Page 17 The urge grows stronger
skyangel on April 28, 2024
I find it a lot of fun putting the odd ‘nostalgia panels’ in, such as the one here of me making a plastic model kit of the Apollo Lunar Module. My favourite model of all time was the Saturn V rocket which I started to draw Nick building here, but then remembered I'd already shown it built on a previous page in chapter one so had to substitute a different model!
This was before ‘glue sniffing’ became an issue and I would wonder why my head felt so tight after a day spent making a model up!
Othosmops at 12:08AM, April 29, 2024
And the dress is ... borrowed from your mother's closet, or bought yourself?
skyangel at 12:36AM, April 29, 2024
Everything back then was found in the loft, mostly left behind from the previous owners. The buying comes later! :)
UnderTheBlackHat at 12:01PM, April 28, 2024
Once again you strike a chord with the team over here. A couple of us remember the watching intently as man made their first landings in those tiny, fragile contraptions! Building one yourself must have been interesting to say the least. Even better we're betting was indeed having 'space' to yourself to feel more, relaxed and comfortable in your own skin. Such an interesting train of thought for one so young, but then from the mouths of babes and all that hmm? We're also loving all the elements: Telly, model, corn flakes, 'dads' chair... and that lovely garden with an unacknowledged young lady looking just beautiful surrounded by flowers and butterflies... Thanks again! And we also remember dealing with 'fumes' from the glue. That's why they warned about enclosed spaces on those tubes (at least eventually).
skyangel at 1:04AM, April 29, 2024
Haha *Waves to the team* I did make the lunar module but it never fascinated me as much as the Saturn V(which I still have) which stands just under 3'tall and has tiny astronauts in the nose cone which are barely the size of match heads which gives the whole thing a pretty mind blowing sense of scale considering the thing is practically all fuel!... As for the 'space' that's an interesting point because it was only a few years ago that I became aware that I have certain ASD symptoms which psychologists now are saying is quite common in trans kids although I'm not sure why that should be. I've always been very insular and felt overwhelmed in large groups but of course the more obvious reason for wanting to be alone at that age was that I didn't want to be caught wearing my dresses as people would make me feel bad for doing so. I never felt lonely though!
Genejoke at 11:51AM, April 28, 2024
Glue sniffing... I'd forgotten about that.
skyangel at 12:44AM, April 29, 2024
Haha Yes, so had I! It was only whilst drawing the panel that I remembered that myself.
ohanyname at 11:27AM, April 28, 2024
Child left unattended at home - Austin Maxi on the driveway - this *must* have been a long time ago!
skyangel at 12:42AM, April 29, 2024
We're around the late 70's at this point but I don't want to try and use specific dates as I'm uncertain and it gives me a bit more flexibility in the 'props' I like to add in.
Genejoke at 11:50AM, April 28, 2024
times they have a changed for sure.