Post by wirewheels on Jan 23, 2011 14:53:22 GMT -5
Great to be on this board. I found you from Randy Ayer's and I promise to ask a bunch of questions of the all-knowing members.
I would like to take this opportunity introduce myself (don't feel like you need to read this)
At age six, I saw a picture in a Hot Rod magazine of Bobby Unser throwing a '61 impala around Pike's Peak. I was hooked on cars. I built some plane and submarine models, and followed the space program very closely, so I built Gemini and Apollo models, but as I started reading my brother-in-law's old "Car and Driver" magazines, I turned exclusively to racing cars. I remember saving my 50-cent a week allowance for the Jo-han Petty Plymouth. We had several stores in my little town that sold models and 1 hobby store, so there was always lots of choices. I road the wheels off my sting-ray check for new models.
As I got older, I discovered Girls, Guitars and cheap wine and left the hobby behind.
I remained a racing fan, but you all know how hard it was to follow back in the old days. My love of the hobby was reborn in the early '90's when I saw a Scale Auto mag on the bookstand of a supermarket. I have had a subscription ever since.
Since I live in the city, I started going to swap meets and buying off e-bay and I now have a great collection of unbuilt mostly vintage kits.
One of the reasons I stopped building as a kid was frustration with lack of proper decals and no exact color information (black and white photography is not much help). Finding Randy Ayer's has been great for me to build with the confidence that the effort will be worthwhile because the result will accurately reflect my memory of the car.
As I have built my collection, I have become facinated with the wire wheel era and hence my user name.
I love books and magazine and have pretty good library dedicated to motorsport
I left the University of Nebraska early to work in construction with my uncle. After a few years, I became a cabinet-maker working with my father-in-law. After his death, my wife and I carried on and we built and installed millwork together throughout the Ninties. I went back to school for AutoCAD training in 2000 and began working as a a CAD draftsman/Project Manager. Recently I left my job as to become a Woodshop Instructor at the High School my kids attended. I make (much) less money, but I felt a special bond to the school and took a unique opportunity.
I have been married for thirty years and have three kids and six grandkids. My wife is a great artist and supports my hobby and I love her for that
NOW, LET'S BUILD SOME MODELS!!
I would like to take this opportunity introduce myself (don't feel like you need to read this)
At age six, I saw a picture in a Hot Rod magazine of Bobby Unser throwing a '61 impala around Pike's Peak. I was hooked on cars. I built some plane and submarine models, and followed the space program very closely, so I built Gemini and Apollo models, but as I started reading my brother-in-law's old "Car and Driver" magazines, I turned exclusively to racing cars. I remember saving my 50-cent a week allowance for the Jo-han Petty Plymouth. We had several stores in my little town that sold models and 1 hobby store, so there was always lots of choices. I road the wheels off my sting-ray check for new models.
As I got older, I discovered Girls, Guitars and cheap wine and left the hobby behind.
I remained a racing fan, but you all know how hard it was to follow back in the old days. My love of the hobby was reborn in the early '90's when I saw a Scale Auto mag on the bookstand of a supermarket. I have had a subscription ever since.
Since I live in the city, I started going to swap meets and buying off e-bay and I now have a great collection of unbuilt mostly vintage kits.
One of the reasons I stopped building as a kid was frustration with lack of proper decals and no exact color information (black and white photography is not much help). Finding Randy Ayer's has been great for me to build with the confidence that the effort will be worthwhile because the result will accurately reflect my memory of the car.
As I have built my collection, I have become facinated with the wire wheel era and hence my user name.
I love books and magazine and have pretty good library dedicated to motorsport
I left the University of Nebraska early to work in construction with my uncle. After a few years, I became a cabinet-maker working with my father-in-law. After his death, my wife and I carried on and we built and installed millwork together throughout the Ninties. I went back to school for AutoCAD training in 2000 and began working as a a CAD draftsman/Project Manager. Recently I left my job as to become a Woodshop Instructor at the High School my kids attended. I make (much) less money, but I felt a special bond to the school and took a unique opportunity.
I have been married for thirty years and have three kids and six grandkids. My wife is a great artist and supports my hobby and I love her for that
NOW, LET'S BUILD SOME MODELS!!
