Reviews - Leo Lee's Reviews
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I started to build models when I was 9. That was 34 years ago.
When I was a kid, my old man ran a small plastic factory. I was fascinated by what the engineers were doing, and that something can be created this way. Modelling gave me satisfaction and that seemed like what I would be working on when I grew up.
Unfortunately my old man went out of business when I was a teenager. But modelling was still my favorite hobby.
When I was preparing for college I took a long BREAK. Something like 10 years. During this period my younger brother took up my position as the one who made a mess of my home.
After college and some working years, one day I watch what my brother was doing, I was fascinating agian: the quality of the model my brother was building was UNIMAGINABLE in my childhood.
That was the time when DML launched its AFV. Then I start building models for another 5 years.
Then as my job became more demanding, and I got married, and I found another hobby: building computers. I became an occassional modeller. Only 1 or 2 kits a year.
This year, during the SARS period, I stayed at home most of the time. I surfed the web and found many model-related web-site.
That was when I REDISCOVERED modelling.
Now I am working hard to rebuild my collection. Basically I am now concentrated on British armour, and some US ones.
My current projects are:
Matilda 80% finished
M3 Grant 80% finished
M3 Struat 95% finished
Valentine Tank 70%
LVTA1 40%
Cromwell Tank 5%
Achilles 2%
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| Kit name / Book title | Company | Date |
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| 1 | The Modeler's Guide to the Tiger Tank | Ampersand Publishing | Mar 10, 2004 |
| 2 | 17 Pdr gun w/brass muzzle brake | Barrel Depot | Aug 24, 2003 |
| 3 | LVT-(A)1 Alligator | Italeri | Aug 28, 2003 |
| 4 | LVT (A) 4 | Italeri | Sep 12, 2003 |
| 5 | LVT (A) 1 upgrade set for Iteleri | Verlinden | Aug 29, 2003 |
| 6 | Challenger 2 Update Set (Op Telic) | Accurate Armour | Sep 22, 2003 |
| 7 | Late European SAS Jeep - Conversion for Tamiya Kit | Calibre 35 | Nov 5, 2003 |
| 8 | IDF Puma APC (Full Kit) | Legend | Oct 22, 2003 |
| 9 | 8.8cm Pak43/41 Anti-tank Gun | AFV Club | Dec 4, 2003 |
| 10 | T-34/76 Mod. 1940 | Dragon Models Ltd. | Dec 7, 2003 |
| 11 | Sd.Kfz.165 Hummel (Early Version) | Dragon Models Ltd. | Dec 21, 2003 |
| 12 | Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf.C Half Track | Dragon Models Ltd. | Jan 9, 2004 |
| 13 | T-34 mod 1940/41 (PE Upgrade) | Gum Ka | Aug 23, 2004 |
| 14 | T-34 Burnt Out Wheels | MIG Productions Factory | Sep 9, 2004 |
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