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The Average Modeller Blog was started in early 2017 while I struggled through a build review of the Diopark Mercedes for Darren at Armorama, it has enabled me to express my thoughts feelings and frustrations about a hobby I love and for being in my opinion an average modeller. To some, modelling comes naturally and others see it as some kind of expressive art form, there are those that do it for a living and those who use it to relax, me I find it a frustrating distraction from the normalities of life that has me smiling and banging my head against the wall in equal measure. Modelling for me is a bit of a journey, travelling through the battles and frustrations that I go through just to find the time and inspiration to get myself to the workbench, my annoyance at the limited opportunities to be consistent in a hobby where practice definitely makes perfect most of which are of my own doing. So this blog just represents me, my modelling thoughts and feelings and just striving hard to express myself in an amazing hobby full of fantastic modellers and maybe one day I will be a bit more than just an average modeller.

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I am 53 years old and have been modelling since the autumn of 2002 when after a random nip into a local model shop on my way to work I purchased the old Tamiya Sd.kfz 223. I shared the build and paint job with my Stepdad Adrian where we made the fatal mistake of hand paining it before we finished the assembly and we ended up with a bit of a glue covered painted mess. Many lessons have been learned since then and of course I would like to say much progress has been made too but then that would be stretching the truth somewhat. When not involved in any modelling stuff I like to spend my time pottering around the garden, spending time with the long-suffering Wife and partner in crime Kerry her children and our 2 lovely Grandaughters, listening to music, getting stressed at my football teams’ inabilities and procrastinating about just about everything else plus I have a deep and long affection for anything Star Wars, oh! yes and work of course where I am Site Manager at a large primary school. (October 2024)

Knowledge definitely is king

As I sit writing this having just finished my builds for the club stand at Scale Model World and having sat for what has seemed like hours over the last 3 days trying to get them over the finish line it has made me think that although I started modelling back in the early nineties … Continue reading Knowledge definitely is king →

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