Misc.

Pictures of my almost completed first wood ship model the USS Cairo. I ignored what little instructions came with the kit and just tried to make it look like the only picture available of the actual ship.

I found a nice workbench today. It is now assembled and my modelling tools and supplies are semi organized. I started to review the instructions for my new model – a Mamoli brand kit of the British Regatta Yacht Britannia. I soon figured out that I will need an Italian dictionary. The translation provided would be humorous if not for the fact that I need to understand the directions. I have enough trouble following instructions in English :).

The pieces seem to be straight and nicely cut. I tried to find a list of all the parts that are suppose to be in the kit so I can make sure they are all there but have only come up with the lists that are at each step. Yeah, they are in Italian and I would have to combine them to get a master list. I am going for the hope they are all there method.

Not much going on in my house today. Worked on my Cairo model a bit, played with the dogs, and did some research on the history of the Britannia yacht that I purchased a scale model kit of.

The weather is gettting warmer. This is a good thing and a bad thing. Good because we need the sunshine to cheer us up bad because we do not want all the snow up in the mountains to melt.

I thought about writting a post on Iraq, Iran, global warming, the Delta levee situation, or the numerous topics concerning the present administration. After reading other blogs I came to the conclusion that the topics are all being covered. I can rest well knowing that others are keeping up on it all. I think I will go back to working on my model and then head off to sleep.