it's a good feeling huh Hillbilly? My wife recently developed an interest in ship models... don't know where she got the itch from but it's ok by me! Wen't down and bought her one of thos Revell PT-109 kits for an easy start... it's funny but I see me at a young age when I started modelling in her.
The first kit she wanted to do was a plank and frame kit of a three masted sailing ship... it took a few days but I talked her into doing this first... (not without some pouting on her part)
She said the wooden lobster skiff was too easy looking so wouldn't hear of doing it...
Yup, just like me when I started this!
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it's my mom I have to watch around my airbrushes now... she took a cake decorating class and used an airbrush and now everytime she comes over I find her eyeing mine!