01-30-2014, 07:46 AM
Thanks all for the kind words of welcome. My day job pulls me away from modeling for extended stretches sometimes, so I fully expect to end up last at the finish line. (There is a finish line... right?). I know it will probably be years before those resin islands are glued down. But everything is here under one roof now, so that's progress.
Since I hope to build other SS Galactica models, and they share donor kits, I decided to wash all the kits before pulling parts. I really, really hate washing lots of little bits, so it seemed to make sense. But it was weeks and weeks of washing kits - over 300 at this point. I've build hobby kits in the time it took me to just wash these parts. And then going thru the maps and confirming (or not) the parts listed took 14 months. So I know gluing them down will be even more time consuming. And there are still the unmapped areas, which I've started going over, and all the un-identified parts and it can seem like a bottomless pit sometimes. But then I see all the people making progress and sharing questions and discoveries and it all seems doable. Just takes time, effort, camaraderie and cooperation.
I have to say once again how amazed I am at the work of Charles and Richard. The whole thing is a real jewel. I didn't realize that the various larger panels on the bay tops had mapped and lasercut, as well as the shark-tooth sweepback on the head by the bridge. I was not looking forward to doing that bit by hand with styrene for sure, so that was a pleasant surprise.
Since I hope to build other SS Galactica models, and they share donor kits, I decided to wash all the kits before pulling parts. I really, really hate washing lots of little bits, so it seemed to make sense. But it was weeks and weeks of washing kits - over 300 at this point. I've build hobby kits in the time it took me to just wash these parts. And then going thru the maps and confirming (or not) the parts listed took 14 months. So I know gluing them down will be even more time consuming. And there are still the unmapped areas, which I've started going over, and all the un-identified parts and it can seem like a bottomless pit sometimes. But then I see all the people making progress and sharing questions and discoveries and it all seems doable. Just takes time, effort, camaraderie and cooperation.
I have to say once again how amazed I am at the work of Charles and Richard. The whole thing is a real jewel. I didn't realize that the various larger panels on the bay tops had mapped and lasercut, as well as the shark-tooth sweepback on the head by the bridge. I was not looking forward to doing that bit by hand with styrene for sure, so that was a pleasant surprise.