JaBears “Get off yer duff challenge” (Part 1)

[JaBear]

I have the same issue of slippery slope, where once you have done something and made it nicer it makes everything else look not as good, so then you have to update everything else.

Gidday Greg, I must admit that for me the “Slippery Slope” generally only involves the current project I’m doing. I have no hesitation of running one of my kit bashed or scratch built freight cars with Athearn Blue Boxes, besides as I mentioned in my previous post, a lot of the “Great Unwashed” don’t notice. There’s only a few ffolkes at the local club that have a close look at what I’ve been up to when I take something down to run. That said, while I do model for myself, I’m not above accepting recognition from my fellows.
For this challenge, I only intended to clean up and lube the running gear add the two lights, some form of glazing, and letter and number the locomotive for my freelanced railroad. Simple, eh!!
Well, as already documented, I’ve ended up stripping the Very Thick paint, and drilled off the holes for the grab irons, and while I was drilling the holes for the lift rings, the cast on hatches on the hood started to bother me; would filling the voids and filing off the mould line do?? As you can see, No!!

   

So, there I go, I haven’t actually done any of my original tasks yet.

Wow, you really picked a major project

Thanks for you for the encouragement Mike, but I think it would be fair to say that there are modellers who could undertake a project such as this and have it completed, with one eye closed, while I’m still pondering how to do it, and wondering where I’ve mislaid my 3x spectacles.
Cheers, the Bear.