Modeling Poetry 301

[stringbags4ever2]

I didn't mean to imply to anyone that I'm a binge drinker, or that I find any excuses to drink. In fact, I rarely, if ever, imbibe. And NEVER when I'm building a model. Modeliing demands the utmost in concentration to do it right, even though it is fun. Far better to relax with a brewski or scotch (make mine an Irish whiskey, if you please) when the entire job is complete, then one can sit back and admire one's work.

[StephenLawson]

Bravo, Pete well said!!!

[topgun56]

Gee, What do you mean the wings are reversed? But they fit better that way.

[StephenLawson]

'What is Gizmology?' It is the simulation of complex and simple mechanisms (and details)that would be exhausting to to make any other way. Fortunately with WWI aircraft we know a great deal except for the precise locations of 'some' instrumentations. Our photographic evidence allows us to change detail parts to simulate simple mechanisms and details found on WWI aircraft and ground equipment. Our text tells us that a model rail road hobby shop is indespensable to the detail modeler. I agree whole heartedly.

One must be bold to detail but one must have some organization to one's building. Time limits on a build are a paramont concern. This tells you what you are willing to put into a build. Reference classes 101 & 201. What are you willing to do to a build? Additions, deletions, modifications and etc. if you keep it simple you'll very seldom have any unfinished kits except for those 'on the board'.

Homework assignment Pp. 33-59 of the text. Pop Quiz: What is a Facade and why would you build one?

[topgun56]

Facade: the front of a building, a superificial or false appearance.

Why build one? For a diorama of course.

[Michael]

Because dioramas can't extend to the horizon, and because although spectacular, building a whole Bessoneau hangar to put your little gem in front of takes too much time, time that could be spent reducing your kit backlog, or with the kids, or your spouse, or household work (Gee, maybe that Bessoneau wouldn't be so bad after all - we'll just add eight more square feet to the base. Looks kind of bare. Let's add a visiting SPAD, and a captured Roland. And some trucks. And the entire 6th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers marching down the road at the side. And then .....)

[Michael]

And then is MM. *Modelling Megalomania. *A complete inability to not bite off more than you can chew.

If there are any older CAHS members around (1972 vintage) they might remember "The Aylmer Project".
The idea was quite simple - to do a 1/72nd scale model of No. 14 SFTS, Aylmer Ontario. *Obviously too much for any one modeller, but the CAHS had many such in its ranks. *Each could surely contribute one Harvard. *

After a meeting I asked "Mac" McIntyre what was the status of the project. *He explained it was dead; only a few models had been done.

Now there are a couple of lessons to be drawn here. *Obviously if one modeller had been involved it would have taken years - but it might have been finished. *If three to five close friends had been involved, the odds would have been better, and the time frame shortened. *But because there were a large number of modellers involved -with no effective management the project went nowhere.

[NeilE]

'Homework assignment Pp. 33-59 of the text. Pop Quiz: What is a Facade and why would you build one?

Sorry Professor Stephen, the bookshop has run out of the text book and I lost my old copy at The Institute. I could have used the Good Herr Doktor's but he lent it to Dymphna, just before that fateful, fatal, final evening..... :'( :'(

All the Best

Neil

[StephenLawson]

Neil_E: Now, I've heard it all. *You could have just said that your dog ate it. *But bookstore be darned, *I'll be glad to send you a copy for just $99.95, plus $25.00 postage and signed of course. * *;D

[baclightning]

Stephen:

A serious question - Your workbench looks wonderful, but I noticed there's no open windows nearby or other form of ventilation. How do you handle that problem?