Modeling weekend

 Well first up tonight, some news. It appears Shapeways has gone bust and let go all its staff on Monday this week. It will be interesting to see what impact it will have on the wider modeling world. While the buisness model worked in the early days, widespread adoption of 3D printers has put the crimp in the printing market, coupled with insane UPS charges. The only good bit was the marketplace setup where people could sell there models from a cenral spot and not have to carry any stock themselves. It will be interesting to see what emerges from the rubble. Congrats to Lewis Holden for doing his part to break the company.

And now the interesting bit

Last weekend I spent 2 days poking the borax while doing a bit of modeling at Woodville railway station. Organised by VCC models, it was fun couple of days sitting round talking, modelmaking and stealing liberating other peoples tools. And the food was very good as well.

Plenty of old iconic modelers in this shot

We even had a surprise guest.

 Now I've never been to Pokaka and while I've been told its a great weekend I do have my doubts about being trapped in the middle of nowhere with a group of railway modelers. This weeekend for me was ideal in that I got to sleep in my own bed every night and not torch a pile of brownie points.

So what did I get up too? A few projects but one of the bigger ones was making some headway on my D+Dm+D set. I had to add the correct ventilators and do some work on the motor bogie. I've now thrown a base coat of paint on it all.

Once I have the windows sorted I will do the weathering and then sort out the undergubbins.