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Post by kpnuts on Jun 19, 2019 13:12:47 GMT -7
Hi all well due to the move these are the last pics of a scratch built 7'4" model of the new QE2 I fear I will be burning loads more.   |
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Post by stitchdup on Jun 20, 2019 0:36:59 GMT -7
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Post by dumpydan on Jun 21, 2019 3:28:56 GMT -7
Burn it why? So sad.  |
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Post by kpnuts on Jun 21, 2019 11:44:14 GMT -7
Well that was a mistake, I've had so much abuse posting this, thing is I put it on for free to a good home and as soon as people found out how big it was no one wanted it.
I've been accused of bragging about destroying a model, told I should be ashamed of myself. In our new house our biggest room is 12feet by 14 feet where do I put 7 foot 4 inch model. Wish there was a function to delete a post.
At least I've not had abuse on here.
Probably academic anyway can't see anyway of finding modelling space in our new house.
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Post by stitchdup on Jun 21, 2019 12:22:49 GMT -7
If you ask the admin on the sites where you have gotten abused they will be able to delete the threads for you.
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Post by kpnuts on Jun 21, 2019 12:52:16 GMT -7
Thanks mate maybe I will do that.
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Post by moramarth on Jun 22, 2019 3:44:52 GMT -7
Ken, I don't know what saddens me more - the pain you must have felt destroying such a creation, or that there are a$$wipes out there who feel they are entitled to cause you further distress by criticising your choice to do so. Your property, your decision, end of. If I were in the same position, I'd probably do something similar; except I have access to several secluded flooded quarries (some of which are already the resting place of boats I built in my youth) and I'd video it's fiery demise. Oh, and maybe put a pyrotechnic scuttling charge low in the hull for when the flames get that far down. That's probably illegal now, perhaps was last time I did it; but I've got it in writing I'm strange in the brain so I could plead the balance of my mind was exactly what it normally is...  That said, about a year ago a friend got the Viking Funeral he wanted, his ashes launched out onto a lake in a blazing model Long Ship. I had nothing to do with that fortunately, or I might have mixed some Pyrodex into his dust to make sure he was properly scattered; I know he would have liked that, but his family maybe not so much...
When it comes down to it, we build for our own satisfaction: the internet age means simply that the group of like-minded friends to whom we would once have shown our newest creation has gone worldwide. What happens after that doesn't matter, whether it is carefully preserved (at least for a while), sold, given away, reconfigured or broken for spares is irrelevant. A friend of mine goes down two paths in parallel, long term projects which usually end up in a glass case, and kits built in a straightforward manner (albeit to a very high standard) which he then photographs and subsequently gives to the local kids as playthings.
As a current non-builder I can't say "Where there's a will there's a way" with even an ounce of credibility, but I sincerely hope you find some way of exercising your creative talents (which are considerable) in some way. What I can confirm as a current non-builder is that you will always have a home here whether or not you are active in the hobby.
Best Wishes,
M
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That said, about a year ago a friend got the Viking Funeral he wanted, his ashes launched out onto a lake in a blazing model Long Ship. I had nothing to do with that fortunately, or I might have mixed some Pyrodex into his dust to make sure he was properly scattered; I know he would have liked that, but his family maybe not so much...