Today, the crew finished sculpting the head and tail of the first Viking ship which will soon be bound for Dubai. The pieces are very big and heavy but fun from... well... from head to tail.
Shields up
SHIELDS UP! I always wanted to say that and today was finally the day. The crew sculpted four of the shields on one of the Viking ships today. They look pretty spiffy already! By the time they get their paint job they will be even better!
The dream shop
For more than twenty years we dreamed of owning a big shop. How we managed to work out of a carport, the driveway and our tool trailer is a wonder now. But we had to wait until the time was right. Finally, in 2003 we bought the perfect small acreage with a very tired old farmhouse. Janis insisted we build the shop first and that we build it as big as possible. (She's my hero!) The new house would wait until we had finished the shop and paid down some debt. That was more than a decade later. We began to move dirt and put in the new driveway to the back of the property. I remember coming off the porch each morning finding it hard to believe that long held dream was becoming real at last. We opted to build an efficient and sound proof building using insulated concrete forms. The styrofoam blocks would stay in place with eight inches of steel reinforced concrete poured in the middle void. The sop would also reflect our theme park style. It took six months of long days and hard work before we were able to move in. The shop looked massive back then and was plenty large for our planned needs and projects.
