Evolution!

The evolution of a model is something that if you are working on it on a regular basis, (although 'regular' in Woody's World is probably a different interpretation with a much looser meaning to that most others have of the word) then you sometimes miss just how far a model has come on. One of the aims of doing this blog was for me to be able to look back on occasions and just see what I have been up to and what progress I have made on projects. The current 09 gauge project is a case in point as these three phots show.

Back on the 21 December I had this. A loco and three skip wagons in bare plastic looking interesting but needing some life brought to them.

By the start of the New Year the evolution had really started with it having taken on some life with colour added but it was in a pristine colours scheme looking like it had just rolled off the production line.

Going on a week things evolved further with that pristine look having given way to a weathered, battered, uncared for (this could actually be describing me!) and much more realistic look.

It is interesting and in many ways motivating to look back on the evolution of a project as it does show what you have achieved or in some cases not, but take that as a learning experience.

I just need to evolve this project further into a layout which will be another interesting evolution of a project!