One of my all time most favorite lines/quotes.
Whilst waiting to talk to my love Xia via Skype or just on days off from work I find myself getting bored so quickly and just want the time to go by so fast. I think everyone knows what I am talking about and has suffered from this problem at some time in their lives.
I do not drink much nor gamble so going to pubs and clubs is not my thing. And as for TV well there is some shows I like but I can not sit there for hours on end watching the idiot box. So for a hobby and to past the time I like to build wooden ship models and aircraft.
Here are a couple that I am working on at the moment and I will update them on here for all to see as I go along.
The first one is the HMB Endeavour. This is a partworks model in 1/48 scale that means that she is going to be 916mm (37 3/4in) long 765mm (30in) high and 337mm (14 1/2in) wide, She is going to be a big girl. This model is available in Australia from Hatchette publications and each new part comes out weekly to newsagencies, although I have a subscription with Hatchette Partworks so I get 4 parts once a month and it will probably take about two years to build, plenty of time for my Xia to get her visa and come here. I have only just started building this so it is in its early stages at the moment.
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| HMB Endeavour |
The other ship that I am building at the moment is the HMB Endeavour Longboat to make a display of the completed ship and one of her boats. This model is a Artesania Latina model in 1/50 scale that means she will be 420mm (16 1/2in) long 270mm (10 1/2in) high and 90mm (3 1/2in) wide. This will be about half the size of the big ship, perfect for the display that I want to build for them both.
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| HMB Endeavour Longboat |
Thats a great way to spend throught the waiting period Jason . I've have build a couple of Sail Ships in my time and you should know , what details are involved in those . But that was when I was Single still .
ReplyDeleteSo only 4 parts come to you in the mail at a time? This would take plenty of time to build. I would want to build it all at once...I don't have this kind of patience to wait.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to have found your blog. She sounds like a nice lady.
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