Well today I had a little free time so of all the part completed jobs on the at the current time the one that grabbed my attention was the storage boxes.........I now think maybe I should have dome something else.
If you look at my last update I had sort of created two storage trays to fit into one of the "really useful" 4 litre storage boxes, and this was sort of successful, I even managed to get 8 slots in each of these trays, as originally even though I considered a foam lining, a baize a
Well its been a while since I have posted an update on here, but over the last few weeks things have sort of got away from me a little. A bout of poor health and a poorly laptop have seriously stopped me from doing any real modelling on the layout, well at least the type of modelling you can actually see some form of progress.
What I have managed to do with very helpful assistance from the Domestic Overlord is to fit to half of the layout some new alignment dowels, which should take away hug
Well my attempt to create a passable impression of an Ivatt Class 4 (a very vague impression ), sort of ground to a halt, it was not because I lost interest, it was just that I found lots of other things more interesting.
However I was spurred into action because of Ebay, the acquisition of a old Minitrix Ivatt Class 2 in a horrible condition (mint but with a British Railways number and emblem, of the inhumanity)meant I had to get some transfers to get the old girl in a decent livery.
So
Well in the last couple of days the Domestic Overlord has been very gracious and allowed me a couple of free hours, from duties around the house.
Being unaccustomed to such freedom at first I sat there in the skirt I borrowed, from next doors washing line caked in blue face paint contemplating plans to free other such enslaved modellers and leading a revolt against all the oppressors in the country, and then I thought, sod that I'm going to do some modelling.
So still wearing the skirt (
Well its been a while since I made a posting on here, but I have managed to escape the constant toils wracked upon me by the Domestic Overlord and I have managed to spend some time working on Foster Street.
With a couple of exhibition dates looming there are many jobs I should be spending my time on (the major one being improving the storage yard and track alignment) but you know me that would be too easy.
Of the many ways the Domestic Overlord never ceases to amaze me, is the ability t
Well its been a while since I have posted an update on here, its not that I have not been doing any modelling, its just that what little time I have had to work on the layout, has been taken up with those jobs that just eat modelling time.
As I am rapidly approaching the big 40, I have noticed that more and more parts of everyday life are just there for me to moan about, I mean is it just me? it can't be?
Anyway one aspect of modelling that really gets to me is the lack of headlamps on l
Yes I am still alive, I have not been killed in some strange million-to-one accident that left my body bruised and broken, and the Domestic Overlord, suffering from the pain of loss cruising the Bahamas with only brilliant scenery, weather, and an endless supply if cocktails to make up for missing me
Hang on I have just noticed an Airline ticket for one on the kitchen table..............
What I have been doing is adding little details to the layout, and trying to finish off all those li
Well the Domestic Overlord abandoned me today, and left me all alone. on myself with nobody to keep me safe or protect me from the wild animals and monsters that are just waiting for the chance to get me....and they nearly did, but as you can tell I managed to fend them off..........for now at least.
Anyway freedom is a terrible thing, I don't like it, its not safe, it fills your mind with lots of thoughts which is not good, and there is nobody there to tell you that the thing you are curren
Well all you N gauge modellers out there will have to line up to thank me, I started working on a Fairburn tank last year and Farish release one, so thanks to me some RTR manufacturer will release a Stanier and the Fowler 2-6-4T.
Yes today the Foster Street fleet was increased by two "really usful" large tank engines today, well they are running, but they could still do with a little more detailing, and maybe some or more weathering, and one that is waiting for its wheels if I can remember w
Well, I managed to find a little modelling time today, well actually I just blocked the door to the spare room, and hid from the Domestic Authority. Its amazing really how peaceful modelling can be if you turn the stereo up to a setting loud enough to just about avoid your ears bleeding, but loud enough to drown out the banging and shouting of the Domestic Overlord on the door.
When you think about it, I bet its the reason Sundays were invented, their whole purpose is to allow you to hide a
Well I got bored with messing about with the green stuff on Foster Street so being the hardened modeller that I am I thought sod that, lets do something different, so out came the trusty mini-drill and the super glue, I mean what could possibly go wrong?
All of the locomotives in my fleet had cab windows fitted, using my trusted method of cutting clear plastic to the correct size and then fitting them with super glue. Easy you would think, just measure cut and stick, well let me tell you its
Well those of you who have been following my entries (more often rants) on the building of Foster Street will know that it is supposed to be set somewhere in the North West in the period up to that horrible day the railways were nationalised, and the beginning of the end began......
Anyway when viewed from the from the front, working from the left to right the urban sprawl of a typical northern town, gives way to the typical green-ish landscape we have up here between towns, the aim was capt
Hello my name is Paul and I have a problem, well its more of an addiction, I have this uncontrollable habit, it all started with one private owner wagon, and then it led to another, then another, then another...................
