still alive

Having left my collection at home and relocated to Nottingham for university, don't expect to see anything much new from me for a while. On the other hand, I am determined to maintain an active presence in the community while at uni and to this effect I have decided to leave on the first weekend to attend (for the third year running!) the annual Great Western LEGO Show at the STEAM railway museum in Swindon.

What's more, this year I will be exhibiting at the show for the first time. Doing this meant packing up the model before I left for uni and bringing it with me. It is currently languishing in the box my Maersk Train set came in under my bed. However, I did manage to snap some photos of the model in an almost finished state before I left:

It is a vikings diorama, as you may be able to tell.

I really like how the landscaping turned out on this, that was really fun to do. I'm less pleased with the buildings and the action as I have been unable to satisfactorily finish them in time for the show. Plus I think I just prefer doing landscaping, buildings present too many problems, too many niggling details that have to be gotten right which tend to make the building process more frustrating and less fun. Some people like that; I don't think I'm one of them.

And that is that, an update on this now seldom updated blog. I may build more at Christmas, when I'm home, but I doubt I'll have enough time to do anything serious for a while.