It looks like I get volunteered to try and give everyone a pep-talk---Rah-Rah-Go Ship Modelers-Go!  I asked the Skipper to try and give everyone who had dropped off the face of the planet after "the Topic That Ate Tokyo" was closed some words of encouragement (if you're reading this but haven't went to the keyboard in a couple weeks, you know who you are!)
Both builds are on now, some veterans have got well along with their projects, while others to whom ship models are strange animals are takeing  their time, learning and finding solutions to problems.  Questions are there to be answered, knowledge and tecniques are there to be passed on and shared---we can't take them with us when we go can we guys?  If you know any of the modelers who started out with us who we haven't heard from in a while, send them an email or PM to check in on them.  I have assurances that Zeus has sheathed his lightning bolts 
 
  