Hello,
It all started with the youthful introduction to Airfix kits then followed by Tamiya. Things really went down hill when I visited a tank yard somewhere in the Northwest of England to look at a Matilda mk1 that was being restored from a range target. Just as I was leaving I was given a track link from the vehicle, it may have well been the black spot!
After that there followed Saturdays helping in the restoration with a picture on the front of WHEELS & TRACKS, well inside the turret moving it and the gun. The decline got worse with a Ferret, Windsor carriers, Chenillette Lorraine and an RBY. Thankfully with an interest in lunatic asylums and certified institutions things are looking better.
Mark