3ipmsnz3 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Hi to all at the HMVF. I was sure I had done an intro when I first joined in 2011, but as I'm still getting the warning regarding intros' thought I'd better get it done! I'm a 5th generation Kiwi. Both sides being early settlers in the 1840's and 60's...mother's side from Cornwall and Yorkshire, and dad's side from Luxembourg, so the usual mongrel! My late grandfather was a regular in the NZ Army (a gunner...1912 as a boy until retirement in 1955 as a Captain), and my late father was in the RNZAF from 1940 until his retirement in 1966 as a WO). I'm primarily a scale modeller, but have always had an interest in New Zealand's military history (Land Wars of the 1860's through to current). I usually build aircraft (with a Kiwi connection) in 1:48 scale, and also have a growing collection of military vehicles from WWI to WWII (also with a Kiwi connection) in 1:35th scale. I'm a Life member of IPMS New Zealand, and have been an active member of my local branch here in Auckland since I joined in 1970. After leaving school in 1966, I served an apprenticeship as an automotive electrician, then soon after became a motorcycle mechanic due to my love of motorcycles passed on by both my grandfather and father. I now work in the parts department of one of the larger motorcycle dealerships here in Auckland where I have been for the past 25 years! I joined this forum to help gather details of military vehicles that can help make my builds a bit more accurate. So far, this has helped me enormously due to the depth of knowledge to be found here. I am also member of the Maple Leaf Up forums. Cheers, Peter Mossong. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Welcome in! Maybe you can ease yourself in to 1:1 with a military motorcycle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Welcome in. Have a friend who recently moved back over here from Auckland. Enjoy summer, we poor sods are gearing up for Winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Welcome to another Kiwi. Interested to hear of your WW1 modeling. Preference here is for full size. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ipmsnz3 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Welcome in! Maybe you can ease yourself in to 1:1 with a military motorcycle? Hi Starfire. Been there, done that! My first motorcycle was an Army Indian in 1965..cost me a fiver to purchase, and about the same for a battery to get it running! Used to ride it from Hobsonville to school at Rutherford High in Te Atatu and back. I had it for a year and a half, and the only thing that ever went wrong was when it broke the generator drive chain. Back then it was the coolest bike in the car park :cool2: It had received a quick and nasty coat of red paint splashed over the original OD when I first got it, but I soon stripped this off and the original paint was almost as good as the day it had been applied! Used to run on whatever petrol I could steal from my dad's shed, including 2 stroke mix...even ran it on kero one time! Smoked a bit on both of these, but still ran. Max speed was a governed 60mph. I never got around to playing with the carb to de-restrict it... Traded it with a mate for a 1966 Triumph 500 T100, a genuine 100mph bike (he had lost his licence for a few years), and then many many more since then. Now wish I had kept the old Indian. Cheers, Pete M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ipmsnz3 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Welcome to another Kiwi. Interested to hear of your WW1 modeling. Preference here is for full size. Doug Hi Doug. Currently I have two of the Meng WWI 1:35th kits in my pile to build.. a Mk.I Female to be done as one of the Kiwi support tanks at Flers in 1916, and a Mk.IV Male. I have a growing collection of WWI British troops to build a couple of dioramas, but I'm still looking for some of the opposition troops to man the German forward trenches with. So far, not having much luck with mid war uniformed Bavarians/Saxons etc! :-( I also have a large collection of 1:48 scale aircraft from all sides in the stash.. and a couple of the Wingnut Wings 1:32 scale kits (F2B and DH-9) but they are for Post War Imperial Gift aircraft. Cheers, Pete M. :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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