Last year was a very good year for me.  Besides a transition from one career (US Navy) to another I was able to expand my hobby of building model aircraft and ships from a solitary function in my basement to a club and network centric hobby.  I am a very active member of my local…

Okay, 2011 was a very good year for me.  Nine Spitfires/Seafires completed!  I’ve got an ambitious 2012 planned as I’ve indicated over on my other blog; but only 5 Spitfires/Seafires are in the mix: CMR Seafire XV Airfix Spitfire Va (new tooling) Airfix Spitfire II LR (new tooling) Airfix Spitfire IXc (new tooling) Sword Spitfire…

This year I kept better track of my builds and which theme(s) they were associated with. I also was able to achieve a few other goals for my hobby: I started a blog of my Spitfire builds; I participated in 2 Group Builds; I completed 9 Spitfires/Seafires; my goal was 10 and I expected to…