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| Gary M |
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 Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 909 | Gene, I just read of your recent illness. Hope you are recovering well. As for your build, it's inspirational. Gary | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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 Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | Thanks, Gary. My recovery is going very well. I was told that I must lose weight if I expected to survive much longer, so I've lost 20 pounds in the past month, down from 240 to 220. I'm eating healthier, relaxing more, and taking things easy. I'm spending a couple of hours a day on the HMS Ontario but nowhere near as much time as I used to (4-5 hours a day). Some days, I don't work on it at all. I'm making slow progress as a result. In the past month, I've just about finished the upper deck, and I'll be posting photos in a few days. Gene | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | The upper deck is now completed. I have decided not to rig this model. There are several reasons for this decision: 1. The finished rigged model would measure 6 feet tall, 5.5 feet long, and 2 feet wide -- I don't really have the space for undertake such a task. 2. The party who was originally interested in purchasing the model has changed his mind. 3. I'd like to build a much smaller model -- something I have space for. Thus, only mast stubs will appear in the finished model. There's not much remaining to complete -- quarter galleries, bow area, rudder, lifeboats -- but when these items are finished, this project will be done. Gene         | ||
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| aew |
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aew  Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2906 | Very nice work as usual Gene. | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | The HMS Ontario has been completed.     | ||
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| aew |
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| aew Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2906 | I like those ship's boats! | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | Thanks, Arthur. This is one model that I've actually grown weary of building. It was originally built for a small museum in New York, but they backed out of purchasing it; in fact, they won't even accept it on a loan basis. Furthermore, it is a monster of a model, which makes it almost impossible to sell to the average person. For the last few weeks of working on it, I felt that I was simply spinning wheels. I would have never built a model of this size for myself. Gene | ||
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| Winston |
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winston Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2466 | Well that sucks Gene. I hate it when people back out of a deal.
If you were in Newfoundland, there is a chap who has his entire yard decorated around a nautical theme, right down to 3pdr naval cannons on his gateway entrance. I bet you he'd love to have a display piece like that in an enclosure for his deck. He has a huge building where he stores everything in the winter months.
Its a history lesson alone just walking around his property. | ||
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| Tim C |
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 Registered Member #4126 Joined: Fri Feb 15 2013, 05:19amPosts: 1117 | Sorry to hear about your heath set back. Also sorry that the museum backed out of the deal. Good Luck with the resale. It's a nice huge model. Really Nice. May your next project be just what you want it to be and go with the flow of everything. Later Tim | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | Thanks, Tim. I've placed the Ontario in a local antique store called "The Marketplace." The owner said it would be a difficult model to sell because of its huge size. But, you never know ... Gene | ||
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