M_M_I_2015_04_

62 APRIL 2015 http://www.marinemodelmagazine.com

In the BegInnIng

It was all so simple! I just went up into the loft, and built model

boats. As long as I remembered to make them of such a size that

I could get them through the loft hatch, and down the ladder, all

was well. Three yachts, and two and a half square-rigger models

followed quite happily, but the floor started to creak more than the

rest of the household could bear, so I had a shed built in the garden,

complete with power and heat, and moved model making into that.

Then followed what now looks like halcyon days, exiled to the shed,

building, and listening to music.

Followers of my progress in earlier MMI articles will know that

the shed, and its strategies, developed over the next seven years,

becoming crowded with another six and a half square-riggers,

and the pre-existing five and a half boats. It was cosy, perhaps

becoming too cosy, as swinging cats became much harder, but it

was home (to the fleet!).

No matter how complete your shed life becomes, there is still ‘the

real world’ outside and, inevitably, it intervened, in the shape of the

desire to move house! Previous sufferers from this ailment will tell

you that it is right up there, as a stress generator, with divorce and

bereavement, but if you add in a model building shed, nine square-

rigger models, and three yachts, you’ll get to, as sporting PR men

are wont to say, the next level, and that is the burden of this piece, a

warning to all who contemplate moving the tents, over the next hill!

A MoveAble FeAst

As if building models wAsn’t enough – neville describes the

chAllenges AssociAted with moving house when model boAts

Are involved

great britain

Author: Nev Wade

Home, sweet home.

The shed in Sheffield,

cosy, comfortable and

crowded, but mainly,

finished

p62_MMAPR15_A Moveable Feast.indd 62 9/3/15 09:52:33