Tuesday 9 June 2009

Displacement Activity

One of the Tramway's steam locomotives. This was the last J70 on the line and hung around until the O4 Diesel had settled down after their arrival in 1952/3.

I have been thinking some more why I am so slow to build layouts . One of the reason may be my spectacular ability to be distracted by other projects. As I have hinted in earlier postings that I have a few sketches, OK a boxfile full, of HO US outline layouts and schemes. But I also have always been interested in the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. So that's another boxfile of sketches and ideas. And the last few evenings I have spent fiddling with a trackplan for a layout based on this tramway.

Maybe I need to focus on one thing at a time. Is this all displacement activity? But this is a hobby and is meant to be fun. So maybe the judge should be not how quickly I get things done, but just am I enjoying myself.

On that basis I'm having a fab time fiddling with layout plans, which I know will never get built.

Tuesday 2 June 2009

Broadsword calling Danny Boy

Its amazing how much I can get done when I have a clear window of a few hours to get on with things. This passed half term has given me such an opportunity with the rest of the family away.

Not only to work on the layout for a couple of evenings uninterrupted but to also to work through the PVR and watch a few things that I had saved up. (It also means I can bring the layout in from the garage!).