Galleyslave is self taught in almost everything but mostly practices fine ironwork (lock, keys, and latches). fast approaching fifty years of age, Galleyslave modeled ships, planes,cars and armor until "adulthood" got in the way (around thirty years ago) Now embracing another childhood, Galleyslave is working v-e-r-y slowly on 3 plastic ship models and plans to add another 1 or 2 to the fleet soon.