SPA Modeler

...at my grandparents' cellar. Date likely late 70s - early 80s

That looks about right for that era!

Wow, that's awesome that you have a photo of that!

That's much nicer than I had for most of my teen years. Usually it was over a layer of newspapers on a portion of the kitchen table or my bedroom floor for a few hours. Although I did have a dedicated shelf in my bedroom for awhile as well. When my mom got a new sewing machine later on, I was able to take over the cabinet from her old one, and that was my first dedicated build and paint area. But I only had that for a year or so until I left for the Army.

During the summer months, my sister - yes, she caught the bug as I did; we used to build models on the front porch or on the floor with newspapers for drop cloth.

She mostly did car kits - one was that big 1/8 (?) scale Orange Corvette kit by Monogram.

A week or so ago we were texting talking about models we’ve done in our youth years. I brought up that big Corvette kit and instantly remembers it. She told me it was her all-time favorite kit and still is to this day. One of these days, I want to surprise her with another.

I’ve already bought her (she doesn’t know yet) a Tom Daniels Design kit called Jinx Express (formally Fast Buck) I’ve been looking for the decals of Fast Buck. I’m saving it for a time when we both each can work on a model kit together just as we ve done as kids. I’ve already have the Paddy Wagon kit I want to do with her.

Thats some good stuff there! Nice that you can potentially relive those times again.