Not been here in an age! ... so it's just like being new!
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:40 pm
Ahh...yes....
I got invovled in some modfying, tried my hand at a scratchbuild...and totally bit off WAY more than I could chew. Got a bit disenchanted and put hte stauff away in a big box and kind of forgot about it. Then I was having a clear out, and uncovered it all.
Charged up the battery...and gave the old Panzer III a workout. Forgot how much fun it actually was.....Then I got around to actually finishing off the paintwork ( had base coated it...but not done anything else) and now it looked good.
Then...on top of all that...I got a new toy. A 3D printer.
That reminded me of the scratch build project I had planned....it reminded me of the things on the Panzer III that were not 'right' like the exhaust I had made, the battery box, the gun mantlet, the decorative 'junk' I wanted to hang on the sides...and I realised that now I had the means to do ALL these things in a way I never could before.
The enthusiasm is back....and I got so many projects, ideas and plans!
I got invovled in some modfying, tried my hand at a scratchbuild...and totally bit off WAY more than I could chew. Got a bit disenchanted and put hte stauff away in a big box and kind of forgot about it. Then I was having a clear out, and uncovered it all.
Charged up the battery...and gave the old Panzer III a workout. Forgot how much fun it actually was.....Then I got around to actually finishing off the paintwork ( had base coated it...but not done anything else) and now it looked good.
Then...on top of all that...I got a new toy. A 3D printer.
That reminded me of the scratch build project I had planned....it reminded me of the things on the Panzer III that were not 'right' like the exhaust I had made, the battery box, the gun mantlet, the decorative 'junk' I wanted to hang on the sides...and I realised that now I had the means to do ALL these things in a way I never could before.
The enthusiasm is back....and I got so many projects, ideas and plans!
Any questions or queries then don't hesitate, there are now quite a few 3d printer fundis on the forum (I'm still learning as I go along and have to rely on advice and assistance from more knowledgeable members quite often). 
Welcome back, and the more the merrier, eh? Tech has moved on so much in the last five years, that there's always something new to try; not just the latest MFUs and transmitters, but loads of add ons and enhancers. Then, there's the potential of the 3-D printer...the potential to become hopelessly immersed in the whole hobby 
thing again