Modeling in General
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StukeSowle

Member Since: November 08, 2002
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 02:34 AM UTC
Recently married, so I really only have spare time for the hobby of modeling. But I do sneak in on-line gaming when I can. Mostly Medal of Honor, and Halo.
sarge

Member Since: April 20, 2003
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 03:03 AM UTC
when i aint at work i try to spend an hour or two in the gym plus i love goin fishing and also trying to restore a 1991 kawasaki zxr 750 so i think i need to spend less time driving a taxi :-)
MadMeex

Member Since: August 07, 2002
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 03:11 AM UTC
Let's see, in no particular order:
* Advanced Squad Leader. Play it as much as I can, it serves as fantastic inspiration for dioramas (BlueBear, drop me a PM and I'll tell you about VASL. Never need to be without ASL again)
* Racquetball. To keep the heart ticking, so that I can build more models and play more ASL.
* Reading. Military history, and sci-fi/fantasy.
* Plan dioramas. I have so many more ideas than I have time to build, I still enjoy laying out the elements and composing the scenes.
I'll exclude real life from the hobby list, since everything really revolves around wife, kids, house, etc.
Mika
* Advanced Squad Leader. Play it as much as I can, it serves as fantastic inspiration for dioramas (BlueBear, drop me a PM and I'll tell you about VASL. Never need to be without ASL again)
* Racquetball. To keep the heart ticking, so that I can build more models and play more ASL.
* Reading. Military history, and sci-fi/fantasy.
* Plan dioramas. I have so many more ideas than I have time to build, I still enjoy laying out the elements and composing the scenes.
I'll exclude real life from the hobby list, since everything really revolves around wife, kids, house, etc.
Mika
SFC_StJohn

Member Since: January 03, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 03:18 AM UTC
GOLF, GOLF, GOLF, GOLF, GOLF and every once in a while I'll play a little GOLF!!
Babva

Member Since: December 12, 2003
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 03:40 AM UTC
My other hobby is my salt water reef aquarium.I collect and propagate both... hard and soft corals.
I also do some metal detecting on the weekends ... now and then.
I also do some metal detecting on the weekends ... now and then.
ex-royal

Member Since: May 03, 2003
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 03:43 AM UTC
I collect FSSF and 1Can Para WWII equipment, uniforms etc. I cant seem to get enough. I just started collecting Deactivated weapons as well. I think I might need a second and maybe a third job. My website takes up alot of my spare time as well, but a well worthwhile project I think.
cheers,
Bryan
cheers,
Bryan
m38

Member Since: March 05, 2003
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 04:29 AM UTC
I also am doing a frame-off restorataion on a 1952 M38 Army Jeep. I have been working on it for 3 years and have about another year to go.
Greg
Greg
Copper

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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 05:29 AM UTC
Hmmm other hobbies, well my first is my wife and daughter, then our 10 golden retrievers that we show and breed ( no smart comments about the breeding part) blackpoolkennls.com , then wargaming, two horses, and keeping our 30 acres up to snuff 
Darryl

Darryl
TankCarl

Member Since: May 10, 2002
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 05:29 AM UTC
I also like N scale model RRing .It is small enough so there is room for the models.
Also i like to sim fly,and real fly with a friend of mine (he has a license).
I take photographs of bands,got to love the power and showmanship.
Also i like to sim fly,and real fly with a friend of mine (he has a license).
I take photographs of bands,got to love the power and showmanship.
Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 06:19 AM UTC
Mine is reading and collector oficial documents relation to military history. being a historian this all links in really.Currently my book collection stands at 270 and growing while my magazines go even further. about 12 years of mil mod, for example.
LemonJello

Member Since: January 29, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 07:31 AM UTC
Other hobbies...I'm a CivIII addict on the PC, along with a few other strategy games for the PC. I used to collect comics, but modelling has taken that allowance over. I have a wife, son and 2 daughters that I try to spend the majority of my time with, and I enjoy reading military fiction and history, and sci-fi (Star Wars).
Marty

