This is the kit that got away. The one I’ve thought about for years. It would stare at me from the store shelf, tempting me. But I couldn’t seem to pull the trigger on getting it and always regretted it. It won’t get away this time!

Again, lots of changes in my life made a bit of a delay getting here. My girlfriend lived an hour away from me and time was pretty short most of the time. Now that she’s moved in this summer, time is starting to mellow out as I catch up with things and I think I can make this modeling thing work! At least more regularly than I have in the past!

I always liked learning about the kits I put together from what info I could get at the top of the instructions, and I still do. But with the internet, I can really research and read up way beyond what I could have dreamed of in the past!

There are great pictures of all kinds of parts of the plane, training videos made during World War II, documentaries and documented theater use. The kind of resources available to me now as well as potentials for supplies and tools is kind of surprising and overwhelming right now. I think if I wanted, I could find everything I needed to build a specific aircraft number from a specific squadron. Not only the information, but the paint schemes, decals, everything.

I don’t know many people who do scale modeling, but there seem to be a lot online and this new world of interest coming from eastern Europe and Pacific rim countries that manufacture the latest kits and supplies. I’ve never even heard of some of these companies. I’ve been away from the hobby so long.

Well, no more, I’m back!