Having started in this hobby at the ripe old age of 12 albeit after failing at model flying, (gliders no problem but put an engine in it, hopeless) now being in my late 50's you could say i've been around a while. Having been secretary of a large club for quite a few years and organising quite a few shows and events you could say i'm quite involved but my main interest is in promoting the hobby. When you look around the clubs you see very few younger people, by younger these days i mean under 65. This cannot be good for the hobby as a whole so my main interest is in promoting what we do to the wider public. Trying to show it can be interesting and enjoyable. When i lived in the southeast i was attending more than 20 shows and open days a year. Since moving to the west country that has dropped off because there seems much less activity in the area but i am still attending as many as possible. So if you have an event let me know i will do my best to make it.
Having large clumsy hands and no longer the best eyesight i have started specialising in larger scale models. My current active scales are 1/16, 1/24 and 1/32 which can give some good size boats but with plenty of sensible size details. My main interest is warships but i do not limit myself to them having a number of non warship models.