Tag: self-assessment
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If You Cannot Raise the Standard Of Your Skills

At least lower the level of your expectations. The hobby, after all, is meant to give you pleasure. If all you do is whinge about the efforts of others and wince at the sight of yours…well, is it time to seek your joy elsewhere? I have gone up and down in my own estimation a…
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The Little Workshop – Part Two – The Bare Chassis

Having grasped myself firmly by the collar and demanded that I pay attention, I can come to the point of individual rules. I have a very threatening manner when I catch myself fooling around… a. You have your own interests and goals – you must build for these, and not for the demands of others.…
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De Havilland Mosquito Mk II – Part Seven – Challenges Must Yield To Science!

Part Six of the DH Mosquito Mk II saga showed the dull and sad paint job that I ended up with after failing to think properly about what I was doing – I sprayed a matting acrylic too heavily and cured it under too high a temperature. I regarded the result as a failure on…
