I can't help it. I tried to be nice to them, honest, but model railway people...Jeez. Fussy farts, kit snobs, Mummy's boys. That's what I found on the whole with just a few exceptions and so, finally, I gave up on them. My scenic bits will be done just for me when it's raining. The rest will go on my slotcar track. Caffs, marshalls' huts etc. I have a lot of slot cars to build and the people involved are so much friendlier. And let's face it a blast round a track is so much fun. Then there's the developmental side. Trying to design and build a chassis that works better than another. I spend a lot of my time making stuff for friends and myself, to be cast by friends, so it makes sense to just stick to the one Winter hobby and maybe keep a few boats for the Summer.
I currently have all sorts under way.
The wee Peugeot 206CC, the real one of which we have just swapped for a more practical Suzuki Swift. A Lloyd Lewis re-pop from a diecast.
Lola Mk 1 by AA Bodies after I'd remastered it for him
I was asked to turn an old but very excellent Jaguar XK 120 kit into a FHC, so I made a new "lid" for it and my son, Bazz (Monster Racing) cast some in resin.
And so it goes. LOTS and lots of slot cars to build. Every time I do a pattern I get at least one copy which has to be done as a slot car. Fortunately I've made space in the shed for a small track so I can test them all.
More anon.
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