[simpits-tech] New Hobby...

[Matt Bailey]

You know there's a "flight sim" for the Airfix planes? :)

I always seem to have the desire to build, but due to space and money
constraints I have to stick with software for the most part (planes and
scenery mostly). But I'm planning on doing an avionics stack if I can
ever locate the right switches, that's a start anyway.

	-Matt Bailey

Roy Coates wrote:
> 
> I must confess to a new hobby.
> 
> I'm in between pits at the moment and missing the 'build buzz' and
> following a comment made by a friend of mine, I picked up a couple of
> models. Yep, you remember them, the Airfix/Academy/Frog/Aliteri type
> things!
> 
> This is great fun, takes me back 30 years to when I used to throw these
> things together as a kid. Of course wih age comes patience and the need to
> 'do it right' which means each kit is a loooong and delicate process (much
> like pit building)
> 
> I've got a few on the go at the moment, a Westland Wessex, a Wasp, a T-38,
> a Chinook, a UH-1, a BAe Lightning and an F4. Hell, more than I thought!
> 
> A trip to the model shop was an eye-opener, things have changed a lot in
> thirty years and I found myself buying strange toys like airbrushes and
> weird acrylic paints.
> 
> Anyway.. my sadness has been confirmed!  The office looks a bit more
> interesting now though.
> 
> Roy.