Sunday morning catching up
Sunday morning, early, and it’s raining again. It’s not getting light until around 6.30 to 7.00 these days, by which time I am into my working day. I still can’t get out of the summer habit of waking up at 3.00 or 3.30, although the other day, I did manage lie-in until 4.00, which was very exciting.
As promised at the end of last week, I have several more photographs Neil has taken when he has been able to go out walking. First, though, this is what I have been up to over the weekend. Finishing off my Invisible Man model. There is still some touching up to do, but he’s almost there. This was a detailed model. All those books on the shelf, for example, had to be individually painted, and all the tiny bottles stuck together. I put washing up liquid in one, and in a beaker, for realism. The figure is about 10 inches high, and if you look closely, his left arm is indeed invisible between glove and shirt cuff. A neat trick, I thought.
I am waiting for The Phantom of the Opera (glow in the dark re-mould) to arrive from America so I can build him after Christmas, and in the meantime, must source some paints and tools from somewhere in Europe. We have no model shop near us, and even if there was one on Rhodes, I can’t get there at the moment to ask an expert or buy supplies. So, like everything else, it’s a case of ordering online. (Our bookshop does have artists’ equipment, but not the paints suitable for these kits.)
Anyway, a few more images of winter on Symi to keep us on track.
