Hi guys, I hope you will all excuse me while I vent a bit.
I came home from work today with the expectation of putting the finishing touches on my u-boat. When I walked through my front door my wife met me with that expression on her face that said "bad news". When I asked what was wrong she said her sister had visited earlier this afternoon and that my 9 year old nephew, he of the "unable to either follow instructions and leave hands OFF other people's things type of brat", had gone downstairs into my modeling room.
To make a long story short, he grabbed my nearly complete U-228 to play, even though he knows my modeling room and all models are OFF LIMITS!. Well the damage is fairly extensive with various broken railings the torpedo loading cradle being the worst casualties. I'm still trying to figure out how, or even if, I can repair the damage and make the u-boat look presentable.
I'm normally a pretty even-keeled person, but this nearly sent me into orbit. Good thing my sister-in-law had already departed with the brat or there would have been a very ugly scene as I reverted back to my senior NCO days while dealing with undisciplined fools.
Anyway, thanks for letting me blow off some steam; being craftsmen yourselves I'm sure you understand my feeling about this. I actually feel I little better now. Time to assess and see if a can somehow turn a sow's ear into a silk purse.
Thanks guys,
Ernest