Member Since: June 16, 2002
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 07:38 AM UTC
I have got four other hobbies:
- Daughter
- Wife
- Mortgage
- Cat
In no particular order #:-)
- Daughter
- Wife
- Mortgage
- Cat
In no particular order #:-)
Cactus911

Member Since: October 14, 2002
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 08:30 AM UTC
Finishing my dissertation seems to be becoming both my work and my hobby at the expense of making models.
I was surprised to see someone else likes to grow cacti. I've also managed to propogate a few from seeds. Lots of sunshine in NC with a southern facing window.
I run and spend the rest of my time doing fun things with the wife. I know I've married right as she's financed a widescreen TV and become a rabid Duke basketball fan. What could be better?
I actually got back into making models so that I would be in proximity to her when we were doing stuff for fun instead of being the computer room!
Stephen
I was surprised to see someone else likes to grow cacti. I've also managed to propogate a few from seeds. Lots of sunshine in NC with a southern facing window.
I run and spend the rest of my time doing fun things with the wife. I know I've married right as she's financed a widescreen TV and become a rabid Duke basketball fan. What could be better?
I actually got back into making models so that I would be in proximity to her when we were doing stuff for fun instead of being the computer room!
Stephen
yagdpanzer

Member Since: August 21, 2002
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 09:35 AM UTC
Other Hobbies? Lemme see.....
1. Collected Military firearms....Rifle and pistol
2. Handgun compitition...IPSC... Race guns
3. Reloading Ammo...3 progressive presses and 2 single stations
4. Bullet casting....Handgun (turned this into a money maker by selling to other handgunners)
5. Sci-Fi
6. Photography, still got my old Nikon F's I used at Pacific Stars and Stripes in the early 60's.
1. Collected Military firearms....Rifle and pistol
2. Handgun compitition...IPSC... Race guns
3. Reloading Ammo...3 progressive presses and 2 single stations
4. Bullet casting....Handgun (turned this into a money maker by selling to other handgunners)
5. Sci-Fi
6. Photography, still got my old Nikon F's I used at Pacific Stars and Stripes in the early 60's.
BuckGully

Member Since: January 26, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 11:16 AM UTC
I also do airsoft. I've got a few guns and a couple more on order, along with an ever increasing pile of related gear, including LBV's, webbing, helmets, different kinds of BDUs, etc. My most recent gun purchase was a Marui Thompson M1A1, which has had the side effect of making me want to get a full WW II rig going.
Video games are another one of my hobbies. Lately it's been a return to Diablo II.
I also play hockey. I'd been playing pick up games with friends, but next month I'm joining a leauge.
Video games are another one of my hobbies. Lately it's been a return to Diablo II.
I also play hockey. I'd been playing pick up games with friends, but next month I'm joining a leauge.
HastyP

Member Since: April 23, 2003
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 03:02 PM UTC
I am an avid Hockey player. I love video games such as Call of Duty and NHL 2004. I also play guitar and read a lot.
HastyP
HastyP
Armour66

Member Since: April 21, 2002
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 07:44 PM UTC
Well let's see. If the work week is light and I am not working hard on a model, I research and read about Egypt and archeology. I have a Masters in Egypology, and for the past 4 years I have been working on and off on my Ph.D (It is taking forever). I also collect artifacts from the middle east, primarily Egypt.
sgtreef

Member Since: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004 - 10:30 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextArrowheads or points as they are known to most!
Also fossils Mammoth, Mastodon, Early Bison ,Early Permian stuff, Trilobites if they can be found!
Plants fossil kinds, and Minerals from the Tristate area!
come over here, theres loads of em,
my dad was a coal miner (before adolf thatcher) and the pit he used to work in was very deep, most of it qwas 1100m down, and they used to find fossils all the time, plus many of the upland areas are full of them!
my other hobbies are music, playing bass guitar, my girlfriend and driving.
cheers
joe
Would not mind as I have somebody I talk to That I would not mind visiting across the Pond.
But would have to find out the laws first!!
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My other hobby is my salt water reef aquarium.I collect and propagate both... hard and soft corals.
I also have done this I know the work involved is over whelming send some photos and I will send some back at you!!
Katyusha

