Well I have just finished the Victory's launch. As this is my first wooden ship build I thought it might be interesting to document what I had learned so far....

1. Hull planks are only so thick...stop sanding when you see the floor!

2. Tiny parts which you drop from the workbench automatically enter the fith dimension when they hit the floor only to re-materialize when you have finally given up looking for them!

3. The cost of the tools required to complete the Victory model will eventually exceed the cost of your house!

4. When you put your tools aways there will ALWAYS be one less than when you took them out!

5. Attention to detail appears to grow exponentially with time. After a few weeks you seriously consider investing in an electron microscope!

6 Brass does't like to be painted!

7. 5 million people could build the Victory model and every one of them would look better than yours!

8. Wood looks great until you paint it!

9. The cat's tail always finds the open paint pot.

10. If you knock over a pot of paint it will always be the black one.

11. Bread knives do not make good modelling saws!

12. After 5 hours of squinting through a maginfying glass you look like Popeye!

13. After 2 years of building the Victory model you will probably look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame!

14. The actual size of a millimeter mysteriously changes between the time you take a measurement and the time you cut the wood!

15. The probability of loosing a part of the kit is directly proportional to its importance!

16. The parts supplied by DeAgostini are always 3 mm less than what you need to finish the model!

17. After completing the Victory Model your swear box should pay off your mortgage!


Still...its all good fun (isn't it???)

As I read your post I found myself laughing more and more as I connected in a personal way to all your points, very nice and exactly true. Lol
Willz

... and I thought I was the only one suffering all those trials and tribulations


... Was there a length of brass wire that came with the launch bits or did I just dream it???




Mike T

thats very good i like it alot

very good

by the way what about gluing yourself to the model

LMAO, I'm glad I put my tea down before reading this. But on the serious side, it's sooo accurate.

hi mike..... suppose i am lucky in a way, my wife does scrapbooking as a hobby so understands the need to 'spread out'.. problem when we converted the third bedroom to a craft room is she took over (no room for me) so i end up with tables in the living room (where the cat loves to play)i permanently have a table sitting with loads of stuff in the corner.. unless visitors or the grandson arrives.. then ohhhhh

Now you are getting into serious issues, my five-year old(just) grandson has decided that anything with a sharp blade or that whizzes round at high speed like the lathe is much better than playing with Lego!

I don't mind -- it's just the women keep muttering about 'health and safety' wots that?

Happy modelling

Mike T

I Think there was a length of brass wire! But, I think mine (as in 2) entered the fith dimension as well !!!

As we are on the subject of build problems. Could you guys help me out here.
I think I am missing part of the build instructions that my wife seams to have spotted because she keeps telling me "It's about time you got the Hoover out".
I cant bloody find that anywhere.

Bob

That really rang true for me.
I wish that it were possible to have a seperate room where one could leave all the 'necessary' bits ready to use. It seems like I spend more time preparing my workspace and putting everything back again afterwards than I actually spend on the build itself.
At least there is a large storage cupboard in the living room where 'she who must be obeyed' has 'allowed' me to berth the build as it progress's

Regards
daffy09