Ah, yes - that, and going to Vietnam put a damper on model building for a bit. But once I was the prisoner of a traction rig at Camp Camp Pendleton (from an argument that I had with a machine gun) I got a Paashe aircrush from my dad and a 1/72 Bf-109E kit and I was off to the races again..
I always wanted an airbrush, but never got one. They looked wonderful!