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C Marques de Sá (markit)
PT

About me

Name:
C Marques de Sá
Nickname:
markit
Country:
PT Portugal
Town:
Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
Member since:
July 8, 2016
Communities:
scalemates.com (Scale modeling)
papermates.net (Paper modeling)
gundammates.com (Gundam modeling)
railwaymates.com (Train modeling)
diecastmates.com (Diecast models)
rcmates.net (RC modeling)
Hello,
I am a basic modeller and kit collector.
I apreciate contacts on modelling subjects, as long as not of a competitive kind because I do not enter competitions. I apreciate help on the history of the models I have, history of plastic modelling, tips and tricks to make models better.
I model for the fun and pleasure of the hobby, I do not have the time or the skills to take my hobby to a "professional" level.
My favourite topics are:
Soviet armour, especially pre-1950;
Warsaw Pact armies, especially the NVA of the DDR;
Revolutionary political figures and thematic;
Sailing Ships, specially Portuguese;
Soviet aviation;
Portuguese aviation;
Civil thematic;
Space thematic.
Feel free to contact, specially if you are interested in the same topics as I am.
I consider time (the lack of) and the vicissitudes of life to have been my worst enemies in model building.
I wish I had a better grasp, specially at painting.
I have been modelling since I was a kid, from about 6 years old, to about 13, then I stopped, then I started again at 18-19, then I stoped at about 26, then I started again at 31, but allways (specially in the last two periods) with very little time to make models, due to studying and working.
So I never got to a great perfection of modeling techniques.
I lost most of my models from childhood. I still have a small cardboard box with some damaged models, and another one with finished models from my second period (some with a few damage like lost or broken machine guns).
When I was a kid I did mainly (Heller, Revell) sailing ships (with the help of my father) and also a couple of cars, a T34 tank (1:48 Bandai), a stuka airplane (Roco) and small figures (1:72 Airfix?). Latter, in my second period, I did mainly 1:76 german armour, and some from Soviet Union, UK and USA. I also did 1:35 models, one of them I never got to finish (because I believe I lost the parts when I changed home). Latter I traded my german armour boxed collection for other models, mainly of Soviet Union topic. In more recent times I chose models more carefully and would like to see more models of civilian subjects.
I wish I had the models from my childhood in my collection, and so some of them I am puting on my wish-list, as I remember which ones they are... (for example Airfix Sahara Fort, Bandai T34, Sagres II, Bounty, etc.).
I like old models of obscure brands and find most of big brand modern catalogs a bit boring... although I recognise the very high quality of some of the recent models.

Activities

Modeling clubs

I'm not a member of a scale modeling club.

Favorite webzines

Armorama
Armorama
GB
Missing-Lynx
Missing-Lynx
GB
Cybermodeler
Cybermodeler
US
Modelingmadness
Modelingmadness
US
Plastic Soldier Review
Plastic Soldier Review
US

Scale modeling forums

Armorama
Armorama
GB
Modelingmadness
Modelingmadness
US

Scale modeling magazines

FineScale Modeler
Military Modelling

Scale modeling shops

No particular shops are on my favorite list

Paint ranges

I use following paints on a regular basis:

Model Master
Vallejo
Humbrol
Revell Color
Revell Aqua Color
Tamiya
Winsor & Newton
Testors
Acrilex Acrylic
Vallejo Model Air
Acrilex Metal Colors

Favorite scales

1:48
1:72
1:87
1:144
1:160

Interests

Humans

Soviet soldiers (Cold War) Humans » (Contemporary) | SU 1970–1991

Soviet soldiers (WW2) Humans » (World War II) | SU 1939–1945

Soviet soldiers (WW2), Air Force Humans » (World War II) | SU 1939–1945

Infrastructure

Railway Infrastructure » Transport | * 1804–Now

Missiles

Soviet rocket launcher Missiles » Surface-to-Surface missiles | SU 1941–1945

Science Fiction

Mikoyan MiG-31 Firefox Science Fiction » Other | SU No range

Ships

Helicopter carrier Moskva-class Project 1123 Kondor Ships » Aircraft carriers | SU 1967–1996

Sailing ships Ships » Sailing ships | * No range

Space

Soviet Cosmonaut Space » Space | SU No range

Soviet Luna program Space » Space | SU 1958–1976

Soviet Moon Rocket N-1 Space » Space | SU 1967

Trains

Soviet armored train Trains » Rail cars | SU 1939–1945

Vehicles

Iosif Stalin tank JS/JSU Vehicles » Tanks | SU 1943–1975

Kliment Voroshilov tank (KV) Vehicles » Tanks | SU 1939–1945

Komintern T-12 Vehicles » Utility | SU 1930–1941

T-34 Vehicles » Tanks | SU 1939–1995

T-72 T-90 Vehicles » Tanks | SU 1972–Now

Contact

My next events

I currently have nothing in my agenda.

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Following

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