In this case the modeler carried his obsession to a great conclusion. He is now the owner of one of the Czech multi-label model manufacturers.BTW, it's not just scale modeling that is predominantly male oriented. Art in general has a very small percentage of women reaching a successful level worldwide.TomOn May 19, 11:20=A0pm, Pat Flannery wrote:> snipped-for-privacy@netscape.com wrote:> >
Several years ago a Czech friend visited and actually brought a couple> > of his works of art with him.> > > One was an Avia S-199 with all control surfaces attached to the stick> > and rudder pedals. Using a probe or a pair of needle point tweezers he> > pushed on one rudder pedal or the other to make the rudder move and> > move the stick to move the other control surfaces.> > > The kit was the K.P. offering in 1/72 scale!> > > Tom> > That's completely insane by rational standards, but one has to applaud> insanity like that.> This guy _really is_ an artist, like Michaelangelo taking a rake to the>
"inferior" paintings he did in the Sistine Chapel in the movie "The>
Agony And The Ecstasy".> All great artists never created their greatest works by choice, but> rather by a obsessive drive that demanded they keep working at something> 24/7 for every day of their life, like a male salmon heading up a> Alaskan river to screw and die.*> He may not do many models total in his life, but _by God_ they are going> to be some finished models indeed!> > * BTW, note the number of male versus female model builders in this> world... I'm still working out the ramifications of this in a> male/female psychological sense, but there's something profoundly and> deeply male- related going on here - from childhood on forward.> > Pat