Intro Post

 Howdy, this is my intro post.

My Name is Carlos Roots, and I started this replica project in 2013, after dreaming of building one since I was a teenager back in the 1990's.

This blog is a continuation of a previous blog I once had, but had deleted back in 2020. At that time, I was going through a major conflict with this project in that I was unmotivated, and I was convinced about giving up and selling it. I guess it may have been a midlife crisis and post-divorce type of thing.

Luckly, I was not able to sell it despite my efforts, because I had since regained my motivation, with the help of my kids, but unfortunately, the original blog download of posts and pics has been lost, so I was unable to revive the old blog. So, I put a few "catch up" posts that go by year as the first posts. The current updates will be monthly, with the first in Jan 2022.

Snips of the old blog: Project Countach (archive.org)

Thank you for reading, and I hope this helps you along with your own project, or at least provides some entertainment for you, if even briefly.

Carlos Roots.

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