Last layout
This scifi layout was the best in show, though I can’t convey it in a single picture. These chained dinosaur beasts were on the top, but there was a whole ‘subterranean cavern’ deal going on below, with a rocket and a plasma ball and aliens and futuristic trains.
We fell to talking to the man who lovingly recollected how he had smashed together model trains with model jets and toys and assorted household items and grunge-painted over the result. It worked really well.
That’s how I built models as a kid. I’d start off well enough, but I could never stick to the plan. Somehow, I couldn’t bear to end up with something ordinary. It seemed so boring. I’d start gluing bits where they didn’t belong and putting decals where they shouldn’t ought to be. I had a particular fondness for gluing on bits of leftover sprue to look kind of like clusters of tail pipes.
Only, my efforts didn’t work so well. They ended up looking like big messy piles of crazy.
You don’t even want to know what my paint-by-numbers looked like.
May 3, 2017 — 9:27 pm
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More smalls
Tiny banjo player in a tiny jug band. Tiny jug visible on his right.
More than half of the layouts were American scenes, for some reason. I probably wouldn’t have noticed if he hadn’t pointed it out. Didn’t exactly bring a tear of homesickness to my eye as I rode the rails or anything.
Lots of y’all have May birthdays, it would seem. Please join me in shamelessly indulging self for thirty days.
May 2, 2017 — 9:46 pm
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Woo-woo!
Went to a model railway exhibition this weekend. By British standards, there weren’t that many layouts, but I enjoyed it.
I have a soft spot for miniature things. That’s why I adored Barbie — all those tiny kitchen utensils and accessories. My parents were pleased to see me do something girlie; if they bought me baby dolls that did anything interesting, I generally dissected them to see how they worked. I didn’t have the heart to tell them I’d have been just as happy with GI Joe and his tiny weapons.
(My friend had the GI Joe with the peachfuzz buzzcut and beard. I wanted that thing so bad).
Old hands might recall that my birthday is in May and I celebrate it pretty much for the entire month. I’m taking some time off work this week and next, but I will be turning up to post. Tiny weak posts.
Lazy, low-effort shit-posting — my weaselbirthday gift to you!
May 1, 2017 — 8:28 pm
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