Year: 2006

Progress on Britannia Model

This is my attempt at planking the hull. I learned much about what not to do next time. I found a good book on the subject the other night at my local hobby shop – Planking Model Ships by Richard Mansir. Wish I had read it before starting.
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Here is the model after I sanded, filled some cracks, and started on the second layer of planking. The instructions that came with the model called for some strange “alternate” method that had the second planking running verticle not horizontal. I though – umm never saw a ship or boat with planks running that way. So it may be a mistake but I decided to run them horizontal. After measuring I should have enough wood strips to complete this – fingers crossed.
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Next is the deck planking. If I ever figure out the crazy translation from Italian to English I may make it to the end.

H.R. 4681

The House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday, May 9 on HR4681, the  “Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006?. This bill imposes economic and diplomatic sanctions against the Palestinian people.

This is such a controversal and emotional subject. Israel v Palestine and the United States position.This is a subject I do not write about. Too many religious and moral tangents appear like arms on an octopus.

Israel claims that it is the only democracy in the middle east…it is definitely the only middle east country with a full-fledged nuclear weapons program. Without getting into every single who what when and why of it all I ask that you read of few Palestinian blogs to get a sense of what the people of the Gaza Strip endure and consider:

Calling your Representative and urge a NO vote on HR4681.

Laila El-Haddad’s Blog Raising Yousurf: a diary of a mother under occupation a well written blog from the Gaza Strip.

The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation site has a list of organizations the oppose H.R. 4681