Getting Real Column - 9
peninsula shift challenge to a member of my work crew, Tom
Potthast. Tom has a lot of experience building displays for
such places as the Holocaust Museum and the Smithsonian.
That means he has an assortment of tools to match.
Tom thought about it for a few minutes, studied how the pen-
insula was constructed, and identified the location to make the
cut – right at the narrowest portion of the peninsula neck. He
made no guarantee that the effort wouldn’t end in a loud thud
as the layout hit the floor, but luckily it went very smoothly. In
fact, the entire process took us less than two hours.
The biggest challenge was getting Bernie Kempinski to take
enough time out of his busy schedule to patch his backdrop
painting. He did manage to find a Saturday afternoon to head
out to my place and in short order painted and blended the new
three foot section of backdrop such that unless you knew the
story you would never notice where the alteration was made.
As I said, I enjoy these occasional work sessions although I’ve
promised the rest of the gang that the next time we will spend
more time modeling than wielding implements of destruction!
Last time I sent out an email invitation announcing a work ses-
sion one immediate reply was “Of course I’ll be there – your
work sessions are never boring.” I wonder what that means?
MRH-Dec 2014
