The final piece!

Well the final piece of the Man Cave reorganisation is built! From the pile of wood in yesterdays post this began to emerge.

Built from scrap timber lying about the sides are two floor boards that have been in the garage for about 25 years and the cross pieces are from some timber a neighbour was putting in a skip before I asked if I could have it! It may look a bit  rough but unfortunately my electric sander  decided it had had enough and with a puff of smoke it ceased to function! I will be sanding it down and like the other two tables/trolleys built over the last few days it will be painted grey. I just needed to prove the overall concepts of what I was building before getting the paint out!

So what is this final piece? Well I inherited a number of diecast cars from my Dad. In fact I had bought him many of them. With the chaos of my Man Cave they were mostly hidden away so this, for want of a better description, display rack will at least get them out in the open where I can see them.

I think it works well! Given that all the things I have built over the last few days are from stock with nothing bought it has also been very economical - just in case Mrs. Woody is reading this!

Now it is time to sort out what is left lying about and have a good clean up and then I might actually get back to some model making!

It is coming together!

Slowly from the ruins things are taking shape in the Man Cave. Another table/trolley constructed today to place my USA switching layout on.

 It is on castors so it can be pulled clear of the heater in Winter - if Mrs. Woody allows me to switch it on! 

With Chalkdon in place as well there is certainly more floor space which is what I am aiming for.

There is a final piece in the jigsaw and this pile of wood will form it.

Stay tuned to see what I can create out of it and if it really does come together!

Making space!

As work progresses on my Man Cave reorganisation I have rebuilt the former trolley/table holding Chalkdon and my USA switching layouts to a smaller configuration to hold just Chalkdon. Once the whole reorganisation is complete it will make sense - mainly to me I hope - but there should be more space!

First off I dismantled the old trolley/table into its component parts.

With the parts a new trolley/table was constructed and Chalkdon has a new home!

There is a lot more to do but I have created some space!

Having a move around!

Playing in the back of my mind for some time has been a certain desire to rearrange the Man Cave. Put simply I have too much stuff but I am sure there is a better way to arrange it! So at the moment the Man Cave looks like a tornado has struck!

It is never easy reorganising and there is a few days work but out of the carnage will come some sense of normality - to satisfy me anyway until the next move around!

Time for a tidy!

Every so often I get to the point when its time for a tidy up! I am not the World's most tidy modeller but I like to think all great artists produced masterpieces in the chaos of their studios and I might follow the same philosophy!

Anyway out of the above chaos some calm returns after an hour or so. 

 

How long will it last - that is a question that Mrs. Woody will no doubt pose! However I should at least have some order for a short while. Whether that improves my work flow is debatable!

One of the good things about having a Man Cave which Mrs. Woody rarely visits is that I can be as untidy as I want without repercussions! However there comes a time when even the convenience of having tools and materials close to hand is overcome by that fact that I can't find them because they are hidden under even more materials and tools. So today it was a time for a clear out and the recycling bin was recipient of a fair amount of stuff. Apart from wondering why I had kept hold of certain things I was a bit shocked at how dirty my door mat had become. It is a carpet sample but does the job. There was a piece of tape over one corner of the mat which was wearing through so I pulled it off to reveal the original colour.

Think I need to clean that in the Spring once the mud from the garden dries up!

A number of kit boxes were sent to the recycling bin. The strange ritual I have is to take a photo of the kit box top. Don't know why but it is perhaps just to remind me that I have  built the model which is equally strange as I have the built kit on a shelf!

I did have some time to progress with the work on the buildings for Chalkdon with the doors now fitted to the thatched cottage and the furniture for the garage sprayed up.

Hopefully I can still find what I need to carry on progress with the buildings after all this cleaning up!