[Golden Bear]

Not a build thread... I have until March of which year to build this? I merely want to thank Ron for sharing such a unique gift with me. Shall I describe it? Well, the color registration is good. It has YELLOW decks of a color that not even nature has even seen. Its portholes are so blue that an entire settlement of Nordic people could be sheltering inside. It also has the peculiarity of not displaying the scale of the kit anywhere at all. Oh, and the paper is like damp old newspapers. I would love :ahem: to build it for the contest but am restricted by earlier instructions from the contest commander to concentrate on Charlemagne and Galilée, which I am doing.

I also received a very nice 1866 3 cent piece which I actually will always treasure. Very neat.

Since I am laid up with a nasty cold/virus thing that I came down with in a remarkably short time on Friday, I spent today working on a non PE solution to the railing around the admiral's walk for Charlemagne. Maybe I'll even share it someday.

Many thanks for the bargain basement Lützow, Ron. I may actually build it someday. Dunno what to do with that red part of the hull, however.


Carl