[chiefs70]

How where you introduced to diecast models?
I was at Target when they had the Matchbox line on clearance. I bought the Gentile P-51 and over the next few weeks I picked up the Aleutians P-40 and Minsi Hellcat. A few months later I picked up a FOV King Tiger and started looking on Ebay and online for me. The floodgates were ope

Did the collecting bug take right away?
It took a few months for it to really kick in for me.

What elements of this hobby, or hobbies in general, make you want to be collector versus being the owner of say two examples.
Specific to this hobby the history is the driver for me. I like to collect aircraft and vehicles of significant personalities or events and pair them up with signatures, art and books. In some cases, it is an aircraft I am particularly fond of and I'll buy most examples they release.

Submit up to three model suggestions.

I would recommend - if like me they are primarily a WWII oriented collector - a Dragon P-51D (arguably the best mold of this aircraft in this scale - fiddly bits aside) - a Corgi B-25 (my favorite Corgi mold - this model is large enough to draw the eye but not as space consuming as the heavies) Gemini Aces Bf-109F (the only "F" available in 1/72 GA has made an excellent model of what I consider to be the most visually appealing 109).