building the gem on the gem

[herky]

Originally Posted by jleslie48

bring any model. you'll get lots of attention. Last year I built the snowy owl from cannon on the ship, and the cinderella carousel in 4 acts on another cruise. I just told one of my 20 something co-workers and he said it an amazing trick. He went to the bar last night and started doing origami on the bar, and ended up getting 4 phone numbers. Oh to be 20something again...

never thought of paper models being a babe magnet.now all i need is to afford a cruise

[jleslie48]

ok the norwegian gem 1:500 model is ready for a beta build: who wants to try? email me with an address that I can send the model. The only rule is you have to take lots of pictures and keep a log of the build.

[Mechanic]

What would you think about branching out a little, maybe a Disney ship? The Disney Wonder is "our" ship, even though we've only been on three cruises, we've spent over a month on her! Lots of good memories.

[herky]

Originally Posted by jleslie48

ok the norwegian gem 1:500 model is ready for a beta build: who wants to try? email me with an address that I can send the model. The only rule is you have to take lots of pictures and keep a log of the build.

have emailed you

[PhantomCruiser]

Originally Posted by herky

never thought of paper models being a babe magnet.now all i need is to afford a cruise

They are cheaper than you might think. Watch the prices on the internet to see when they cycle up and down. In between spring break and summer vacation is pretty good.

[jleslie48]

the gem worked out to about $150 a day. Considering that included an upscale room with balcony, fine dining, entertainment, all the booze I could drink and fruit smoothies, soft drinks, coffee tea... That's not a bad deal. I used to go to Wildwood NJ for a week in June, and the room alone was $240 a night.

[jleslie48]

Originally Posted by Mechanic

What would you think about branching out a little, maybe a Disney ship? The Disney Wonder is "our" ship, even though we've only been on three cruises, we've spent over a month on her! Lots of good memories.

that looks like a very nice ship, 2100 berths, 11 decks, 3 banks of elevators. Tell you what. send me some tickets for it (I'll need some flights to FL too from NY) so I can get some good pics of it, and I'll design it for you

[herky]

Originally Posted by jleslie48

the gem worked out to about $150 a day. Considering that included an upscale room with balcony, fine dining, entertainment, all the booze I could drink and fruit smoothies, soft drinks, coffee tea... That's not a bad deal. I used to go to Wildwood NJ for a week in June, and the room alone was $240 a night.

cruising down our way works out about the same price with princess cruises.as you say its better value than a basic hotel room plus you get new scenery every day

[herky]

Originally Posted by jleslie48

ok the norwegian gem 1:500 model is ready for a beta build: who wants to try? email me with an address that I can send the model. The only rule is you have to take lots of pictures and keep a log of the build.

what weight card did you build her in??

[jleslie48]

always build in 65lb coverstock.