Before long, found myself hiding this addiction from friends and family, I would visit my local pusher, had over some cash, and I would be given a small package, that I would nervously hide within my coat, rush home, sneak upstairs to the spare room and with mad aband
Well its been a weird weekend, feeling really washed out on Saturday I really had no energy to do any modelling, my brain was willing but my body refused to cooperate so I spent the time on my other pastime SULKING. Thankfully I was able to wallow in my own misery and the Domestic Overlord was away for the day visiting family.
Today though I decided enough was enough, and getting the domestic chores out of the way, like the good little boy that I am I decided to play with my trainset. The st
Well what a weekend this had been, having made several trips to the local tip what seemed like an endless amount of decorating detritus, and after accidently breaking a wardrobe in the spare room that in my defence was looking rather past its best (well it was after I had paid it a little attention a few weeks ago ) the spare room was looking rather neat.
So because I was a good little boy the Domestic Overlord said I could put my train-set back up (I have given up trying to get it recognise
Well progress on my attempt to produce a reasonable representation of an Ivatt class 4 (Flying Pig) for Foster street has managed to get to the stage of me actually thinking about slapping a little paint onto it.
The majority of the work on the project this week has seen me working on the tender, and attempting to get the complex shape of the cab tender correct. This has not been helped by my stubborn insistence on using the over length farish chassis (yes if the Domestic Overlord ever reads
What is happening?
It's the fourth day of the New Year and the Domestic Overlord, is allowing me to spend time modelling, (I know that might make it sound like I have to ask permission to be allowed to do some modelling but if that the case its not true. Just like pocket money I am allowed a weekly allowance, and as long as I don't exceed this Domestic harmony ensues )
Anyway because I'm a good Boy, we went the a local retailer of White goods, bought the new washing machine, especially f
Well its the start of the New year, and I managed to celebrate by actually doing some more modelling, and yes gluing my fingers together a couple of items. god I love super glue.
Anyway while other members of
the household, who will remain nameless lay in slumber I set about my on-going attempt to convert a springside std 4 into an Ivatt class 4.
Its still early days in the process, but in certain areas I think it's beginning to take shape, even if that shape is not exactly what I inten
Well after a day where the washing machine has decided to go on the fritz, at the same moment there are sales on (how's that for timing ) I managed to spend nearly an hour on my latest project, the Ivatt class 4.
As stated in an earlier post the basis for this was a kit built Standard 4 I bought of Ebay, because I wanted the chassis to use as basis for a Stanier Mogul. But when I was deciding what to do with the Std 4 body I noticed how similar it is to an Ivatt class 4.
Well it is to me
Well its Christmas day, because I was a clever little boy, I put the Christmas sprouts on to boil in September, I had a little spare time today, the question was what to do with it?
After several glasses of some strange substance called alcohol, I decided see how I got along with acrylic paint, so slapped a bit on the parcel vans I had been working on a couple of weeks ago before my time had been taken up with endless house decorating.
Its the first time that I have used acrylic like thi
Well call me observant but I have discovered another difference between the Forth Rail bridge and our Living room, the Living room takes more painting, honestly there is nearly as much paint on the walls as there is on me!!
I must admit though that the satin finish seems to suit me quite well, anyway in a brief moment of respite from the endless decorating sentence imposed upon me, I have I think decided on the next locomotive project to add the Foster Street stud.
I may change my mind,
Dear Santa
I have been a good little boy this year, therefore for Christmas this year can I have INSANITY for my present, if so don't bother wrapping the present, just download it straight into my noggin
Waiting in hopeful anticipation your greatest fan
Paul aged 39 and a half.................
I don't remember writing the letter to the Fat man, but regardless he has come through and delivered my present early I am now officially off my trolley. Yes I have threw aside the shackles
Apparently its nearly Christmas and time to but panic presents before the big day is running out, not that I have had time to notice because the Domestic Overlord has kindly helped by filling in all my spare time with Decorating/DIY tasks
Just a snippet from the thoughtful schedule, will see me spend this weekend moving furniture so I can paint all the walls in the living room, then move all the furniture to the kitchen, then little respite of a couple of days at work. Then finish on Tuesda
HELP ME I THINK I AM SERIOUSLY ILL - I'm actually contemplating adding a DIESEL to the locomotive roster for Foster Street.
I have a prototype Deltic which occasionally runs through now and again, but it's my trainset and what I say goes (well sort of, Phil - no more Southern)
Of all the projects filling my head, that I really want to start, the one that keeps jumping to the front, is to paint one of those old farish 08 models, black, and produce a lash up of the shunters the LMS had (ev
Well this time last week, the Domestic Overlord and I were running around trying to get fit the proverbial quart into a pint pot, or more accurately Foster Street into the a Focus.
Well it just about fit and I just about fit behind the steering wheel, anyway a week later, and no modelling has been done, to be honest I needed a bit if a break from it.
However I could not quite break away from it entirely, and I have spent a little time working on a list of the things that either need comp
