I first started modelling military kits, Airfix being the norm when young, but I never really had the ability to complete the kit to some satisfaction.
When I got older a friend introduced me to his friend John Hubbard, his skill at kit building was impressive, he and his brother Danny had the skills I lacked; patience!
After talking about kit building I purchased a military kit and began set about building it, it's all in the preparation. John also gave me many of tips on cleaning and preparing kits, I progressed on to resin kits and these are outstanding in their own right.
Model railways created another dimension and I introduced railway ideas into John's thinking and he built a large military diarama railway based on a German theme. One preoblem military enthusiasts and railway enthusiasts have is scale, so you need to create perspective within the scene to make it work, however we do have modellers licence on our side - to a point...