Footeryneuk
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:15 pm
An occasional 'blogosphere for the purpose of sharing some my ramblings; as the "Armchair" is vacated in favour of a still somewhat cluttered, but now insulated, Railway room.
It is known here as The Attic and located above our similarly cluttered Garage, which has not had a car inside it since 1999.
Why Footeryneuk? Back in the mists of 2009 (ish) I was looking for inspiration on a map of Fife (on the Frith of Froth) The railways of the East Neuk caught my eye as a potential subject. It was about that time that the P4 promoters at SECC caught my interest. Following membership of the society, It quickly became apparent that this finescale modelling caper could be a lot more "footery" than I had imagined.
The first idea was to build an Ingle-nook shunting puzzle, but I would first have to build an Ingle-nook; far too much mess in the living room!
At this point the space above the garage beckoned. As usual there was a snag. It was sweltering in summer and arctic in winter.
Then, a plan was formulated; insulation and heating would be installed; meanwhile research material and new skills would be needed. A comfy armchair? essential. The ingle-nook idea was replaced with something much more ambitious; it would need a name. "Footeryneuk", a place for fiddling, and footering about...
To be continued...
It is known here as The Attic and located above our similarly cluttered Garage, which has not had a car inside it since 1999.
Why Footeryneuk? Back in the mists of 2009 (ish) I was looking for inspiration on a map of Fife (on the Frith of Froth) The railways of the East Neuk caught my eye as a potential subject. It was about that time that the P4 promoters at SECC caught my interest. Following membership of the society, It quickly became apparent that this finescale modelling caper could be a lot more "footery" than I had imagined.
The first idea was to build an Ingle-nook shunting puzzle, but I would first have to build an Ingle-nook; far too much mess in the living room!
At this point the space above the garage beckoned. As usual there was a snag. It was sweltering in summer and arctic in winter.
Then, a plan was formulated; insulation and heating would be installed; meanwhile research material and new skills would be needed. A comfy armchair? essential. The ingle-nook idea was replaced with something much more ambitious; it would need a name. "Footeryneuk", a place for fiddling, and footering about...
To be continued...