Okay, just to show how I got back into model making, here are the ones I started with. They must have had a whopping 20-30 pieces in the kits, but the fun was in painting them as weird as I wanted. They are models designed by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. He was a hot rod designer in the late 50's to early 60's. He also did airbrush paintings, that he would sell at the car shows. Revell models asked if he would let them make models of his drawings, and this is what a couple of them were.
I needed to see, can I still paint, can I put together a model kit?? The madness began once again. But one must always have a crazy side........
Ed
Did anyone else here build those tiny 1/72 scale Airfix models in the plastic bags? There were Spitfires and Hurricanes and loads of other WW2 planes hanging in my local Newsagent’s store in little plastic bags with a stapled cardboard flap. Very Low-res, with small parts count, but they were only a couple of dollars each so I built them all. Hideous glue bombs if I’m honest, but I loved them. That’s when the bug bit.
I eventually discovered the “Big Scale” 1/12 Tamiya formula 1 kits and built every one I could get my hands on. That cemented my interest in and preference for large scale car models. I still like other models, especially aircraft, but cars (and bikes) have always been my favorites.