My Pile of shame | Time to Finish my Model Railway Kits and Broken Items

[@kevinmottram9491]

Hi Tris, I wouldn't look at it as a pile of shame, but as a pile of possibilities!

[@OONeal]

Thats very true!

[@musoseven8218]

Welcome to the wonderful world of railway modelling 👍😊 Good on you to finish old projects. You've got all the skills to make some great models - nice work! 👍👍😊 You might want to investigate the use of a solvent weld for some of those chassis parts. Most look to be ABS, if they are, and solvent weld is used, you'll have a 'welded' (melded) bond between Eg Plastikard™ and the substrate (chassis) ABS/styrene. Cyano etc can go brittle over time but has it's place for use with dissimilar materials Eg brass to ABS etc. I hope that helps👍😊 More kits and models for modification and repair than you can cope with? Won't get around to them unless one can live as old as Methuselah?? Par for the course - in rarer scales and gauges it's often a case of "if I don't buy this kit now it'll be out of production". Then it goes into the kits draw or box, sometimes, just sometimes, before it gets built then a manufacturer brings out a RTR version!🙄😄😄 But in terms of VFM and pure hobby time kits - especially wagons - can be very therapeutic and great value in terms of cost per hour of hobby time. Keep up the good work👍😊😊

[@OONeal]

Thank you for such a great comment, I enjoyed reading that! Take care!

[@musoseven8218]

@@OONeal You're most welcome 👍😊

[@wheezypalacemodels7726]

Great enhancements Tris. Glad I am not the only one to have a shame pile!! All the best, Chris

[@OONeal]

Thank you, Hopefully you will start getting through your pile.

[@roystudds1944]

Thanks for sharing. I no longer feel that I’m the only one! Roy.

[@OONeal]

Its good that I can help you with that 😊

[@davidhinks8384]

Yes, my pile growing to, although mainly buildings! Good to tune in to you Tris. Cheers! 🚅

[@OONeal]

Then you must get some buildings finished 😊 glad you liked it 😊

[@davidhinks8384]

@@OONeal I consider myself told! 😉See you on the next one!

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

That's a really good motivational film some great ideas here for my old 1970s and 1980s rolling stock. My son is currently tidying up the railway shed so that we can actually get in it and run some engines.

[@gregoryhale2202]

Hi Tris, a very enjoyable video. You did a great job of bringing those wagons to life. Just simple little things that make a world of difference. GWR (Gods Wonderful Railway) Cheers Greg

[@OONeal]

Thank you Gregory! They were a great project.

[@philsrailway5910]

Hi Tris, as always very informative, good adaptation of parts , & good imagination . Keep it up mate. Your teaching me things i was unsure about. Thanks .

[@OONeal]

Thank you I’m glad I can help you in some way 😊

[@AntoekneeDE]

Excellent work. I’ve definitely got a box of shame of mainly locos needing repair, modifications or in build…

[@OONeal]

Well I hope it encourages you to start tackling it 😁 I’m glad you liked the video

[@AntoekneeDE]

@@OONeal thanks Tris, I’ve actually got a more fun job at the moment of laying track in the loft. There’s a DC lower tier for my lad, a shuttle line that’s in and been manually run on DCC, but this weekend wiring it in to DC Blocksignalling shuttle, the mainlines are barely 20% in place, one is full DCC, the other is switchable between DC and DCC. Box of shame will have to wait a little longer

[@OONeal]

@@AntoekneeDE that’s excellent! That’s going to be great so your last can enjoy it too 😊

[@RailwayManiaNet]

Yes Tris! I've been dreading my pile of shame and have resolved to make inroads into it this year too.

[@OONeal]

Hey! It’s all about making a plan, I picked the easiest ones to start with and went with that

[@andrewpalm2103]

I refer to my pile of shame as The Hoard. It's mostly unbuilt kits (but also a few locos) purchased before I took a long break from model railroading. Since I've returned to the hobby I've been chipping away at it. Currently I'm painting an undecorated GE 44 tonner and converting it to DCC. I feel slightly less shame now. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@OONeal]

Thats great you have been making some progress on it bit by bit!

[@michaelbenton4117]

Hi Tris, I have a lot of 1960's Hornby etc rolling stock. You have given my ideas to convert them in to useable stock. by changing the wheels. Another job to the list of things to do.

