From the point where my simple reworking had become problematic, I knew I would at some point turn the car around and start the journey again.
28th August 2025
So yesterday I discussed the tedium, for there is no other word for it, of trying to get a set of flaps to fit into the the holes in the wings, in which they live. A mixture of unforced errors, hamfisted work and a lack of desire on my part, made the work seem as pointless as it was long-winded.
This morning, that irritation was exacerbated by the loss of one of the flaps. Yes, you read that right. Despite only working on this model and only having those parts on the desk, one of the flaps had vanished into the ether. I was not happy.
So I had a choice: carry on with the work to deflect the flaps using a spare kit wing, or change direction altogether and build two new wings with the flaps in their neutral position. I chose the latter.
Truth be told I was never going to be happy with the way I had built the flaps. The work was scruffy and hurried and despite my best efforts to ignore what seemed to me some pretty obvious issues, I would always be able to see them. This model is planned to be something of a showcase that I hope to show off, so completing it when I was not fully happy with every aspect, seemed like a bad idea.
This model was always going to go this way. From the point where my simple reworking had become problematic, I knew I would at some point turn the car around and start the journey again. Had I not been so belligerent in my belief that my skills would get me out of the hole I’d fallen into, I might not have wasted almost a day’s work mucking about, when that time could have been more productively spent. Still, I’m now way happier with the resulting build. Maybe there is a lesson in there somewhere, though given past experiences, I very much doubt it…
See you tomorrow.
SPENCER POLLARD'S KIT BOX 
Again been there, those tiny photo etched bits and pieces can go flying, then it’s scratch build time which leads to multiple attempts and ultimately buying another set as long as it’s available still. My problem is I’ll buy a kit and the attendant detail bits and they’ll sit in my stash sometimes for years, a recipe for disaster at times due to the fact that their unobtainium when their NLA. I’ve had to trash a couple of kits due to that issue. Then I’ve had cats get into my room, my fault, but a table hopper will decimate your carefully constructed flaps, cockpit, etc.
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Spencer, will you build it without modifying the flaps on the second go round?
Cheers,
George
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The flap is in the Department of Lost, where all such things, including socks and underwear can be found. It’s a very strange place, run by a guy who looks a lot like Ray Walton (“My Favorite Martian”). Someday they’ll be cleaning the place up and throw a lot of that stuff away, when it will magically appear where you can find it.
I have this happen all the @@#$#@!! time, and I have a bare wooden floor!
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