May 5May 5 Hello from the not so sunny part of Northern California!I'm coming back to the hobby after taking the "long pause" when life, school, and then a career took precedent over quiet "me time" building marvelous flying machines.When I came back, I was amazed at how much has changed, and equally at how much has remained the same. I now know what I didn't when I was younger and have been prioritizing time for myself and set aside quiet periods for me to build and learn, learn and build and just generally enjoy a hobby that I always loved. Due to space considerations, I generally build 1/72 aircraft (but really admire the work of those who build the larger scales.)Something that always fascinated me was the idea of actually painting my own markings (at least partially because I don't really like decals, and I like applying them less). Couple that with the fact that I'm frequently drawn to paint schemes that don't really work well as decals, and you can probably do the math. Sooner or later I was going start looking at things like buying a cutting plotter, and toying with actually painting those schemes myself.I have a ton of questions and am hoping to learn from the experience that seems to be gathered here. I am coming to this as basically a blank slate. I haven't purchased any equipment, yet, and hope to gather whatever wisdom I can from those with more experience. I've got a good bit of research under my belt, but don't want to muddy this thread with all that. Hopefully, someone can point me at the right forum to ask such basic questions.Thank you all in advance!
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