Do you finish every project before moving on ...

I'v just been modifying a few of my hot air engines, they are never finished, they are an on going experiment, but that got stopped the other day, A mate wanted a part made for his (full size) tractor, about a 2 day job, but who knows what next, it's at least 10 years since I made any bits for this guy, made a lot of stuff for his Lanze Bulldog Tractor.

Ian S C

Roundtoits are scarce as unobtanium.

Having taken 17 years to build my first loco and then 19 years to build the second, I was always worried that if I had more than one on the go at any one time I wouldn't finish any of them! Last year I built a Southworth steam pump but now, at the age of 74, I'm wondering what to do next? Perhaps I should have had more than one on the go at a time. From the time it has taken me to build each one you can see that I'm no Eric Walker!

Why not a smaller or electric loco build - something that you will be able to enjoy if ages starts to make taking a big loco down the track too much of a mission?

My dad is in his 80s and builds ship models to 1:48 scale on similar timescales. He's finally acknowledged that rebuilding his more manageable Matabele (tribal class destroyer, just short of 8 feet) might make for more trips to the lake than another battleship. Fortunately he prefers British warships, or I'm sure he would have started on Yamato by now.

Definitely start the next thing before the end of the last. In fact I start things faster than I finish so the project count is increasing. Once I have retired however . . . .

I wonder how many other people have said that.

Martin

Since retirement I have less time than when I was working.

Rog