Recently, however, I went with a friend to a plastic model expo in Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ, hosted by the local modellers club. Everything from cars to armour to planes to scifi was there, and it got me a little excited again. I've built non wargaming plastic models before, but few and far between since I was a kid.
It dawned on me that I could get back into a hobby with modelling and painting without having to go outside and interact with other humans! Sounded great to me!
So I picked myself up a couple of cheap kits, and have finished one so far--a Revell Mustang P51B. I also found an $8 Sopwith Camel (which I only know of from a PC game of the same name in the 80s) and have built that up but not painted it yet.
My interests aren't just in planes--I love cars, armour, and scifi as well, so will try and pick up more kits as the budget allows. It could well be that this gives me some motivation to paint up some minis too because I still have some Warmaster Undead and 6mm Plasmablast minis I need to finish.
Do you built plastic model kits as well as wargaming models? I'd love to hear more.
I can't leave you fine folk without some pictures, so here are some shots of the finished Mustang. These are brush painted, but I'm going to start airbrushing some kits too, so we'll see how that turns out.
