I always tell Andy that he has it easy when doing the BRM reviews. He can sit in a nice warm office looking up a few details (not for us, the YouTube "research" of just reading the box) and then run the model on a bit of track. In the dry.
For Garden Rail reviews, I have to brave the weather. As long as it's not raining, I'll nip down to the L&WMRS outdoor track and set fire to a brand new model. Yes, Andy doesn't have to risk burning his review subjects to the ground either. I've not actually damaged one yet, but there have been a couple of occasions with perhaps a little more flame for a fraction of a second, than I would like.
Another problem asseted itself while I was testing the Roundhouse Millie - our track is on a famr, and the farm has cats. This one decided it wanted fuss. Big time.
I'd bend down to get something out of my toolbox, and on standing up, recieved a face full of nuzzling pusscat. Now, I love cats, but this one affections were causing a problem. As mentioned, these reviews mean fire, and I don't want to scare, or risk hurting, the animal, or getting steam oil on his fur as I topped up the lubricator. Or risk getting cat hair in the oil in the lubricator!
Eventually, after about half an hour of attention, he decided I wasn't a toy any longer, but you still knew who was in charge..
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Two days ago, I was sitting at my worktable and felt pan in my leg as three claws went through my pants as Marco leaped into my lap -- between chair and table. My wife insisted on doctoring the three spots of blood.
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