Saturday, December 12, 2009

Young C. Park, model maker

[Thanks to Uncle Ron]
Young C. Park, model maker.
Hand-build aluminium aircraft. Impressive. The detail is ridic. (I wish the photos on the page were larger.)
They say all the controls work as designed, by cables, chains, linkages and levers.




Well, he's not afraid of work!
I've noticed, though, that most of the time when you see really good models, it's war planes, war ships, war vehicles...

The Internet Craftsmanship Museum. Kewl.

12 comments:

TC [Girl] said...

Wow!! AMAZING!! To have that much TIME and PATIENCE!! Phew! VERY COOL hobby!!

Timo Lehtinen said...

”Craftsmanship is a marriage between the hands and the soul” —Motto, Mark Adams School of Woodworking

I like that. It is also a form of meditation and therapy.

Anonymous said...

It's because most guys like to blow shit up.

dave nielsen said...

Imagine how long it'd take to become this good.

Very, very impressive. I wouldn't think too much about all the war stuff, though. When I was making model kits as a kid - just your standard plastic Airfix-type stuff, nothing like this of course - I didn't really think too much or at all about what they were really for. Killing people. When you're a kid, you don't.

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

This Mr C. Park isn't THAT young. ;-)

(Just kidding. "Young" is a Korean name.)

Anon has a point. Never does Humankind expend more effort than for war.
If we were as dilligent to make peace time progress, imagine where we would be now. We'd probably have the problems of global warming and dwindling resources down, k-oed and begging for mercy!

Then again, all boys have a passion for belligerent stuff, like robots and firecrackers and space ships with huge lasers, and "Uncle Pascal? Is Bumblebee stroger than Optimus Prime?".
(Really, he asked me that question! :-)

I guess testosterone needs an excuse to blow off emulated steam.
"When you're a kid, you don't [really think about killing]."
Yup. Only about going wild to have fun. Running, jumping, shouting, preaking stuff that you're permitted to (like tall thistles)...

This dude is truly impressively gifted.

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Yeah, apart from the much fewer deaths, there's hardly a country in the world which could not feed and clothe everybody well if the money spent on war had been spend productively.

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

Is this what they mean by "I work best under pressure"? :-P

dave nielsen said...

"Uncle Pascal? Is Bumblebee stroger than Optimus Prime?".
(Really, he asked me that question! :-)


I hope you responded with a "Fuck no, you little blasphemer!" ;-)

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Yeah, he can't be very bright, it's like asking of Robin is stronger than The Hulk. No wait, they are not even in the same universe... forget it.

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

I hope you responded with a "Fuck no, you little blasphemer!" ;-)
Something like that, yes. But with more oomph and authority. ;-)

"Yeah, he can't be very bright, it's like asking of Robin is stronger than The Hulk."
Actually, the fucking little blasphemer is just ignorant. He hasn't seen any of the movies or cartoons, just a couple of the videogames. But he digs giant robot-cars!
Alas, his father has expressly forbidden me from letting him watch Megas XLR, under penalty of death.
He said: "I don't need him to have any extra excuses for going wild and breaking stuff".
Even that Power Rangers movie DVD must wait until the little hornet starts buzzing a little less enthusiastically indoors.
Discerning fella: Green Hulk is his fave character in Marvel Superhero Squad. Along with Iron Man, because flying laser-shooting armors are always kewl, d'uh!

On the plus side, his little sister is learning all the skills she'll ever need to handle rowdy boys when she grows up! From getting too much of the caveman treatment, her fave Barbie doll is already missing half her hair...

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Good points.

---
Is it me or have you gotten a bit more foul-mouthed? :-)

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

Are you implying that my forced absence somehow made me bitter? ;-)
Actually, I've just been training, to fend off the boredom during that time.
You never know when some heavy-caliber profanity might come in handy.

"Motor-Mouth, the boy who resented being mocked for wearing braces!"

P.S.: FART!
(Is it me, or is R.A.F. getting soft on her old age?)