Kwerk's 2012 Challenge Build Thread -- COMPLETED

[RogerC]

You are a detail deity, phil I can't belive how good this is turning out.

[dmarg1045]

Amazing work!

[HiggyDude]

[QUOTE=kwerk;4107402The city I'm living in has that very thing as it's advertising slogan - Absolutely Positively Wellington! (it pains me to say that, I'm from Christchurch and I'm loathe to buy in to it )[/QUOTE]

Been to Christchurch - have a nice picture of me standing in front of the beautiful church (that crumpled during your earthquake ). Also made it to Queenstown and Auckland. We chose to skip Wellington What an incredible country!!!!

I would travel to New Zealand again in a heart beat- I'd pass up travel somewhere I have never been to go back...

Anyway - Incredible Job!!!!!

[kwerk]

Originally Posted by HiggyDude

Been to Christchurch - have a nice picture of me standing in front of the beautiful church (that crumpled during your earthquake ). Also made it to Queenstown and Auckland. We chose to skip Wellington What an incredible country!!!!

I would travel to New Zealand again in a heart beat- I'd pass up travel somewhere I have never been to go back...

Anyway - Incredible Job!!!!!

Thanks higgydude.

The Cathedral is in the process of being demolished. It's still difficult to get my head around it, it was kind of Christchurch's icon, spiritually and even commercially. It was at the centre of town and the city was essentially built around it. It was usually the thing you would see in any picture that represented and identified the city.

There is deeply divided opinion on it, many want it to be saved, many want to be rid of it. It belongs to the church, and has been their decision based on a number of reasons. But it has divided the city really. I myself can see both points of view, and I'm finding it incredibly difficult to take a definitive stance on. I'm leaning towards wishing it could be saved if for nothing else than it would be one of the few remaining buildings of that style and period that remain in the wake of the quake.

Christchurch's essence was the old buildings and the wide green areas, with the beautiful river running through it. There are many more wide spaces in Christchurch now, but at the cost of hundreds of of the old (and almost as many newer) buildings in the city.





Sorry, I ranted!

Sorry too you missed Wellington. It's a great place to visit.

[w3stie]

I hope you can rebuild Phil. I have noticed there are more people settling here in Brisbane from Christchurch. I guess they had enough.

[guitarzan13]

Wow!!!

[dannyp8262]

this is my favorite build so far!!! Great work!!

[alscort93]

Originally Posted by kwerk

I'm sure you meant "down to the last 25.4mm".

Ah, yes, 25.4 mm for you

[Picton]

Sad, that second pic of the cathedral. Pros and cons aside, there's always something a little melancholy when older buildings get demolished.

I grew up in Southern California, so I've had my share of earthquakes; too bad this one claimed such a fine old building.

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by Picton

Sad, that second pic of the cathedral. Pros and cons aside, there's always something a little melancholy when older buildings get demolished.

I grew up in Southern California, so I've had my share of earthquakes; too bad this one claimed such a fine old building.

I couldn't agree more, when places like this disappear, it's as if a piece of our heart is missing

[waster]

Been away for couple of weeks preoccupied with motorbike riding etc, nek minnut, people on here are kicking arse. Even got an OMG from Preeb. Go Kwerk

[kwerk]

Just checking in.

Literally having the time of my life watching paint dry at the moment, so nothing to see here. On the bright side, when it does it'll all be going together. This weekend with any luck.

I've redone the fretboard surface and will be gluing this on and respraying that in the next couple of days. A couple more surprises to come yet

[RogerC]

Sweet! I love surprises

[hockeygoon]

Haven't been keeping up with build threads this year and I'm just sitting here dumbfounded (in a good way). Incredible.

[Geosh]

Oh my gosh!! I have been buried in CAD models and drafting part drawings for the last few months and I decided it was time to catch up on the build progresses. Then I find the "CAD-Caster" or "Drafter-Caster" and my day is complete!!

Excellent work! And the detail is just awesome!!

[whodatpat]

Originally Posted by kwerk

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The Cathedral is in the process of being demolished.

Any chance to get some timbers from it to build a guitar?

[kwerk]

Originally Posted by whodatpat

Any chance to get some timbers from it to build a guitar?

Much as I would love to, I'd say it's highly unlikely. They are working to recycle as much of the interior as possible. The timber areas are largely restricted to the roof trusses, which are likely to be reused in some form or other. My other issue is that I no longer (for the time being) live in Christchurch, so even if something did become available, I'd probably miss out. In saying that, there is no shortage of historic buildings under demo or deconstruction, so I'm hoping to be able to get my hands on something of significance if I can.

The severe earthquake that took this and many other buildings down (not forgetting 185 lives) was actually smaller in magnitude than the original quake six month previous. After the original quake a local luthier made a series of guitars utilising timber from the first round of buildings to go down. You can see and read about them here.

The difference between the two quakes was that the original, a 7.2 on the Richter scale, was located about 30 miles away from the city and was some 16 miles deep. It was also at 4.35am on a Saturday morning. We thought we had dodged a bullet as the only casualties were buildings at that point. The second was much more severe, despite "only" being a 6.3, because it was located only 6 miles away from the centre of town and was an incredible 3 miles deep. The ground acceleration was the highest ever recorded for any earthquake in human history. Just "standing in one place" meant one was still experiencing 2.5Gs of lateral force. The killer was the timing - 12.51pm on a Tuesday, and of course the streets were packed with people on their lunch breaks.

[DeepSouth]

I've been to Christchurch twice. Once on business, once just on holidays. I have wonderful memories of the time I spent looking around. It's my favourite major city in New Zealand by a long margin.

My wife and I were so sad when the earthquake destroyed all the beautiful buildings. It was heartbreaking to see the Cathedral damaged and we were really upset to hear it was going to be demolished and we will never see it again. Not to mention the character of the city and the other beautiful buildings. I think it's fair to say everyone we have talked to about Christchurch are overwhelmingly saddened by the whole event - everyone loves the place.

There was a time when we even considered moving there we liked it so much. We still think about how the people are fairing over there and we hope you and everyone else come through this whole ordeal. I just hope there aren't any more major tremors.

Best wishes DS.

[emoney]

wow.....

[Westerly Sunn]

Brilliant, Brilliant!