How You Got Started And How You Are Passing It On

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

I think Airfix and Tamiya have a lot to answer for!
The model building all stopped when I bought my first Land Rover and discovered the delights of going bush, as well as discovering a hitherto unknown mechanical ability.....
Unfortunatley after my first daughters initial foray into the wilds it was decided that the camping would be on hold for a while and to keep busy I decided to build up a 4x4 truck. The Blitz was the first truck I could remember being able to recognise as a young tacker, so the search was on.
Along the way I found that my desire to "Improve" all my Four Wheel Drives was replaced with the satisfaction of finding and restoring all the missing bits, and that maybe the original designers got a lot of things right.
I find the Pommy vehicles of the '50's era endlessly fascinating, and can't quite get over the fact that I not only bought a Champ, possibly the most maligned military vehicle ever built, but that it was the best thing I have ever done.
Rich.