What are your other hobbies?

[Pheonix]

Are any of these cars for sale? The only other hobby I have is building muskets, both rifles and pistols. I got into this hobby while stationed on Midway Islands. I had to have something to do other than watching Gooney birds all. I also play a little golf when I can. Not much hand grip now.

[TiredIronGRB]

I also build classic cars and off-road vehicles...

[TiredIronGRB]

I restore Military vehicles...checkout my webpage http://tired-iron.mounet.com

[F106DeltaDart]

I enjoy scale modeling, flying helicopters (full-scale and RC), woodcrafts, painting/drawing, video games, and O scale model railroading. Reading is also a major hobby mostly historical books and Star Wars books. I was a huge fan of the expanded universe before it was discontinued by Disney. I can only hope that the new movies result in just as many good stories as the books that sprung from the originals.

[Aros]

Nice talent there yorkiepap!

[Aros]

I'm a cigar and red wine kind of guy myself...Although I do love a very good scotch or whiskey with a good cigar as well.

[yorkiepap]

I enjoy making crafts in my welding/machine/fab shop. Retirement has given much more time to simply work at my own leisurely pace along with flying.

Denny

[weedsnager]

Woodworking, golf, hockey, fishing, hunting, steel target shooting, mountain biking, cigars, wiskey, craft beer

[Randol]

Motorcycles, riding on the street and dirt. And building, repairing, modifying motorcycles.
Guns
Home repair, improvement
Cars, of course

My first car was a '65 Corvair Monza 140 with 4 carbs.

[Loneflier]

This is a great addition to the Hobby Squawk forum. I enjoyed reading the responses to all the entries in the Lounge. My main hobby is of course RC planes, but I also enjoy cycling, reading, especially westerns, grilling, and cars. I've had several nice classic cars, including a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T with the 440, but currently the only classic I have is a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza coupe with the manual 4 speed. Wide variation between those two I know. Both fun cars to drive in different ways.

[Aros]

Aros! UFO's?!!! Don't get me started! They are here...always have been. Doc

Preachin' to the choir Doc! :D

[doctormike]

Aros! UFO's?!!! Don't get me started! They are here...always have been. Doc

[farmflyer]

Ah yes the narrow gauge from Durango to Silverton Colorado been there many times I had kin folk that lived in Durango. My Dad worked for the Fort Worth and Denver railroad which later became part of the Burlington Northern railroad from 1951 until he retired in 1992. I worked for the same from 1981 till 1990.

[Aros]

I burn the midnight oil as lead singer in a rock cover band. We have the quintessential band name: Mid Life Crisis. LOL...

I love flying my FSX flight simulator, playing War Thunder and other high-graphics WWI/WWII dogfighting games. Huge Seattle Seahawks fan (proudly an original 12th Man since 1976. I love it when people call me a bandwagon fan, assuming I just hopped on the bandwagon after winning the Super Bowl! HA!) and used to run a forum community for Seahawks fans.

Love to read. Both fiction and non-fiction but I gravitate toward non-fiction topics of interest. My alter ego is Fox Mulder...I am captivated by the mysterious and always on a quest for the Truth. The paranormal and UFOs (hey if if flies I am into it) have been a major intrigue to me for most of my life. Even have had my share of bona-fide "WTF??" sightings over the years. But I guess that's a whole other thread!

[Prowler901]

Thanks, Alpha!

There are a few train simulators. I use one called Trainz. I'm a huge Colorado Narrow Gauge steam fan. So, I modeled a whole bunch of steam locos and rolling stock for it. I've been working on the live steam loco for about three years now. It's one of those "slow and steady wins the race" projects. :) One part at a time. But, I've wanted to build one since I was very young. So, it is an exciting project for me.

[Alpha]

Another axe thrasher, welcome, Prowler901!

I didn't know there were train simulators? A 3/4" scale live steam loco sounds like quite a project. Steam is such a captivating means of transportation. Burn something, boil something, push the resulting steam through something, then something moves. Genius.

[Prowler901]

Howdy folks. Been hanging around here for a couple months. Thought this thread would be a good place to introduce myself. Besides the RC airplanes, I've also done a lot of plastic models of aircraft, cars, and ships. Ive dabbled in wooden ship models. My Dad and I have done a lot of model railroading. And, now I'm in the process of building a 3/4" scale live steam locomotive. I like flight simulators, space simulators, and train simulators. I also enjoy practicing guitar. Mostly heavy metal. The older original stuff from the 70's and 80's.

[PappaBear]

I find all these posts very interesting. Its nice to hear what other people do apart from build and fly model aircraft. I have visited one or two WW2 aircraft crash sights in the UK over the years, I have some photos some where. If I ever come across them I will post them here. I love to visit old abandoned airfields, I find them so interesting. I try to imagine what it would have been like when they were a hive of activity. The people that worked there, and the aircraft that operated from them.

I will visit aircraft museums, and have been to many both here in the US and in the UK before I moved here. Airshows of course, that really goes without saying. Although it has been awhile since I have been to one.

Other non aviation things I enjoy. I like to visit old buildings and monuments. I marvel at the structure and the way things have been constructed. Some of the old churches in England for example are hundreds of years old. Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. Why did they drag those huge stone blocks over 100 miles to build a stone structure in the middle of a field. I often wonder how on earth one would move a 50 ton block of stone up and down hills over 1000 years ago. Amazing really.

Anyway, thats some of the things I like to do when I get time. As well as this I love to sped time with my wife and family too.

Martin.

[StormyDog1962]

I've been two dimensional for years as I played lots of Golf and would spend 8-10 hours pretty much every weekend at the field flying. Having recently moved to South Carolina I plan on taking up Kayaking and spending time at the beaches of Hilton Head and getting a new RC Club started closer to me as the 2 existing ones are nearly an hour away. I enjoy building planes from kits and have a dream project of the Balsa USA Fokker DR1 1/3 Scale and I do enjoy plastic modeling.

[doctormike]

I am pretty much consumed with RC building and flying. I still play blues (guitar, bass, and blues harp) now and then. Sailing. Camping in the mountans. Gardening. Water color painting and sculpture. Eating Santa Fe's green chili chicken enchilada's and draft ale! That's all...Doc.