IronBeltKen
Lazy Daydreamer
Hi y’all, I haven’t posted anything here in quite a while for two reasons: (1) A slew of family commitments, plus preparing the property for winter [and possible hurricanes], eroded my free time to the point where my mrr time is extremely limited; and (2) what little “real” free time I’ve had available has been devoted to finishing some scenery projects on the layout. (I had a blog about that for a while in a separate thread http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?40379-CL-amp-W-Subdivision-Scenery-Blog/page5.)
My original plan was to have the layout ready for hosting op sessions by now. ~6 weeks ago, I was ready to move a bunch of buildings that were cluttering my layout surface back to their temporary positions in an area where I planned to have a small town scene. Then I got to thinking: “Hey, I really oughta throw down the initial scenery layer now while I have all the stuff out.” Estimated delay: 1 week; actual delay: 3 weeks. Had to order some additional materials, plus I got diverted onto a few vehicle-detailing projects that lasted long after the ordered materials arrived.
As I continued working on the town scene, I figured I could actually finish it since I had most of the street and sidewalk sections already assembled. Again, I kept discovering that I needed to purchase some missing important items…several more delays. Saturday morning I was ready to reinstall the street signs, utility poles and other small details that I had stored away. I looked in the box where I thought I had put them; they weren’t there. So I pulled out all the other under-layout boxes one-by-one and searched: Nope, not in any of those either! By now the trainroom looked as if a tornado had blown thru it and I was exhausted. I figured I needed to take a break from it for the rest of the day.
This afternoon it occurred to me that I hadn’t searched in any of my boxes that are stored in the attic, so I went up there and continued my search…but no luck.
Those street signs took me several weeks’ worth of evenings to scratchbuild. I used home-printed decals which I no longer have the masters for; it could easily take another month to acquire the necessary resources and make new signs. This isn’t a mere inconvenience, it is a bitter disappointment!
I had visions of having that town scene done for the next op session, but not anymore. Now I can’t even bear the thought of going into the trainroom, the enthusiasm is gone. I haven’t felt this dejected since the time when I learned I had to tear down my previous layout.
Yeah, I know....First-World problem! But I still felt the urgent need to vent...
My original plan was to have the layout ready for hosting op sessions by now. ~6 weeks ago, I was ready to move a bunch of buildings that were cluttering my layout surface back to their temporary positions in an area where I planned to have a small town scene. Then I got to thinking: “Hey, I really oughta throw down the initial scenery layer now while I have all the stuff out.” Estimated delay: 1 week; actual delay: 3 weeks. Had to order some additional materials, plus I got diverted onto a few vehicle-detailing projects that lasted long after the ordered materials arrived.
As I continued working on the town scene, I figured I could actually finish it since I had most of the street and sidewalk sections already assembled. Again, I kept discovering that I needed to purchase some missing important items…several more delays. Saturday morning I was ready to reinstall the street signs, utility poles and other small details that I had stored away. I looked in the box where I thought I had put them; they weren’t there. So I pulled out all the other under-layout boxes one-by-one and searched: Nope, not in any of those either! By now the trainroom looked as if a tornado had blown thru it and I was exhausted. I figured I needed to take a break from it for the rest of the day.
This afternoon it occurred to me that I hadn’t searched in any of my boxes that are stored in the attic, so I went up there and continued my search…but no luck.
Those street signs took me several weeks’ worth of evenings to scratchbuild. I used home-printed decals which I no longer have the masters for; it could easily take another month to acquire the necessary resources and make new signs. This isn’t a mere inconvenience, it is a bitter disappointment!
I had visions of having that town scene done for the next op session, but not anymore. Now I can’t even bear the thought of going into the trainroom, the enthusiasm is gone. I haven’t felt this dejected since the time when I learned I had to tear down my previous layout.Yeah, I know....First-World problem! But I still felt the urgent need to vent...
