Building the railroad

7:00am - I painted the room this morning and I just finished drawing the track plan which took five minutes.

7:15am - I've completed the benchwork and it took longer than I thought - fifteen minutes!

7:30am - the track installation went OK and took 15 minutes.  While I was waiting for the glue to dry I built a little corner scene I'll call "Buck and Loretta's"

7:45 - Corner's curved and backdrop installed.  I also built some hills, carved the rocks, and added trees.

8:00am - I thought that the corner could use a building so I kit bashed a structure and added an operating overhead door.

8:30am - time for breakfast......be right back!

9am - I thought the corner could use something so I installed a mountain.  I wanted to try out the waterfall, but didn't like it.

9:30am - removed the waterfall, built a shack, water tower, and added a few trees.

12 Noon - that took FOREVER!  Time for lunch.....be right back.

1:00pm - Long lunch....got to hurry and make up some time......on to the fascia.

1:30pm - Whew!  It took me half an hour to put up the fascia.  Now on to a little paint.

2:00pm - The Mrs just called me and wants me to paint the exterior of the house - be back in about an hour.....

Rick, that is hilarious. And

Rick, that is hilarious. And all with no elves.

I'm without words...

I'm without words...

Thanks Rob & Michael

I'm glad that you enjoyed the humor.  Michael, I know that you have a great sense of humor and are a great sport.  I'm actually glad I can't work fast like you or I'd have the layout completed and nothing to do!  And just to be clear - I meant this as a compliment of your building speed and skills!

Seems about right

LOL 

That was really good Rick. I'm still smiling

I think...

that is totally hilarious!

Well done Rick. I'm sure Michael will forgive you.

I suggest you submit this for the next derailments feature in MRH ... 

Just !

 Whattt No Coffee and Cake

Whattt No Coffee and Cake break ! .  I declare Rick .   Good one.

That was great Rick. You

That was great Rick. You forgot the mail came in today and look at they brought me.

LOL  

I'm all smiles! 

I'm all smiles! 

Just reading that scenario

and following along made me tired.  I had to stop and take a nap.  Great satire Rick.

I like the forced perspective!

I like the forced perspective! What size is that little shack you put on the mountain?

I imagine my railroad being built very quickly but after a few months I am no where near the progress I had expected. Thanks for the laugh!

Nicely done, thanks for the

Nicely done, thanks for the laugh.  I agree, send that to Derailed.

Stevie - forced perspective

That's a N scale shack and water tower.  You can find out more about them on my blog threat:

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/23005?page=11

It wouldn't be so funny if it weren't true...

bahahahaaaa!!!!

i see I'm not he only one in complete awe.

For those of us who live in a

For those of us who live in a cave or basement or whatever, who is Mike Rose?

Michael Rose

Here's his blog on MRH - over 220,000 reads!

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/14886

Thanks for the link but don't

Thanks for the link but don't have time at work to peruse the blog.  Can someone just tell me? 

In a nutshell

Michael Rose has a huge n scale layout. His modelling is first class and his approach is often quite innovative. He posts almost daily updates of his progress and the work happens at seemingly astonishing rate. In fact it happens so fast, there is a running joke about the hoard of elves that are actually doing the work for him.

Anyone that is not following Michaels prolific blog is missing out.

Thanks Bill.  Brief

Thanks Bill.  Brief explanation was very helpful in cluing me in.  When I get time later or over the weekend I'll check it out.  If Mike is considered Speedy Gonzales of layout building, I must be Slowpoke Rodriguez!    He must have a VERY patient wife or be single, one of those two!

He must have a VERY patient

The first, and I'm married 36 years this year !

Efficient

I'm sure Michael's wife is a wonderful woman, but his secret is efficiency - he uses his time wisely.  He works out of his home, so he can start a task early, work for a while, take a coffee break and do another task, and if he's cutting something on his laser, it can be doing that while he works.  While most of us are in awe at the speed in which he works, I think he just uses his time so much more efficiently than the rest of us - he has no more time than anyone else.  If people took away one thing from Michael's blog that made them better, I think the most important thing would be in improving their efficiency in the layout room.

Entertaining Thread...

Good one Rick!

Regards,

Fast builder

Sorry if I seem like I`m hi-jacking this thread Rick.................but I would like to show how fast Michael can build my SD40-2

8:00am........here is the pile of parts.

8:15am............sorry it took so long......I had to wait for the paint to dry........in 3 more minutes it will be complete.