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Title: Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area Post by: TapedFingers on March 13, 2013, 05:51:40 AM Hi Everyone,
I have been looking forward to joining this forum. I am mostly an armchair modeler with a towering stash of jets and props, mostly 1/72. I took a big interest to VVS subjects about a decade ago and have a pent-up urge to build now. VVS subjects have the wild camouflage, slogans and spunk that appeals to me. Add to that the history behind the aircraft and crews, and I was hooked. The story of Soviet aviation is endlessly fascinating, and this site proves it. Best regards. TapedFingers Title: Re: Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area Post by: Massimo Tessitori on March 13, 2013, 07:48:27 AM Hi TapedFingers,
welcome here. Towering kits are a common problem, but I hope you will turn some of them into completed works. Regards Massimo Title: Re: Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area Post by: B_Realistic on March 13, 2013, 09:07:33 AM Welcome and like Massimo said some pictures from your models are appreciated. :D
I've being in San Francisco and Palo Alto several years ago. Nice town. Title: Re: Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area Post by: learstang on March 13, 2013, 04:54:57 PM Not GluedFingers? I guess I'm thinking of me - at any rate, welcome, indeed! I'll do my normal spiel - there are lots of knowledgeable people here; my area of "expertise" is in Shturmoviks, so if you have any questions, please let me know!
Best Regards, Jason Title: Re: Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area Post by: TapedFingers on March 17, 2013, 07:20:38 AM Thank you for your kind welcome. Being an extreme armchair modeler means I have no finished aircraft to show. Here are pictures of the 1/72 ICM I-15 Bis I have in progress. When I finish, it will be the first plane I will have completed in about 25 years. At this rate, I will never topple my stacks of stash, so I better speed it up.
(http://i.imgur.com/zKtt1Xw.jpg?1) (http://i.imgur.com/ahCodRL.jpg?1) (http://i.imgur.com/hL6545Z.jpg?1) (http://i.imgur.com/ytiMTtE.jpg?1) I plan to glue the interior soon so I can join the fuselage halves and go to the next stage. I used aluminum from a soda can for the seat back and some details.The holes in each fuselage half are for the shell ejector chutes. Enjoy the pictures. Title: Re: Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area Post by: Massimo Tessitori on March 17, 2013, 01:31:37 PM Nice model indeed. I built that model some years ago, but I wasn't so accurate in the cockpit.
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