What! But! What? How? Look! No! But! Oh! (speechless)
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The little boy inside me is screaming “I want THAT for Christmas!”
The stern father in me replies “It’s too big a project for you. You’d never stick with it. And you keep telling me Victory is boring because everyone does it.”
The indulgent mother in me says “Oh why not, if it makes you happy, have it!”
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The sensible adult in me says:
That is a remarkable achievement by AL. I’ve rarely seen anything so impressive. There’s an entire wooden world in that box.
There’s also a lot of repetition, all those guns for example and I don’t enjoy things like that. I personally think the ship is a very ugly vessel, not something like a clipper or a xebec that I’d fall in love with.
The simplified framing and laser engraved decks are an artistic compromise for sure but perhaps that balances the repetition aspect? I wouldn’t be spending a year of build time planking decks?
This model perhaps provides the beauty of wood construction with the intricate interior detailing available in top end plastic armour kits. I don’t see any plastic though, which is good. Guns
should be metal in my opinion! Is it the best of both modelling worlds?
€1300? Is that a consideration. Not really. I’ve got the money, honey, and I’ve certainly got the time. Having seen the unboxing and an outstandingly well built one in AL’s videos, I think that is a fair price. And if I buy it, drool over it for a few years and ultimately never build it, my children can sell it for a lot more than that.
As you can tell, I’m torn. I can’t make up my mind. There’s a lot of fear of missing out going on too. How many will be available and for how long?
I’m perfectly balanced on the very sharp knife edge between YES and NO and it’s painful up here! However, I’m not asking for advice, encouragement, injunctions or permissions. It’s my decision to make.
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Stepping back a little I find that this
is just a toy. We all take our hobbies seriously but let’s remember, it’s only an entertainment, a source of pleasure. It’s not important like food, shelter etc. The decision should be easy.
So what I have to ask myself is “Would I ENJOY buying, owning, possibly building this kit OR would it ultimately bring net frustration and regret? And either answer must be a guess.
Again, it’s only a toy. For goodness sake, I’ve proposed marriage to people with less thinking about the consequences! (With disastrous results though
) I have bought big kits before and later regretted the impulse when I’ve messed up or lost interest and finally trashed them.
The little boy and the indulgent mother say YES.
The stern father says No
The adult, who is determined to have the casting vote and make a decision based on real life experience and self knowledge says…
