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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2638236, member: 8959&quot;]I have a few hobbies besides numismatics. Being self-employed, however, I just wish I had more time available to be able to dedicate more time to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like Julius G. I also like to build ships. In my case I have a longtime project with this completely scratch-built, 2-deck, 32-cannon sailing ship. Everything besides the cannon have been built from scratch out of wood I buy at the hardware store. I draw my own plans, but roughly it is supposed to represent a typical late 18th. century vessel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bending the planks and epoxy-gluing them into place is a challenge (5-minute epoxy glue <font size="4">sticks like the devil to bare skin, believe me!), but this project is something I really enjoy.&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p>I work on it as time allows, and still have ways to go, including the 2nd. planking, main deck, aft cabins and of course all the rigging.....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]581596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]581597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]581598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]581599[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]581600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]581601[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another on-and-off hobby of mine are radio controlled helicopters. I was really wild about this until sickness struck, but I firmly intend to get back into it.</p><p>This is one of the models I built. It is semi-scratch-built, and actually got pretty good at hovering stably and flying it tail-on. I also put on a nice scale canopy for extra realism.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a hobby where you spend 1 hour flying and 3 hours fixing damage from the latest crash. Still, the technology behind it is fascinating and appeals to the engineer in me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]581602[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]581603[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]581604[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides the above hobbies, and in spite of a serious bout with illness, I remain an active sportsman and walk or jog 3-5 miles daily in the beautiful woods surrounding our house. Also some light weight-lifting.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, the only thing I lack is time.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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