This is a more recent lesson, when a gentleman living close-by showed a huge interest in a layout I had for sale but for one reason or another missed out on purchasing it. Apart from being left with a feeling of guilt, as a dedicated railway modeller I am only too aware that the hobby needs as many new additions as possible, as the more people with interest and spending their money, equates to the hobby being supported by major manufacturers and of course those local model shops holding all of the invaluable stock which is needed to produce our layouts.
I therefore offered that I could produce a layout reasonably
quickly if he would like, as I already had most of the buildings prepared from
before and would need a baseboard completing and the scenery making. He agreed, and whilst no price was ever
mentioned I said that if he liked the finished product, we would surely agree
on something that we were both happy with.
As always, my long suffering partner agreed to me giving my
total attention for the next two and a half weeks to complete a 6x4 double main
line layout. I am also very fortunate,
that she happens to have a huge amount of patience, not only with me, but also
to be able to ballast the whole layout on her own!
It is just a shame, that once it was finished I offered the
layout to this gentleman for a viewing
but seems his circumstances changed and was no longer in a financial position
to look or buy. Anyway, it has now been
bought by another ‘new’ modeller who I hope will have many happy hours
‘playing’ trains.
As they say all is well that ends well, and this is surely
true. I have almost cleared a whole box
of pre-built buildings I had, as well and using up a large amount of track and
scenic materials from my stock box and will enable me to move on and replenish
with new items.
Have a look at the video, and hope you enjoy watching the
trains go by ............
