all were sold soon after completion after people saw them and took a fancy to them. I think they only made it to one exhibition each!
Around the same time I also bought a 1/1 scale Willys Jeep to play with. This was followed last year by a Dodge Weapons Carrier, both being modified to represent Airfield Flying Control vehicles.
My main railway scale is N, though I started out in OO, and have built in OO9. I mainly scratch build structures and some rolling stock, but haven't tackled locos yet.
Over the coming months, I hope to be sharing some of my builds with you, and I hope you jump on board for the ride.
Thanks,
Steve