I think I'm losing my mind. I'm 50 and I've been out of modeling for a long time. The last model I built was Monogram's Typhoon and not a very good job either when I was 20. By that time however I was already suffering from a form of AMS, I was just buying models. I would go into the Squadron Shop (yes they had walk in hobby stores back in the early and mid 80s) and buy a model a month. I wouldn't put it together, just admire the the plastic details, decals and instructions.
Then I joined the Navy (1984 to 1990). After the Navy it was college at the University of Maryland, 1991 through