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: Project Talk
Custom Aircraft Carrier Project
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04-30-2009, 12:21 PM
storymodeller
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Zoomie2001
So, today was another research day. Hit up the Home Depots and Wal-Marts of the world, looking for some gray paint. Well, about halfway through looking at colors that were way too light, I realized I was gonna need two colors. The carrier may be battleship gray at the waterline, but it's also a sort of slate-gray on the flight deck. Well, it's not extra to have paint mixed, so the colors will be simple to get made.
I'm going to be using a $2 paint roller that came in a painting kit from Ace. I got a corner roller that actually cost half of what the whole kit cost ($3.50). It's robbery. Anyway, I'm gonna need it so I had to buy it. Then it occurs to me... I have to paint the interior before I glue the flight deck onto the hangar deck. But maybe I shouldn't glue the flight deck to the hangar deck. Maybe I should use wooden dowels. That way, I could actually remove the flight deck if I ever needed to repair or retrieve something inside. You see how crazy I am? I'm looking at a gallon of paint and bellyaching like the jew I am about how much it costs, and all this other crap starts going through my head at once.
Well, tomorrow we test a small piece of foam with the gesso. As long as it doesn't start melting, I think we'll be okay. Once again, I got behind on work today. Traveling sucks sometimes, because you always have to get caught up with stuff when you get back. Plus, now we're getting all kinds of festivities because my girlfriend's graduating college. I'm hoping it won't effect progress too much.
(Oh and we're just gonna pick up on Day 28... I don't wanna count all the days in between...)
Family has to come first, we can't blame you for that.
As for the paint and construction dilemmas, that just shows you want to do it right rather than be sloppy. Great.
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