Intro and Collection (with updates, as of January 2014)

As stated in blog title, I have indulged in this hobby since 1981 when I was 11. I was attracted by my friend's model of a spaceship from a Japanese anime. My first kit was a 1/144 F-14A Tomcat and since then kits have come into and gone out of my collection. Here's my current collection (looks large but I know other modelers who have bigger collection).

1/48 Aircraft models
Yakovlev Yak-9DD (ICM)
Yakovlev Yak-3 (Eduard)
Yakovlev Yak-1b (Accurate Miniatures)
Lavochkin La-7 (Academy)
Polikarpov I-16 Type 18 (Academy) replaced with Eduard I-16 Type 24 'Weekend Edition'
Dewoitine D.520 (Tamiya)
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (Academy) replaced with Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop
North American P-51D Mustang (Tamiya)
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat (Tamiya)
Vought F4U-1D Corsair (Tamiya)
Lockheed P-38L Lightning (Hasegawa)
Mitsubishi A6M5c Zero (Tamiya) replaced with Hasegawa A6M5c Zero
Aichi D3A1 Val (Hasegawa)
Kawasaki Ki-61-I Tony (Hasegawa)
Nakajima Ki-84-I Frank (Tamiya) replaced with Hasegawa Ki-84 Frank '22nd Flight Regiment'
Nakajima Ki-43-I Oscar (Hasegawa)
Kawanishi N1K1-Ja George (Tamiya) replaced with Hasegawa N1K2-J 'Late Production'
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I (Tamiya)
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V (Tamiya)
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb (Hasegawa)
Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib (Hasegawa)
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-3 (Tamiya) replaced with Tamiya Fw 190A-8/A-8 R2
Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 (Tamiya)
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 (Tamiya)
Junkers Ju 87B-2 Stuka (Hasegawa)
Heinkel He 219A-7 Uhu (Tamiya)
Bristol Beaufighter Mk X (Tamiya) given to a friend
de Havilland Mosquito FB.VI (Tamiya)
Mitsubishi Ki-46-III Dinah (Tamiya)
Nakajima J1N1-S Irving (Tamiya) given to a friend
Gloster Meteor MkI (Tamiya)
Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a (Tamiya)

unbuilt stash (all now completed)
Heinkel He 162A-2 Salamander (Tamiya)
Supermarine Spitfire MkXIV (Academy)
Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk (Academy)
Fiat CR.42AS Falco (Classic Airframes)

to be continued....