Aims for the year

Right, back on deck here at Schloss Dandruff and today was the first day I had ventured back out to the Man-sion. This was just a cursory 'where the hell is everything' trip, but went downhill from there. A bit of a tidy up lead to putting every wagon I could find into the passing loops and sidings. For some odd reason this then lead to gluing some microtrains couplers onto wagons. This very quickly went downhill with springs flying everywhere. after a 10 minute search, and only finding one of three springs, I then proceeded to jump up and down on the carpet in the rough search area to kill the remaining 2 for all time (as I didn't think I should be throwing heavy objects at walls in frustration). Maybe I should look at a different coupler for my wagons....

So, after a bit of time spent thinking (while stroking the hillside, its very soft), I started to compile a list of tasks for the layout. never really a fun thing to do, but I thought I should probably have some aims for the year. This time last year I was gearing up for the convention and so a lot of the work was cosmetic. Actually, reading back through shows me just how much (read sod all) things I got done last year. Having a real job does suck modeling time...

There needs to be some work done under the hood with the wiring. The DCC set up needs to be properly sorted with all the various bits fitted in. I also need to bomb proof the track droppers. The track work needs to be complete with the track joins between the loco depot boards sorted. I would also like to get the end modules built as well. The north  one to be a loop and the south end a fiddle yard.

I think that the most progress needs to be made in the scenes. First up will be to mock up some more buildings (Paekakariki township) and complete some more hillsides. Then start replacing the mockups with real models.

Well, its a start I guess. Maybe it will be done by the next convention. Oh, that's only the plans for the large layout......