I have 3-4-5 builds on the forum at present. (I'm not really sure how many)
All good fun anyway.

Some epic models there S4Simon! I also built and completed r2d2, he's great! I also recently finished the super snake Mustang GT500 from Agora.

I'm currently building Ecto-1 from eaglemoss, the GT40 from here (love these 2 kits), the Bismarck from hachette and just started collecting the GISS Eleanor Mustang from eaglemoss (build planned to start next year sometime for me). I also collect and forward on the t800 terminator for a friend who moved abroad.

Hi, for me I am building.

All De-Ago

H.M.S. Victory

Spitfire.

Tombstone wild west (scratch build)

Stagecoach.

These builds are all ongoing

Regards

Trev

Hi all,

Sorry for the long one but once the flow started it became cathartic.

I too am doing only De-Ag at the moment.

For a bit of background my dear old dad has been building ship models for 40+ years starting with a Billings kit of the Danmark when I was 11.

He's still got it on display alongside a Mersey flat and a plank built Bismarck (Hachette's first release one I think).

For a while he switched to radio control and his pride and joy are a three foot Mersey docks harbour tug complete with a floating wharf with crane and cargo and a four foot WW2 corvette that he scratch built based off photos and some ships architect plans he found in an old library book. The Corvettes bow wake and froth from the brass props spinning at full steam ahead on a local boating pond have often raised eyebrows with the speed boat builders and frightened a lot of ducks.

I digressed.

Having never touched anything more than an airfix kit before four years ago I was given the first issue of R2D2 as a joke birthday present by a mate who hadn't realised it would be a 100 issue £ 900 mini beast in the end.

Not long after that I found this forum and the official build videos on you-tube and have been hooked on the hobby ever since.

I'm not brave enough to do a diary, I stick to the as per book instructions as my cutting, gluing and painting skills are not that great, although I am slowly getting better.

I'd rather look on in awe at the amazing builds displayed in here than present my p*** poor efforts.

Anyway, having finished R2 I was fully bitten by the build bug and when X-wing came out I signed up for that the week it was released swiftly followed by Thunderbird 2 because, well why not.

When the first Lockdown came in last year, and having been very impressed with all the Falcon builds in here, I also got onto that as I had time spare and no petrol bill for getting to work.

I'm currently in two minds over starting the re-release Bismarck from Agora or building a 00 gauge railway sidings display but with £ 130 a month skin in the game I'm holding off deciding that until X-Wing and T-bird come to an end in a few months.

Progress to date:

X-Wing - due to all the early delivery issues I'm just now up to issue 70 built and 71-75 due to arrive any day.

T-Bird - pack 10 is built, pack 11 due next month and I realise I need a decent display case / diorama ? for all the miniatures !!!

Falcon - I'm up to Issue 40 and have invested in a cheap USB powered airbrush kit to have a dip of my toe into the water doing the hull recess painting.

Loving all the high class build diaries in here by the way and if Mark Warren is reading, "please sir! may we have some more of the official build X-Wing.." please, please …

I'm sure I'm not alone in being almost caught up with where it left off a year ago and your excellent diary work has saved me from many schoolboy errors so far.

To all you other steely eyed model men out there stay safe and keep posting.

@BMWiggins;

The Official Builds are stalled for the moment in the UK, as I cannot get Italy to ship the parts. It is not for want of trying!

Mark

I am working on the Terminator T-800... Space Battleship Yamato 2202... 67 Mustang from DeAgostini... the GT40 from DeAgostini... Fab 4 from Yellow Submarine (Polar Lights)and various Bandai kits...

Time permitting, I’m still working on the Porsche 911.

I technically have a few Jag E-Type parts scattered about my desk, but I’m trying to collect a few more upgrades before really kicking things off.

Been spending all my modelling time on the victory ,really enjoying it so far didn't even get bored cutting and lining the gun ports.

Roger that …

Haha I used to “invest” in cars. Owned everything from Benz’s to BMWs to a Saab. The “investments” finally taught me to move to a city with cheap public transit

Then, I grew up and made the “wise” financial decision to shift my car budget to my modeling budget

I guess it’s really no wonder why I’m still single haha. I’m still exactly as financially responsible as I was when I was 15.