I left the garage door open and got an unsolicited criticism of the Discovery. 
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AT least a cat didn't get ahold of things.I left the garage door open and got an unsolicited criticism of the Discovery.
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No real ship would be complete without these. I'd say it was just making it's contribution to an authentic model.
Glenn
Glenn
I left the garage door open and got an unsolicited criticism of the Discovery.
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Look on the bright side, it could have been an albatross
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Fortunately the deck was shellacked and didn't stain. The forecastle deck beam did get some staining but it will be planked over.
I think an albatross would have necessitated a complete rebuild
I think an albatross would have necessitated a complete rebuild
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Speaking of Albatross, my puppy, Noodles, black lab decided to tell me he needed more chew toys, when he chewed off the bowsprit and beakhead of my Occre Albatross, just before I was to start rigging her. He got his new toys the next day and I picked up a baby fence gate!Look on the bright side, it could have been an albatross
Obviously, the bird was not in the same scale as your ship model.
That doesn’t look like the poop deck.
Yes, it must have confused the bird when it found that the Discovery doesn't have a poop deck.
One of my very first model ship builds was a plastic version of the Bluenose. It did have thread rigging. It was sitting on top of a shelf and my Sisters cat got up there (she was visiting) and decided it was great fun to take its claws to the taught rigging lines. Swat…twang! Repeat. Snapped off everything the lines were attached to as well…
When I had "annoyed" our Siamese he would get up on the mantelpiece behind my favorite schooner model. Once he had my full attention he would proceed to slash at the rigging while maintaining full eye contact with me... The model is currently in my workshop being almost totally rerigged...
The flourescent lights in my shop seem to attract birds, bumble bees, wasps, and all manner of flying objects in my shop. I turn off the lights and shoo them out with a broom. Also commonplace for me are skinks, spiders, and an occasional black-snake.
The only visitor I felt was a problem was the furry little rat pictured below. I joke that I was training it to sail the model but all it did was fill the hull with acorns and chew on things, but these rodents are no joke. Got into the "attic" space of my shop and set up housekeeping which made the shop smell like an unattended zoo exhibit. I spent a small fortune on hardware cloth covering the eaves and vents to keep it out, once I got it out.
Those little lights in it's head are where the laser beams are fired from
The only visitor I felt was a problem was the furry little rat pictured below. I joke that I was training it to sail the model but all it did was fill the hull with acorns and chew on things, but these rodents are no joke. Got into the "attic" space of my shop and set up housekeeping which made the shop smell like an unattended zoo exhibit. I spent a small fortune on hardware cloth covering the eaves and vents to keep it out, once I got it out.
Those little lights in it's head are where the laser beams are fired from
Why, thank you very much!