A Very "Spiteful" Fathers Day

Wow, so my last week basically consisted of two, maybe three things:
1. Write
2. Try to sleep (this is the 'maybe' thing i mentioned. sleep is a very elusive concept for me a lot of the time...)
3. Make a disaster diorama!!!!!!!  :D

haha, so a friend referred me to this website, Spitefuls.com (thanks Jek!), and upon looking at all of the awesome dioramas available, I was like, "I have to make the Apollo 13 for Father's Day!!"  Apollo 13 is one of my dad's favorite movies. But, um, little did I know that the Apollo is actually the most difficult diorama ON that site. HEH!

So! I had TONS of fun working on that! (that comment is meant to be both sarcastic and true!)  So, I got my supplies:

-printed on 60lb color paper from kinkos (i thought that heavier paper would be better. i guess it worked out just fine, but maybe any paper will work?)
-gluestick (crappy quality from walmart, but...it served its purpose)
-one of those blade cutter things
-scissors
-double sided sticky squares that I use for scrapbooking
-magnet (um, yeah, this was for the part that I had to make the legs. it actually proved quite useful!)
-ruler
-regular tape
-hard surface/cardboard surface

And yeah! haha, i wanted to be prepared, and all of those things came in handy.

It was about the point that I cut the first page out that I started to get worried, lol. Didn't know how to put the stand together.. But I emailed the creator, and she helped me out with that. ^_^ 

Then on the third page I started to REALLY freak out. What was I supposed to do with all these little pieces?!?  gah!  It looked a lot bigger in the picture, and I'm a visual learner sort of, i guess, and I needed MORE help with all the little bits and pieces. I have to admit, the only thing keeping me going was the thought of being able to use those explosion flames, lol  :)  

I remember being so proud that I got the antenna put together... and then I found out later that I had put it together inside-out. whoopsie!  that was easily fixed though. no need for a reprint!
See? wrong way.. lol, but i was so happy about it!

Things were coming along just swimmingly~  I got the whole Command & Service Module finished!  Explosion flames and everything! Frackin awesome :D (minus the reverse antenna... :b haha)

Then I took a look at what was next... If I thought the CSM was difficult....  eep! 

First, the Lunar Module Legs. I didn't know how I was supposed to get them rolled so tightly! I guess the fact that I used heavier paper didn't make it easier, but that's where the magnet came in. I just rolled them around the magnet and they turned out the perfect size! Voila! 

I thought that the Forward Hatch Section was going to be insane, so I put it off for a day and a half... Just needed more pictures. But I had guessed right about what I needed to do (for the most part), and hadn't trusted that instinct! 

The last bit kind of just made my jaw drop. How were all these pieces supposed to fit together nicely and snugly?  :/  hrrmmm  But after receiving more close-up pics, I sort of just was like, "whatever! just do something!" aaaand so I did, and it turned out just fine!  Tape and glue were my best friends.

I am quite proud of the finished product~  :D  And my dad really likes it! And even though at times I wanted to pull my hair out, and I had to quit and take breathers every once in awhile, it really wasn't actually all that bad, lol. Looking back, I could totally do it again. I think the hardest part is cutting things out.. And being able to read and follow directions, which I apparently have a hard time with. :)  And having fingers small enough to work with it all. Luckily, my fingers are sort of big, but not TOO big, and I managed. :)

See?  TuhDUH!!!!!!

*does happydance*