kalkurap wrote:
Dave,
Congratulations on completing the Kiev, she is looking gorgeous on the water. It is one thing to start a build, but keeping it going until the completion at this level of detail and attention to details no matter how small they are is really commendable. I have watched this build from Page 1 over the last 4 years, and learnt a lot from you. Not only in terms of technical details and construction techniques, but also discipline and perseverance this hobby requires. Congratulation on the completion of the build and thanks for sharing this with us. I am waiting eagerly to hear about your next build
Kalkura.
Hi Kalkura Good to hear from you and thank you for your comments. Yes staying power or the will to stay the course can be put down in part to imagination. When I commence on a build I try where possible to visualize in my minds eye the finished model on or off the water , it's that visualization that I hold onto and focus on , add to that the support and encouragement from fellow modellers and there is less of a risk of abandoning or postponing the build. I am sure there are times when most modellers on long term or difficult builds have to endure a situation were the sprit or will begins to flag, I think the effect of this can be attributed to modellers block. For some it is difficult to overcome and the more you push the harder it becomes. But that minds eye picture of the completed model does help to overcome the times when the build process stalls, usually in the middle when there is still a full 50% of the build ahead. I know of modellers that have completely abandoned their projects in mid stream so to speak and are unable to generate that spark of enthusiasm to continue. Although it took almost 4 years to complete Kiev it was in fact part of my long term desire going back over 25 years to build that particular vessel . Soon I’ll post up the beginning of a new thread but for the moment there remains the business of moving the model to gain space to begin all over again , then I will try to visualize the next build as a completed model and focus on that. .
I have no idea where this picture came and I can only commend the artist that produced it whether it was commissioned as box art or for some other purpose but it sums up perfectly the image or visualization that I formed in my minds eye , not sharp or perfectly formed as you would find in a quality photograph but non the less captured the image I most wanted to see .
Dave Wooley