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Post by wolfmanjack on Apr 9, 2018 12:01:12 GMT -5
Hi everyone ... my name is Ian , and i am a .... oops sorry , wrong forum :-)
I'm from Ayrshire in the West of Scotland , but temporarily residing in Yorkshire due to being conned by my gaffa at work a couple of years ago ....
Had Scalextric since i was a lad .... but to be honest ive never really used it much ... never seem to have had the time , for the last 10+ years it has been in storage , whilst i travelled with work ... then when i got a bit settled here in Yorkshire , i have began to find some time to myself ... so now at 54 i am finally getting to play with toy cars :-)
Normally if i have had any chance of some free time i have had some RC helicopters etc with me whilst i travelled , but also some plastic modelling as well etc .
Ive just recently started buying a few too many new slot cars ... and then stumbled onto the resin bodies ... No more Scally cars for me .... bodies and building my own it is .
I will try and post some of my builds here when i start to get some progress .... although dont expect to see anything to the standards of many i have seen here ... awesome work guys ... respect to all here .
My first build will be an GTM Alfa 158 in red that i just picked up from fleebae ...
thats all for the mo folks ... back to lurking for a bit as i try to soak up the local knowledge here .... and i will probably be asking the usual kind of basic noob questions !!!
cheers
Ian
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Post by Chris Wright on Apr 9, 2018 13:41:35 GMT -5
Hi Ian, welcome to the forum. You'll find this a very international group, i'm British but living in the States myself. A George Turner alfa 158 on EBAY, ....fantastic, I hope you got it for a great price. I built one a couple of months back, you can find it on this forum. Do yourself a favour, and throw George's driver away, and invest in an Immense Miniatures driver, you can find the details here: immenseminiatures.com/Immense_Miniatures/Immense_Miniatures_scale_motorsports_figures.htmlAgain, welcome! Chris & John
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Post by munter on Apr 10, 2018 2:19:10 GMT -5
Good intro, Ian.
Resin and scratchbuilding is a great pursuit/hobby/pastime/artform.
Regards John
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Post by Peter Seager-Thomas on Apr 10, 2018 9:21:36 GMT -5
Hi Ian, it's good to see that you decided to join and great to see the introduction.
You might care to look around the forum to see just what is contained within. There's plenty of tips on building things and sourcing the parts, and if the information is not there, just ask!
Peter.
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Post by wolfmanjack on Apr 11, 2018 14:35:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the warm welcome there folks ... i will do my best to contribute n uphold the forum .
I do think i got the Alfa for a good price ... hopefully i can do it some justice .... rather than it ending up a smouldering wreck at turn two :-)
So if it arrives tomorra .... watch this space .
immense minitures figs seem to be fantastically detailed ... i will definitely look at swapping one of them in to it .... if it deserves it !!!
cheers for now
Ian
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