Good morning to you all,
when I read what you are experiencing at the moment, I have to admit that I a a lucky one: As a teacher I am an employee of the government with special privileges, so I am at home — all schools are closed here in Bavaria and in all German states —, I send homework to my students via E-Mail and I am in no risk to loose my job nevertheless.
Things are different for my wife, who is right now doing her tests for becoming a teacher as well. She also is at home but in a state of total lack of knowledge how things would go on for her tests and her future career as a teacher. But however, we have quite an amount of family time, as our kids are at home as well (no school so no Kindergarten neither). My 18 years old daughter can’t pass her tests to finish school and doesn’t know if she can start her studies in Ireland in autumn — that annoys her quite much. But we all are safe and in good health, so there’s no actual reason to moan. My mother who also lives in our house, stays in her apartment and we don’t visit each other to minimize the risk of infection.
There is no curfew yet in Germany but restaurants, bars, swimming pools, cinemas and whatever you can imagine is made for spending your free time in a crowdy place are shut and you are advised not to leave your home unless you have to buy food or visit the doctor.
There is not as much modelling time as you might think, as we try to find digtial ways to teach our pupils (making videos and stuff like that), besides of that our kids of course seek our attention (especially our 3 years old son who can’t understand what’s going on and why he mustn’t see grandma). And there are many things on the house that need to be done and I try to use these days to do it.
At the moment there’s the 1910 bus on my bench, almost finished besides of weathering and a dio base, there’s also a bf-109 E that waits to be finished, a diorama project focussing in a horse drawn Hheresfeldwagen in 1916 and, at last, yesterday I started WNW‘s Sopwith Pup. But one of my eyes got caight by that Trumpeter SBD-3 Dauntless waiting in my overcrowded stash. Ah, yeah, and there’s that Mig-3 too, that glimpsed around the corner....
Strongly supporting our modelling businesses I am waiting for the postman to bring me a Trumpeter Wildcat and some bits from yahu and Master Casters. And I couldn‘t pass a Pyro 1:32 1940 Ford to convert it into a staff car somehow, that I picked up at ebay. But all these things are only there to shorten the waiting time until the availability of the Copper State Models Nieuport 21 and the Minerva and Lancia armored cars...
Best regards, stay well and safe!
Andreas