Okay, so some of you are aware that I am slightly obsessed with Disney's so called 'dark' rides... an obsession that precedes even my first visit to the parks. You see, long before there were Legos and snap-together kits, there was the model kit. A kit that, no matter what the box said, required quite a bit of skill to put together and paint. And I just love working with my hands!
Some of my many happy childhood memories involve putting together Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean model kits with zap/action! The one I remember most is Condemned to Chains Forever, in which a pirate skeleton fights an eternal battle with an alligator that's trying to chew on his leg. It's no wonder the comic book I'm working on is titled The Ghost Pirate Skeletons of Three Craters Lake, is it?
So, a few years later I have managed to get the same model kit, complete in it's box. And now it will take me years to find the time to actually build it and build it right. However, I had ten minutes free one Saturday morning, so over coffee I carefully removed the pieces from their sprues, and, like any good model builder, fit them together before any attempt at gluing. And being the show person that I am, I just had to video the attempt, and ad some animation to it. :0)
Please enjoy!
PS As I kid I ripped the box open and started painting and gluing haphazardly until I had a sloppy mess that little resembled the picture on the box. And I loved every minute of it. :0)
PSS If enough of you clamor to see more, I'll be forced to find the time to play, er... work towards making another video in this series. Please? :0)
On my iPod? Ariene Brunet, "Le pied dans ma bulle" Nice!
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