10-30-2010, 02:56 PM
Two replies and I haven't even started! What have I done to deserve this!?!? Egads! 
biL, you make a good point. If this contest is the turning point that moves me to get around the corner from procrastinator to sure and steady modeler, then so be it. It's a chance I'm willing to take.
To be honest, this contest is only part of the motivation (a large part, nonetheless). Last night I stayed up late at an op session on a monster N scale layout. Running trains sure gets the juices flowing. Then next Saturday is Oly-Ops, a chance to operate on two local layouts (Olympia is just down the road from here), one in the morning and one in the afternoon. This'll be my second year participating. And then there's the local NMRA monthly 'clinic' meeting. Always interesting and usually inspiring. There's a monthly deadline if I want to put something in the 'bring-n-brag' contest.
But part of overcoming procrastination is just getting off the dadgum computer and sitting down at the workbench. Overcoming inertia is most of the battle. Organization helps, to be sure.
Kevin - I'll be looking forward to your steam work as well.
Galen
biL, you make a good point. If this contest is the turning point that moves me to get around the corner from procrastinator to sure and steady modeler, then so be it. It's a chance I'm willing to take.
To be honest, this contest is only part of the motivation (a large part, nonetheless). Last night I stayed up late at an op session on a monster N scale layout. Running trains sure gets the juices flowing. Then next Saturday is Oly-Ops, a chance to operate on two local layouts (Olympia is just down the road from here), one in the morning and one in the afternoon. This'll be my second year participating. And then there's the local NMRA monthly 'clinic' meeting. Always interesting and usually inspiring. There's a monthly deadline if I want to put something in the 'bring-n-brag' contest.
But part of overcoming procrastination is just getting off the dadgum computer and sitting down at the workbench. Overcoming inertia is most of the battle. Organization helps, to be sure.
Kevin - I'll be looking forward to your steam work as well.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!