I have spent quite a considerable period of time away from both the workbench and my blog mainly due to work and just life in general, when you are working long hours on a split shift it is quite difficult to motivate oneself to get to the bench and do some modelling or to sit … Continue reading A leap of faith…..
I had better get back to it…..
As summer seems to be coming to a close and back to normal work beckons after what seems to have been a really short summer holiday and with it the end of what promised to be a productive break yet in the end was not what I hoped it would be, that is not saying … Continue reading I had better get back to it…..
The Average Modeller Returns
Well it is not a return as such as I have not actually been anywhere to return from, however I was thinking that it was about time that I put fingers to keyboard and typed another load of thoughts. It has been an odd kind of year, it all started off with another national lockdown … Continue reading The Average Modeller Returns
A change is as good as a rest……
We can all agree that 2020 has been a crap year what with Covid-19 and its associated lockdowns and although it has not affected my job as I have still needed to go to work everyday it has affected my life away from work. With the majority of model shows having been cancelled including our … Continue reading A change is as good as a rest……
What am I suppose to do now…….
With the not so surprising news this week that Scale model world has been cancelled for this year and in all honesty it is the right decision under the current set of circumstances however it is a bit disappointing as our weekend in the midlands is the highlight of our modelling year and of course … Continue reading What am I suppose to do now…….
Some thoughts and feelings from Average Modeller HQ.
Here at Average Modeller HQ life seems to be travelling along at the usual pace even though we seem to living in a surreal set of circumstances, a little bit of modelling here, some stuff around the house there and of course the need to go to work everyday, normally we would be looking forward … Continue reading Some thoughts and feelings from Average Modeller HQ.
A timely return to the blog…..
After a bit of a hiatus from the keyboard I thought it may be the right time to return back to my blog seeing that the summer is upon us and it is usually a busy modelling time for me as I start many kits with the autumn model shows on the mind that usually … Continue reading A timely return to the blog…..
Lockdown news from Average Modeller HQ
Well it has been an absolute age since I put fingers to the keyboard and added to the blog so here I am on the eve of returning back to work, well I say returning to work, work has continued during this unprecedented time and although the working days have been shorter the need for … Continue reading Lockdown news from Average Modeller HQ
Stepping out of the comfort zone…….
It is very easy to continue modelling the same type of models or even the same model year in year out and not actually make any real progress so much so that it all becomes rather boring and a bit stale. I for one have done that over the last 3 or 4 years and … Continue reading Stepping out of the comfort zone…….
Where has my modelling time gone???
It has been nearly 3 months since my last blog post and almost 3 years since I started this blog and although much has changed in my modelling life there is one thing that never seems to, the time I get to spend at the workbench. The annual trip to Telford has come and gone … Continue reading Where has my modelling time gone???
The Average Modeller 