RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2012 I've been tidying my shed out (over about 3 weeks!) to try and arrange all my "to-do" stuff into some semblance of order. I like to have "project boxes", where all the stuff for that particular model(s) and model itself, is kept whilst doing the work. Today was the day when I tried to pile the boxes into some sort of priority order and I came across one particular box where everything was there, except the 90% complete item....... I knew I had last seen a couple of days before Stafford Ex (about 4 weeks ago) when I decided not to take it, as it wasn't complete and put it safely to one side - or so I thought. 4 hours later and looking through all my project/stock boxes/shelves, most of them twice, much to my relief it has resurfaced in literally the very last box before I was about to concede defeat. So my question is - What are your lost and found stories - what's the longest period between giving up looking for something and then finding it later? Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I do it all the time. In fact I now have a policy of deliberately NOT looking for anything for more than a couple of minutes, and then using an alternative. I end up trying to open tins with a hammer,drill holes with the electric screwdriver and all sorts of deviancy. Needless to say, as soon as I don't need the item there it is! Usually exactly where it should be, and certainly where I have looked two or three times. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2012 About 15-17 years for a railway model - last year I found a MTK 3H DEMU on which I'd done some preliminary work back in the mid-90s. I opened the box, saw what lay inside, shuddered and put it away again (hopefully not to be found for another 15 years!) My record is over 20 for an Airfix Douglas Boston kit, originally purchased in the mid '70s, started soon afterwards but subsequently mislaid and not finally finished until around '96 from memory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I recently rediscovered my large (1:12?) Airfix Blower Bentley kit after more than 25 years. I remember having to stop work on it because some of the parts were distorted. I wrote to Airfix and they replaced them, but by that time I had started a part time degree, got married and started a family although not necessarily in that order, so the project went into the attic. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2012 "Needless to say, as soon as I don't need the item there it is! Usually exactly where it should be, and certainly where I have looked two or three times." You have Pixies too then.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 ... - There must be half a layout scattered between the shed, cellar, loft, diverse cupboards etc I'm hoping to find a Derby Lightweight down the back of the settee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 The one thing I've lost that continually bugs me is a Peco Western National bus that I made and painted as a kid. I mislaid it when I gave up trains. I've found everything else from that period but not the bus, so it's assumed almost mythic proportions in my imagination. I suspect if it turned up tomorrow it would look very tatty and badly made but in my mind it's the best model ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I'm hoping to find a Derby Lightweight down the back of the settee. It's so easily done. You lay your roundy on the settee so your gran wont stand on it and next minute....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I've mislaid a K's body line kit for the LMS Garratt, I'm a bit less gutted than I was with Hattons announcing theirs, but I'm still hoping it'll turn up one day!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I find loco's I never knew I had in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Well, when I packed all my stuff away [cars, pubs, girls, etc] I didn't have a list of everything as such. I dabbled soon after we got married, had a little bit of space, and only got some of it out. Years later when I built my 'train shed' in the garden, gradually I went through the boxes. It wasn't until a few years later, when we had to do the roof, I had to sort out the loft and I found another box of assorted stock [about 50 wagons!] that I had forgotten I owned. So I guess that was 20yrs or so. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 To many to mention!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I keep finding tiny kit components, screws, springs etc. on the carpet tiles in the room where I model, some from ten years ago or more. But by the time they've resurfaced, I usually don't need them any more. And many must have got sucked up into the hoover over the years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I'm currently looking for my Blue Bachy Deltic. Took body off for renumbering and pretty much finished the job bar the D's as I had run out. I've put body and chassis somewhere I haven't got a clue whereabouts!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 And many must have got sucked up into the hoover over the years. What's a hoover? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 I find loco's I never knew I had in the first place. I keep finding parsnips I thought had gone for ever. What's a hoover? A dust-sucking diesel locomotive, much favoured in certain quarters... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I've mislaid a K's body line kit for the LMS Garratt...................................but I'm still hoping it'll turn up one day!! Most people mislay a buffer, but a Beyer Garratt? What have you got on your workshop floor, quick sand?. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 Most people mislay a buffer, but a Beyer Garratt? What have you got on your workshop floor, quick sand?. I reckon anyone who has managed to mislay a Big Boy deserves a prize... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 The number of times I've mislaid components, for which I've then bought replacements, at which point the bits I thought I'd lost suddenly materialise, followed by me mislaying the replacement bits..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Most people mislay a buffer, but a Beyer Garratt? What have you got on your workshop floor, quick sand?. I reckon anyone who has managed to mislay a Big Boy deserves a prize... Well I know where the Garratt is, it's with the Big Boy, I just don't know where that is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Well I lost a layout once. Was building a model based on Worthington (ex-MR) - last time I saw it it was in my late father's shed. I think he must've chucked it out before he came to live with us. Regards, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 Lost a Mainline Collett Goods. Several years later we were moving house. A small first layout I built for my son was in the garage. Sadly it had deteriorated beyond reasonable repair, so was stripped for useful bits. The Collett was found in the back of the loco shed. A quick clean and service and it is now amusing my grandson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I've just lost two hours reading RM Web! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2012 Lost an Aifix Autocoach , only found it after buying another on Ebay , Oh well , it will balance the 14xx set now . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timara Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Probably the WD 2-8-0 (in box) that was eventually found in the back of a cupboard after 3 years of wondering where the heck it had gone to..... Like Horsetan, I'm forever losing parts, buying anew and losing those in turn..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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