From the kid next door, who was about 5 years older than me. I'm not exactly sure when i first tried one of my own, but i remember being maybe 4 years old and watching him build models on the floor of the half finished workroom above their garage. I know I was building my own by age 6.

you'd think i'd be better at it by now - 33 years later...

I have been in the hobby since I was 6--my father and brothers buying and building the kits for me. Now I buy them--work on them in my free time. I do armor, ships, and aircraft--mostly WWII and I am a Civil War Reenactor --not much free time. I think the kits help to keep in touch with the past m