[neil_s_wood]

I think any kind of non-conformance creates fear in the uneducated mind. It scares them that there may be something going on beyond their comrehension and their defence mechanism instinctively tells them to ridicule it. Lets face it sport is stupid and pointless and video games are moronic so all hobbies and passtimes can be insulted quite easily in some way or an other. Here in Australia I see lots of people running or cycling or engaging in some other pointless form of energy wasting and it baffles me. I really don't understand it at all. I guess thats how they see us.

 

[neil_s_wood]

QUOTE (pedromorgan @ 27 Mar 2007, 21:52) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i think all hobbies are concidered odd by many people. anyone who does anything out of the ordinary is concidered a freak.

I personally do mosaics and stained glass lamps as well as collecting stamps and model railways.

Peter
Is that lamp for sale?

Very nice

I am also into Scalextric whenever we get thye chance to set it up. I also do boats as well, wooden ones.

I'm not going to get this into a bottle in a hurry though.

 

[neil_s_wood]

DS-9 was really Cheers in Space I thought. the original series was the best, Voyager second. I never watched the new versionof Star Trek other than the films as I never thought they would be a patch on the original.

The boat in the picture is 1/75 by the way. I used to have my Hornby Princess Elizabeth next to it but no-one would believe that they were the same scale.

John, I built it and the others before I had kids.

 

[neil_s_wood]

It's the San Felipe. 17th century Spanish Galleon. It took eight months to build. It's no easy undertaking.

I actually think the same about the brass kits you build. I'd like to do that but I haven't learnt to solder all that well. Wood is hard to model. You need to know a bit about the characteristics of the various wood types and what they will and wont do in terms of pliability.

There are two layers of wood, one cheaper thicker layer of pine for rigidity and a thinner layer of expensive hardwood for a good finish.

There is an awesome kit of the Royal Sovereign which I am dying to do. I just don't have any surfaces available to put it on.

Your lamp is very nice. I like tiffany lamps and to be honest if I was living at home I probably would make you a serious offer on that one. I really like the colours. Unfortunately it is not something that ships well.