So I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm 52. I "discovered" the Squadron Shop catalogs as a teenager. I lived and died by that catalog. I even went to one of their stores once outside of Washington, DC. Now they have a killer website. When I recently checked it out I was ALMOST lured...
I built them up until I had kids. Then other priorities took over. I was mainly into 1/72 scale armor and aircraft. Dioramas. I still have some of my best put up "somewhere" in the basement. I did a REAL nice M1 but my wife dropped a huge book on it and destroyed it. I think she may have...