Unfinished Business

It's exciting to see progress even if it's just 5 parts coming together over the course of 2 evenings. I was able to get the second (and final) gable dormer assembled and placed on the mine roof. For whatever reason, I put this on long term hold while I worked on other projects. I usually do things like that when I am faced with a challenging bit of construction, or when I don't know how to proceed. In this case, I think I just really didn't feel like fighting with geometry!

Whatever my reasons were, now that I have this part behind me, I know that shelving the project was foolish. It looks good in my opinion, and even if it isn't as perfect as I would like it to be, it looks better than an unfinished structure.

I guess my point in all this rambling is that while your models might have some flaws, finishing them is more important and rewarding than having a shelf full of unfinished or even worse, unstarted kits.

Go build something awesome.

Summer blues

Yesterday I was able to sit down and glue 6 boards onto a piece of cardboard. I know this sounds like a lot of work, and many of you are thinking that I should slow down before I burn out, but I am committed to push forward! (Maybe I should just be committed?) Summer is a terrible time for modeling for me. There never seems to be an end to the list of things that need attention outside, and I'm not a happy guy when I am sweating all over everything. Last night though, those 6 boards meant a lot. We're having a weird cool spell in Pennsylvania, where it is dropping to below 60 at night, and something about the weather cooling down gets me excited. Most people are losing their minds waiting for the NFL season to start, and I could care less. MODELING SEASON is coming up, as well as The holiest of holies in Pennsylvania, HUNTING season. Yes, kids get off of school on the first day of buck season here. I think it's more practical than anything, because hardly any boys age 12 and up would show up to class even if they were scheduled. Autumn is the king of seasons, and I can't wait for it. I'm thinking that tonight I'll steal another 20 minutes at the bench... Go build something awesome!