I have been building scale models since 1965. I have added a new page to my website that chronicles the builds as I go along. I enjoy doing a lot of scratch building to produce finished models that as accurately as possible, achieve as detailed example of the actual aircraft. I do not use much, if at all, in the way of aftermarket resin as I prefer to do the work myself rather than use someone else's work.  I love to take older kits from the 1970's and rebuild them. Current kits can run several hundred dollars but the old Revell kits can be had for less than $40. Add maybe $10 worth of scratch building and I can build a model that is the equal and often better than the very finest kits available today. I prefer to work in 1/32 scale as the size of the model makes a such high level of detail possible. Many modelers I know will have several kits in progress at the same time. I prefer to pick one kit and concentrate on it only until it is finally completed.