tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post6651209439170808869..comments2024-03-29T10:07:41.792+00:00Comments on Phil's Workbench: Keep Calm and Build ModelsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-43044224165401741302020-03-21T09:02:06.836+00:002020-03-21T09:02:06.836+00:00Ian - It's very much on the list. I wouldn'...Ian - It's very much on the list. I wouldn't be surprised to see it re-appear in the range in the future too...Phil Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673614093646938053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-65173207074146424992020-03-21T06:47:44.298+00:002020-03-21T06:47:44.298+00:00Now I don't feel so guilty!Now I don't feel so guilty!Graham Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04340126972152280349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-88856511435086359232020-03-20T23:14:53.697+00:002020-03-20T23:14:53.697+00:00Andy - all the best with your new job - and home -...Andy - all the best with your new job - and home - when you're able to take them up.<br /><br /><br />Phil - that sounds like excellent news - many thanks. It'll be interesting to see what happens.<br /><br />Huw Griffithsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-39291096320170454272020-03-20T22:07:25.577+00:002020-03-20T22:07:25.577+00:00Hi Phil, please please build the hovercraft... is ...Hi Phil, please please build the hovercraft... is it the SRN4? Always wanted one of those. Would love to see the build...Ian Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885758942784894264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-59931714170029353442020-03-20T18:35:12.169+00:002020-03-20T18:35:12.169+00:00Huw - We're working on some BRM ideas to get a...Huw - We're working on some BRM ideas to get and support people modelling at the moment. Hopefully, there will be more on this next week. We can't help everyone, but those we can, we will. <br /><br />Andy - Good luck with the new job, once they let you start!Phil Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673614093646938053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-58456019016038999692020-03-20T16:21:29.461+00:002020-03-20T16:21:29.461+00:00It is worrying: I'm supposed to move to a town...It is worrying: I'm supposed to move to a town near Freiburg next month and start a new job, but Freiburg is currently in lockdown... <br /><br />I've got a stock of plastic card and components that I can't make myself, and 100 knife blades, so I won't get too bored if it doesn't work out as planned...Andy in Germanyhttp://www.korschtal.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-82704724017698018202020-03-20T13:11:08.185+00:002020-03-20T13:11:08.185+00:00Well said.
OK - as has already been pointed out o...Well said.<br /><br />OK - as has already been pointed out on sites like RMweb, this is likely to be anything but a holiday for a number of people - some people will be facing financial uncertainty - some others will merely face never ending domestic job lists.<br /><br />Unfortunately, some people will be going through far worse times - seriously ill and facing an existential threat, or caring for people in this situation.<br /><br />I'm sure that all readers of this blog have sufficient fundamental decency to spare a thought for anyone being put through this.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, returning to those of us with loads of time on our hands, I hope we're able to make productive use of this time.<br /><br />Somehow, I can imagine sites like RMweb soon filling up with things many of us get down to building over the coming weeks and months.<br /><br />I know I'd been hoping to obtain some more stuff to add to my model stash, for this very reason. Yes - I know this sounds counter intuitive - but it's not, because I tend to go in for "proof of concept" modelmaking - so I prefer to allow for the probability of me making mistakes.<br /><br />Oh well, it looks like my plans might need to change, yet again ... .<br /><br /><br />Anyway, assuming that most of us are not "otherwise occupied", a number of people should get a chance to work through stashes.<br /><br />For some people, this might mean emptying cake boxes and building something to refill them. With Xmas cakes often keeping for months, this prospect might be quite credible. As for what to refill the boxes with, who says this needs to be scenery or dioramas - how about a complete model train that can be transported in one of these boxes? (Cue some homebrew railcars? I can think of some designs that would fit into a 200mm box, even in O gauge.)<br /><br />Perhaps you might have some old locos or stock that don't come anywhere near modern standards - but which would never be worth much secondhand. Might we be about to read about some 30 year old Lima multiple units getting rebuilt?<br /><br /><br />I don't know what anyone might do over the coming weeks and months. Hopefully, though, at least some of us will use this time constructively.<br /><br />All the best, everyone.Huw Griffithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664683490163937931noreply@blogger.com