Riguardo a me

Nome:: Philip Bunch
Soprannome (Nickname):: Tony Bunch
Nazione:: Stati Uniti d'America
Cittadina:: Lemon Grove, CA
Membro da:: April 1, 2021
Comunità:: scalemates.com (Scale modeling)
papermates.net (Paper modeling)
gundammates.com (Gundam modeling)
railwaymates.com (Train modeling)
diecastmates.com (Diecast models)
rcmates.net (RC modeling)

Hello Fellow Modeler's,
Building scale plastic models has been my longest standing hobby. I truly believe that my father had everything to do with my interest in building models. My dad was an Aerospace Engineer, and the resultant spinoff was a young boy whom loved airplanes. I grew up in the 60's and 70's, so there was a lot going on in the world and in the world of Aviation. Plus, I grew up in a neighborhood 2 miles west of then NAS Miramar, the home of TOP GUN, and aka FIGHTERTOWN, USA. And then there were SHIPS. . . I discovered ships as my second favorite build subject. Once in a while, SHIPS made there way in front of the almighty aeroplane as my favorite subject. Favorite ships . . submarines. I love submarines. Then, as a slow moving, well hindered, ( not too well situated work area ), submarines were quick and easy to build. Last year, I had more than 60 submarine kits; all of them 1/350 or larger. This year?
Faithfully submitted, Tony Bunch

FAVORITES / WANTS
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1/32 AIRCRAFT
a) WWII, THE COLD WAR, VIET NAM ERA
b) I LOVE BIG MODELS
TAMIYA, ZOUKEI MURA, HASEGAWA, REVELL, TRUMPETER

SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
Two Fists High to TRUMPETER for:
Cranking out new kits like NOBODY ELSE EVER HAS
AND - - - - - - - - - - - -
MAKING THE NEWEST KITS FINER THAN PREVIOUS KITS
AND - - - - - - -- - - - -
MAKING NEW KITS TO REPLACE SAME-SAME SUBJECTS ala MIG-29 SERIES BRAVO ZULU!!

SPECIAL INTEREST:
WARBIRDS IN RACING TRIM! ! WARBIRDS IN AIRSHOWS
BEEN TO RENO?
IN A WORD . . AWESOME!!

1/350 SHIPS & SUBS
a) COLD WAR
b) WWII
MUCH TIME WAS SPENT ON IOWA BB PROJECTS
MUCH TIME SPENT ON CHARLES F ADAMS CLASS DDG; DDG-22 USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (MOST OF ALL)
GERMAN WWII SURFACE RAIDERS
U-BOATS

BOX ART! ! !
I HAVE MANY FAVES BY
JACK LEYNWOOD
JOHN STEEL
S. KOIKE
. . . . . TO MENTION A FEW . . . .

SAILING SHIPS! ! !
I'VE BUILT MANY OVER THE YEARS (mostly when I was between 8 and 16 years of age)
I have most certainly been taken by the REVELL and AURORA sailing ships box art. I can't explain this!
There is NO DOUBT that -GOOD- box art can stimulate sales figures!
The 1961 AURORA 1/400 CVAN-65 box art is the cat's meow to me! NOPE, not a sailing ship.
I could go on indefinitely when speaking of box art and the amazing effect on myself.

LASTLY,
I am 63 years old. I have an EVER-CHANGING stash, ( I recently took an interest in 1/35 JGSDF armor FROM GODZILLA MOVIES ) I AM A SELF-PROCLAIMED GODZILLA MOVIE FAN ! !
I'LL HAVE TO LIVE UNTIL THE YEAR 2149 AD to finish everything!
THIS NUMBER WILL NOT BE THE SAME NEXT WEEK!!