M.V. Mellum;

Hi Greg:

 I am sorry to report that for the forseeable future the M.V.Mellum is on the " Shelf of Doom"

 Seems when I started her I was working in the kitchen .Landlady said it was OKAY ! Cool, took up very little space on my place at the table. When I cleared my bench for a break after all all the other stuff I have started I thought it was time to go back to her,

 They had moved my stuff to my bench but weren't to careful. It seems that three major after-deck parts that hadn't been installed( But flawlessly built) Got lost in the shuffle. So No Crane Bridge ,Boom or Base!! I am going to wait,Hope I can fine them somewhere or get another Mellum.

     Hi Again Greg!

 After two hours of looking and finding  lots of P.E.1/350 Ladders, Rails and other paper stuff, I found them! Not in the carpet monster! They were in a very nice container in my reference bookshelf. I say Bless You Carol( That's my landlady)

I will definitely try, Greg. This is certainly a lesson in patience for sure!

Tanker-Builder

This is where the "Ghosting" is confusing. I know it's done to show a repeat part on the side away from you, but it can be confusing because the pictures are in shades of grey. Sometimes the parts locator arrows get lost in the clutter!

Oh, how that has a familiar ring to it!

When I built HMV's U.S.S. Maine recently, I spent a fair amount of time looking for sheets (or parts thereof) that I'd thought I'd lost because of those verdammt 'ghost' illustrations. [Luckily, I knew enough to scan all my sheets before I started. That way, I could not only reproduce parts if/when necessary...but I had the original groups of parts to refer to, to track down those 'disappearing' part numbers!]

I also came to find myself wishing...instead of drawings showing just a completed assembly...they'd put in a few drawings showing how the parts were supposed to fit together. I puzzled it all out, eventually...but lost a few hairs in the process (and I don't have that many left to lose! ).

Anyway, TB...glad to hear you're progressing on the build! I hope (possibly -- no pressure) to see pics at some point. They're really interesting models, and it's fun to see them come together from just bits of paper.

Rock on!! (Although...as the Papermodelers website reminds us..."Paper Beats Rock Everytime.")

Cheers