Yesterday was a quiet day at the studio. Mary and I and the two dogs chilled working on various things. With my orders all caught up with (for now) I’m working on Mary’s annual birthday present I have done for the past 7 years.
7 years ago she asked me to sculpt her a flower. The first one was a silver rose. Every year I come up with a different india from a dragon flower to a Lotus flower that glows all different colors of light. This year it took me a few days to come up with something new. I’ll be able to show next Friday.
I was able to work on my customer build of the Battlestar Galactica from the original 70’s TV series. I spent a lot of time reducing the part count by glueing all the parts to the fuselage I could with closing it up. Before I do that I need to light block the hull halves and place all the electronics and lighting. It’s going well. I only have two trees left with parts on them.
And then there’s that big P-51 Mustang build. I made the landing gear skits for it and placed an armour seat back and head rest in the cockpit. I made up some zinc oxide paint for the cockpit. With any luck today I’ll get the tail painted red to complete the Tuskegee look to the plane. Another week and I’ll be flying her.
Editing in the film, “A Conversation with my Father” is going well. I work on it every night.
Then I finish off the evening with some nice laps around my favorite race track, “SNG Raceway.”
The Art of Steve Neill 