Model Forum / General / Models / July 2007

It has been a Really Long Time since the Last Rama Lama Role Call.  Sooo
I think it's just about Time we had Another one

So Just Where are You All AT - Hmmmm
Time to Give a Report from Your Temple

Now  -  Here's My Question for You All :)

Are You a MODELER , Are You REALLY

When I am in Just the Right Mood or have gotten an Urge to leave the
house and go to the store in search of that ''NEW--KIT'' Or just to pick
up another Duplicate that will End Up being "NEW" to the STASH which is
My Secret Place - My Kit Vault

I get all Tingly iInside. There's this feeling of anticipation which is
just overwhelming. It Provides Me the very same feeling that a Big Game
Hunter gets right before the Prey Jumps out at Him from the Brush. It is
the feeling that something Terrifyingly Wonderful is going to happen.
It's difficult to put this feeling into words but I do think you will
understand what i'm trying to say.
Building models for Me as for Many was something that I ''fooled-With''
as a child. Then went back to later on life with a Bold Renewed
Vengeance that only the ADULT in us could really learn to appreciate.
The fact that I now seek to find just the right thickness of balsa wood
strip for "Plank Flooring". And "Sand" them down before I put it inside
one of my many  1/35 scale Opel Blitz Trucks is all the proof I need to
Demonstrate the fact I am now HOOKED on My Modeling Hobby till the end
of time.
There's no better ''Obsession'' I know of.

It's our -MANTRA- our -MISSION- in Life

It's precisely after all is said & done what we as MODELlERS are ALL
ABOUT.  It's How We intend on leaving Our MARK on the World.  I do know
Acquiring kits One after Another over a Lifetime of Building and of
being in ''THE HOBBY'' as they say is lots of work. You end up going to
Yard Sales when ever you can to pick through the toys & games ,You Burst
through lines of people milling about the tables to Shout
''Nobody touch the Kits they're Mine and I suggest that All of You Move
aside so that Nobody gets Hurt''  And they stare at you Never Knowing
that You've Spent Weeks which blend into Months which eventually blur
into Many Years to make friends with Clerks and Managers in Local Retail
and Hobby Stores In hopes they will call and let you know when the
-Next- shipment of models will be there. Those days in which fortune
smiles in your favor and someone at a Store asks.  "How many did you say
you wanted me to keep in the back room for you , until you stop by to
pick 'em up."

Well It's just like Christmas all over again every time One of Them
Calls to Tell You that the -NEW- Kits are in. Then you hear the Magic
Words. ''You wanna See Them before they go out on the Shelf tomorrow''

Now Tell Me This - And Be Honest Here.

Just How Many Here have -HID- atleast One Kit in a Closet or in the
Garage. Or Outside the Door.  Or on Top of a Shelf Unit in the Kitchen
Closet , or the Fridge. Because you can not get it past a certain Family
Member at One Time Or Another.

Because - If they see you with just -ONE MORE KIT- you will get -THE
LOOK- or worse you get the -HEAD SHAKE- either one of which can be very
deadly at times because You Know they Really Want to Ask You.   ''Tell
Me Just Why you Need That."  Or even worse  '' Sooooo Tell Me Just Where
you Going to Put That One."

Well - If you ever Have.  Then you Know what I mean. You can Tell
the Look of a person who just Does NOT Understand.

But We Understand that We still have to Love Them even though they're
confused even though they just don't seem to get it.
They seem not to have That All Important Modeling Chromosome. So they
continue NOT to get it - But we still love them. It's what this is
really about. It Does Seem at times be both a very Lonely & Thankless
Job.  But Then Somebody Out There has to Do it.  It may not be for
Everyone - But there are those of us who Choose to do it and we do it
Willingly and Gladly with the Greatest of Pride and We Do IT With Our
Heads Held High.

It has even been known to put a KICK in our Strut while we walk through
the Long Canyon Like Isles in Dept. Stores on our endless TREK for those
Kits that we still do Not have.  And ou can hear the People Whispering
to Each Other as We Brush and Push our way Past All of Them

They Say to Each Other in Hushed Voice

. . .  ''THERE  GOES  a  MODELER'' . . .

I hope you have Enjoyed Reading it just as much as I have Enjoyed
Writing it.

    ... Carl ..........

,,

Rama-Lama-BIG-BORG ; BORG TEMPLE N.Y. Central-Park-West ; Master Builder
of blessed temple KITS ; Keeper of Secret Temple Decoder Rings &
Bracelets ; Fluent-in-1st--Degree--TALK-to-the-HAND
--TEMPLE-ETTE--Guards--SIX--&--SEVEN--

The----WORLD--WIDE--WEB----is totally jam packed with thousands of
people who are  Destined to be nothing more then a faded weatherbeaten
---CHALK--OUTLINE--- along the---INFORMATION--SUPER--HIGHWAY---

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YES  -  I'M -- the -- REAL-- "BAD--SANTA"
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Here's a really quick LooK into My Life
http://community.webtv.net/CYBER-BORG-4/ABriefLookintothe

My Main Page with My Models and INFO
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