[@OONeal]

I hope you make some progress into them. It makes me look at certain older models in a different way

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

As from the beginning, great work, Tris! There's always another little project or bit to do, of course. I had about 13 model buildings I had accrued over 2-3 years and had let sit, and then in one mad weekend, got them all built last summer. Piles build up until they hit critical mass, then you deal with them. You just tend to deal with them very brilliantly.

[@OONeal]

Well thank you very much sir. I’m glad you got your model buildings together 😊

[@sparkshot]

Good to get all your Harry Half Jobs done n dusted. Got the same problem.

[@OONeal]

I still have many to go but we will get there in the end.

[@sparkshot]

@@OONeal Same here. Tried repairing n improving some RTR locos yesterday. Half improved 1 but other 3 still run like a 3 legged donkey. Can't win sometimes! Got years worth of half stuff to get done though. Important to get done as it cleans up the subconscious and improve MoJo in ways. I struggle here.

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Fantastic video Tris. Haven't got a pile of shame yet but I'm sure that is something that will come. The wagons turned out looking fantastic. I hope the get an airbrush soon so I can start doing some painting on wagons as well as weathering. - Nicholas.

[@OONeal]

Thank you Nicholas. Yes it will definately come and you’ll enjoy working through it. I hope you have fun with your airbrush when you get it

[@duncanwatson9054]

Another great video. Very interesting. I still have a long way to go before I start modelling.

[@trainfanattic]

Great work! Very inspiring contribution! A thing that keeps me pondering: the real fruit van has a gloss paintjob. I've seen lots and lots of old pictures of railway vans and waggons in a gloss finish. But still we as modelers (me included) seem to be hesitant to copy that. Strange isn't it?

[@OONeal]

Thank you, Yes thats true. Maybe a satin varnish would have been appropiate

[@MichalOrlowskiRacing]

Awesome!

[@OONeal]

Thank you!

[@ianthetrain8832]

Hi Tris had you not thought of using the Hornby R8099 coupling bar? There a direct replacement for the old style and in line with the slimline NEM type. Saves loads of hassle in chopping the mounting base off!

[@dkaustin98]

I think all modelers have a stash of unstarted kits, broken engines and wagons. I am sure that there are many who have collections in different scales. I recently chatted with a widow who spoke of her husband having been a "rubber gauger." She said he bounced from one gauge to another never completing a thing. After he had passed she was selling off his collection. She said he had things stashed all over the house.

[@OONeal]

I can't imagine what was going through her head when going through it all to the point of constantly finding more.

[@RobA500]

Great stuff Tris. Yes Airfix made some wonderful models back then it’s a shame they ran into trouble and didn’t last more than a couple or so years.

[@OONeal]

Thank you, it would have been nice for airfix to continue them.

[@lazyrrr2411]

me too - - - 4 travel trunks loaded with 7 scales of rail models ... 4 tables - going on 20 years dormant ~ ~ BUT at least i've *sworn* NOT to buy anymore "stuff" until i've got a table running ! ( i don't call myself "lazy" for nothing )

[@OONeal]

4 travel trunks well thats alot! I need to get on with making them so I can enjoy buying more 😁

[@owenslanejunction7544]

Great video

[@sparkshot]

It's normal m8. It's what some of us call 'The Maturing Cabinet!' They get better with age. 😋 Probably cus you're ability to do a good job increases in practice.

[@OONeal]

A maturing cabinet, I like that. Thank you for commenting

[@christopherstokes9393]

At least you only have a "Pile of Shame". My dad is into model aircraft - and he has a "Cupboard of Shame".

[@dirkklinkenberg8912]

Great job, however for what I understand all brown GWR goods wagons like your fruit van have to have vacuum pipes to run in a fully fitted train.....

[@calmandclumsy]

Now your pile of shame becomes pile of pride :-)

[@oswestryroadtmd4850]

You could not put it any better

[@OONeal]

Thank you, what a wonderful comment 😊

[@SteamintheNorthWest]

Do I have a draw of shame 🤔 I guess you could call my box of half finished plasticard buildings a shame draw/box/pile

[@OONeal]

I guess you can and you can work on getting them finished too.