If you travel, what do you do when you sit in the Hotel room and have nothing to do? Do you sit there and vegetate?, or, do you become pro-active and work on Models? I’m just curious.
John
About 3 weeks ago I was in Lynchburg, Virginia for a long weekend. Stayed in a motel there and spent my spare time building Campbell Scale Models’ Idaho Springs Mine. I got it to the point of about 75% completion! Had to make sure, in advance, that I had all necessary tools & paints but it was worth it. Also visited 2 hobby shops I’d never been to before. It was a great weekend.
Trouble is, especially now, model-building supplies don’t mix well with airport security, and they’re not too willing to listen to explanations. (Another reason to travel by train??)
Back when I used to travel for a living…three weeks out and one week back…I always took something with me to work on…even made up a toolkit to take with me…Vic
I’ve got a lake home in the Ozarks that I go to almost every weekend. Obviously, it’s not quite the same as a motel room, but I always have a kit there to work on in the evenings. I have all of my tools, paints, and brushes in a large fishing tackle box - it is the largest I could find, with lots of drawers - and I carry it back and forth with me. (Sidebar: Since all of the new airline security procedures, I’ve often wondered what I would do if I had to fly somewhere and wanted to work on a model while in a motel. I guess I’d be out of luck… too many little X-Acto blades and so forth.)
When I do have to travel and stay in a motel or hotel, I take my canvas tote bag (from the '98 NMRA Conv.) full of magazines and get caught up on my reading.
Just out curiousity, have you ever had problems due to using a tackle box – I mean, being on a lake home and all? Does a Kadee coupler gauge attract bass?
I just read about railroads. Last trip to Tampa I bought a book about the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad which was worth every penny. Made the evenings enjoyable.
I can’t see transporting my model building tools to and from and transporting a completed structure home via air.
Ed
It’s such a powerful lure that I don’t even bother with a rod and reel anymore. The fish literally jump out of the water and right onto the dock. Some days it’s so bad, I have to kick 'em back into the water. The crappie are the worst, though: they’re aggressive and will flop right on up to the house and demand to see the gauge with their own eyes.
Of course, being a height gauge, the Kadee also does double duty when I need to measure the fish.
Probably explains those bright colored feathers instead of grab irons on your box cars, too.
You’ve been peeking again, haven’t you?
I thought they would make an attractive 3D logo for my fleet of old Santa Fe cars, but someone turned me in to the Audubon Society. Was it you?