Member Since: January 02, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 10:26 AM UTC
Well, since I am fairly new to this hobby, this wouldnt be considered a secondary hobby but more as a primary hobby. I'm a reenactor and I have been reenacting sice I was 1yrs old i think it was. Here is a picture of me in my razvedchik cammo with my ppsh-41.
This picutre was taken at Bedfordskiya (actually Bedford PA. )
I also play music.
I play computer games, but because I only get the opportunity once in a blue moon during the school year, I guess you cant call it a hobby.
I started modeling a little less than a year ago...so you can call be a newbe to this hobby.
X8-)
-Katyusha-
-Katyusha-
This picutre was taken at Bedfordskiya (actually Bedford PA. )
I also play music.
I play computer games, but because I only get the opportunity once in a blue moon during the school year, I guess you cant call it a hobby.
I started modeling a little less than a year ago...so you can call be a newbe to this hobby.
X8-)
-Katyusha-
-Katyusha-
Captain94

Member Since: October 06, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 02:33 PM UTC
Where to start? Ok....in order of my multiple insanities:
1. snowshoeing
2. GPS cross country navigation (not orienteering)
3. golf
4. baseball
5.mountain biking
6. fly fishing for the Wiley Sierra trout
7.reading cheesy detective novels
Oh, yeah that's about enough, don't ya think!
I do manage to fit in work, family and most times playing w/ plastic
1. snowshoeing
2. GPS cross country navigation (not orienteering)
3. golf
4. baseball
5.mountain biking
6. fly fishing for the Wiley Sierra trout
7.reading cheesy detective novels
Oh, yeah that's about enough, don't ya think!
I do manage to fit in work, family and most times playing w/ plastic
povolo

Member Since: June 16, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 11:12 PM UTC
What my hobbies are beside modelling.
Riding the bicycle on the road in the summer, MTB in the winter.
Further I tr y to play the electric guitar, so i be able to play the blues.
Then when there is time enough. I try to put 48 hours into 24 hours.
Marc.
Riding the bicycle on the road in the summer, MTB in the winter.
Further I tr y to play the electric guitar, so i be able to play the blues.
Then when there is time enough. I try to put 48 hours into 24 hours.
Marc.
blank

Member Since: August 28, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 01:40 AM UTC
Aside from modelling, I play computer games... in fact that's what I did before I got into this hobby.... I'd play computer games all day, every day! Now, my modelling has severely curtailed my gaming, both directly (time spent building) and indirectly (time spent on the Internet posting, looking for things, etc)....
I also wanted to try some airsoft, but it's incredibly expensive (especially for a high-schooler like me) - it makes modelling look cheap! The price of the guns and equipment scared me away from it.... I have some friends that play lots of airsoft and build Gundams (among the most expensive models out there!) on the side - I have no idea how they pay for it all.... them guns sure look nifty though!
I also wanted to try some airsoft, but it's incredibly expensive (especially for a high-schooler like me) - it makes modelling look cheap! The price of the guns and equipment scared me away from it.... I have some friends that play lots of airsoft and build Gundams (among the most expensive models out there!) on the side - I have no idea how they pay for it all.... them guns sure look nifty though!
Paul

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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 04:16 AM UTC
My other hobbies: BMX, Mountain Biking, playing video games, and listening to my music #:-)
Alky

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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 04:54 AM UTC
In no particular order: collecting Franklin Mint bikes, riding&wrenching my real bikes, collecting& shooting my hand cannons, loading my own ammo, tools, military books of all kinds,music, SOCOM and SOCOM II video games. Too much going on and not enough time for it all.
Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 05:29 AM UTC
Playing football (as in American Football). Actually had a game today, which we won... Reading (both novels, and history books), and computer games, both Total War series and strategy/operational games.
None of the hoobies (and tihs includes modelbuilding) has had any time allocated over the past two weeks, as I have been swamped by assignments for my study. Spare time certainly available will be in 4 weeks...
None of the hoobies (and tihs includes modelbuilding) has had any time allocated over the past two weeks, as I have been swamped by assignments for my study. Spare time certainly available will be in 4 weeks...
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