At the moment it seems that days turn to weeks, weeks turn to months and you find yourself sitting and wondering where the time has all gone and how on earth are we nearly 3 months into 2026 already. As I sit here at my work bench just wondering where the weekend has gone and thinking about all the missed modelling opportunities over the last 2 days to actually do some modelling however it is not all doom and gloom, the clocks have gone forward today and we have lost an hour. I’m not quite sure why they, and when I speak of they I mean those in power at the top of the tree insist on this clocks forward clocks back malarky when it would be just as easy to settle on one time and stick to it, the irony is for me is that as part of my day to day job I waste 2 hours a year either putting the clocks forward or putting them back, it is for me a complete waste of time and 2 hours pay.
I spend quite a bit of time at my work bench however it is not always time spent modelling, I read the monthly and bi-monthly modelling magazines here, I often journal at my workbench especially at the weekend, I also have my daily conversation with my Mum here at the workbench. I also tinker with little bits and bobs here, some modelling, some not. My workroom is just my little space, I do not share it with anyone it is just mine and mine alone, for the most part the door is shut even when I am in it and it creates some peace in a life of busy times and noise. I was upstairs collecting something with my eldest Granddaughter a couple of weeks ago and she pointed to my workroom door and asked what is that, so I showed her, to be honest she was not overly impressed with Granddads tanks and stuff then she is only 3, it felt good showing the younger generation.
So here I am returning to my blog, and as we have broke up for the Easter holidays a time to return to the workbench, that is not saying that since the heady days of the late Autumn when I was scrambling to finish off my build for scale model world that I have done no modelling because that is not true, since the return from the Midlands I have been busy building a couple of kits for this years show, I just seem to have ground to a halt and all my inspiration has deserted me. When this has happened in the past I have left the workroom alone and gone about doing other things, DIY, the gardening, spending time with my lovely Wife and doing the other things that I enjoy, weather permitting of course. This time around I have spent time in my workroom improving my workspace, sorting stuff out, throwing away stuff that is either broken beyond repair and paint that has dried out and giving the workroom a good clean and tidy, I cannot work in a messy and untidy area and dust really is the enemy, especially to paint when you want it to look as pristine as you can, just to mess it all up when you start the weathering process.
Now I am back in the workroom, back at the workbench and looking forward to having a couple of decent days modelling over the 10 days I have off, I just need to get through and survive the next 4 and then I can breath, enjoy my down time, time with the kids, the Grand kids and of course my lovely wife. I have several projects that I need to get my teeth into, one or two I want to get my teeth into and one or two that have been sitting half finished and should really have been ticked off many moons ago. I think most of us have that shelf queen that has seen more false dawns than most and I have one or two (maybe three or four) that should have been finished off a long time ago and I am ashamed to say that I have a couple that have been sitting in their little boxes collecting dust for nearly as long as I have lived in my house. Well thanks for reading, I for one feel good to be back in the saddle and I hope my next post will not be so long in coming.
The Average Modeller March 2026
The Average Modeller 