Finished a summer project yesterday!

[madmikeb]

I used do these projects in the Maine winters when I'm stuck inside but now that I'm in Arizona they are summer projects for the 100+ degree days when I don't want to be outside all day!

I used to really enjoy building models when I was a kid, got away from it as a working man but now that I'm retired I can waste time on frivolous things again. I picked this kit up 2-3 years ago and finally got around to building it. It's a Pocher 1/4 scale kit of just about 1000 pieces, a lot of it is metal. I would guess the finished weight is somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 lbs. Worked on it for about a month a couple hours here and a couple hours there. Pretty pleased with the outcome.

 

[Rustyt1953]

You have a steady hand. Well done.

 

[madmikeb]

Sometimes the eyesight was more of an issue then the steady hands!

 

[hsguy]

Beautiful! I built a Pocher kit of an Alfa Romeo many years ago, it was a challenge.

 

[Onomea]

Hey, that looks great! Well done!

 

[Rudi]

Looks like a real one.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

During WW2 the airplane model kits never had Balsa wood so were made out of pine. A real challenge for a 12YO kid. Besides the glue that came with the kit soon gave up the ghost and the model soon became a kit again

 

[SweetMK]

I built DOZENS of models in the 1950's,, all cars,,
I remember bike kits, but never picked one up.

After college,, and going to work to earn enough $$$$ to finance my hobbies,, I turned to metal working,

I love to weld, woodsplitters, trailers, attachments for my tractors,,

Even my shed is welded together,, from surplus and other steel that was not used for its original purpose,,

The shed,,

A tractor attachment,,

It is called a landplane,,

Anything that keeps you off the sofa is a GREAT project,,

 

[squirrelnest]

That bike looks great....well done!

 

[soFlaNative]

Nice work.
Gave me flashbacks of soaking then trying to slide decals into position.