While my 1/96 Connie was by all means not the best here, it was coming out nicely.
On a visit by my 10 year old grand daughter, she went to the basement with her girl friend to show her the Connie. She picked it up, and they were eyeing it, moving it around when she dropped it on the floor. Her little friend stumbled trying to catch it and fell forward, stepping on it. They were afraid they were going to be killed!
The hull was broken beyond repair, being crushed.. I had just set the masts in and was rigging the spars.
I went into a silent funk for awhile, but did have the third Connie ( I had three kits). I gave one to my son, and started the first one, the one that was stomped on.
The funk is over. Last evening I gathered all the guns, gun deck and spar deck, what ever was salvageble and started on the third hull.
The lessons learned on the first attempt have already helped. Joining the hull together, I held the two section against the lights to see any gaps where they were joining and sanded the high spots out. It was a sweet joint. I also had a problem lining up the masthead on the first, and sanded that then double clamped it, it went together nicely.
My grandaughter had been devaststed too. And she's still with us. I gave her a ten spot, then told her the least she could do was take Grampy ut fora hot fudge sundae.
I just wish I didn't have to rig all the guns back in!