A daily updated blog typed by someone with painty hands, oil under his fingernails and the smell of solder in his nostrils who likes making all sort of models and miniatures. And fixing things.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
The (nearly) cheapest loco kit in the world, finished.
Finally finished, the Phil Sharples loco is looking pretty good. Most importantly, I enjoyed mucking around with this kit quite a lot.
Nothing earth-shattering took place, but I tried a few new things and I've some ideas for future project.
The most important thing is the model is done. I speak to a lot of people who start a project, get stuck, or simply decide that it's not going quite as they hoped, and stop. Even if a model isn't the perfection you hope for, pushing on and getting the thing done is still a good exercise. An average or even poor finished model is better than another project dumped in the back of a cupboard.
And yes, this model did languish for a loooong while as work took over. The first pictures were taken a year ago and dribs and drabs of work were carried out with a final sprint towards the end when I decided I was going to get this done!
I really like that! Fantastic build Phil - one to be very proud of.
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