The decks are clear - well clearer!

As I posted several days ago I need to clear the decks on my workbench as it was just becoming too crowded with unfinished projects, paints, glue, tools and various bits that I just don't understand how they arrived on the bench! Anyway the Knightwing Foden Haulmaster tipper truck is just about finished and can be taken off the bench following the application of some spare number plates left over from the build of the Leyland National bus last year.

With the truck removed the bench itself was looking like this!

Following some serious sorting out it does look somewhat clearer and organised! 

How long this will remains the case is open to debate but if you are into betting I would be putting money on not long! However in the meantime it has at least raised my spirits - nothing beats creating space on the decks!

The waiting game.

As written about over the past few blogs I have been doing work on wilding the valley sides of my 00 gauge layout. I have used a lot of diluted PVA glue to stick things down. Brilliant when it dries but when it is cold it takes ages to dry! Even following the heating with Mrs. Woody's hair dryer yesterday the glue in many places has yet to dry. If I carry on with any further work at the moment on this area of the layout I risk damaging what I have already done. I really can't do any other areas of the layout until this is done as the alignment of the rest of the track is dependent on lining up with the new position of the viaducts. So I am having to play the waiting game which could be several days yet. I may bring the section into the warmth of the house when Mrs. W is out on Monday but I have to be aware that there are several inquisitive cats who could either see it as a new scratching post or some funky new type of litter box! I will think about that option!

As I was out in the man cave and I have created chaos over the past few weeks I decided it was time to at least clear some space on my workbench.

After a bit of a half hearted tidy I can at least see the cutting mat!

Something I did come across in my tidying activity were these two Metcalfe card kits which I was fortunate enough to win in the Tombola at the Sleaford Model Makers Show last week. I should be able to make use of these and they are nice kits. The tower block is a fairly new kit too!.

Despite a desire to start building these I will not! I don't need any more projects on the go at the moment so for the moment it is back to the waiting game!

Prediction correct!

I ended yesterdays post about sickly cats and the house being turned into a vomitorium saying I would probably be giving the house a thorough clean today. Well that prediction proved correct! The steam cleaner came out at 7am and by the end of the day I had created a vista of cleanliness downstairs. Even Mrs. Woody was impressed! Just upstairs to do next!

All that cleaning probably shamed me into tidying my work bench which was slowly disappearing under parts of models and rubbish. I must admit it was getting to the stage where I was loosing things on the bench but a half hour improved matters! I must admit I felt better for doing it. If only all the cats were better too but we are making progress - slowly.

I would post a picture of the before and after of the workbench but for some reason that is beyond me the photos will not upload! Oh well! Me and technology. Hopefully it works tomorrow!

Update - I found a way to make it work!