What's your distractions .. - Page 2

roddy1960 · 24-04-2020, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Bongo Boy

My distraction is doing what my wife tells me to do in our caravan...

Some random pics...

Some new shelves

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A lick of paint on the entry step

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Some trim above the fridge

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We tiled the ensuite and repainted the walls

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Made a cover for the under bed storage

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Painted under the roof vent

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Converted the range hood to 12 volts

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And how it looks inside now...

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SHOW OFF......Beautiful work . Not a distraction , more like a work of art ..

**Ross 1** · 24-04-2020, 05:52 PM

Was pleased how it came up after taking all the grime off that wouldn't move with just a wash. Looks like the previous owner took great care of it mechanically but wasn't that fussed on the cleaning side of things. Had to pressure wash and snow foam a few times before washing it to get it clean enough to start polishing it.

**Beastie** · 24-04-2020, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by roddy1960

SHOW OFF......Beautiful work . Not a distraction , more like a work of art ..

Thanks Roddy...It's a bit different now compared to what it was like when we bought it...

MercuryT · 24-04-2020, 05:59 PM

Probably a broken record but my dogs are my distractions.

Seeing happy faces when get home is priceless I reckon.

.:4:. · 24-04-2020, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MercuryT

Probably a broken record but my dogs are my distractions.

Seeing happy faces when get home is priceless I reckon.

With pets (maybe not so much cats) there is no politics, they're just happy to see you. Nothing bad about that.

MercuryT · 24-04-2020, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

With pets (maybe not so much cats) there is no politics, they're just happy to see you. Nothing bad about that.

Yep. Even very poorly treated dogs they still love their owner - being in the rescuing field I've heard horror stories yet (generally) the dogs are still forgiving.

Amazing animal in my view.

.:4:. · 24-04-2020, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MercuryT

Yep. Even very poorly treated dogs they still love their owner - being in the rescuing field I've heard horror stories yet (generally) the dogs are still forgiving.

Amazing animal in my view.

Ive had 2 rescue cats growing up. Cats are extremely opinionated. But, these ones just kind of got territorial, but not towards the people, they just had found their own place. Always affectionate, never anything bad from a tempremant point of view. Just appreiciative to get fed twice a day, have a nice place thats always warm to sleep, and attention, a solid scratch on the back, head rub, things opinionated cats like. Im not quite sure how dogs are, but only ever having cats, if you have a **** day they sort of work that one out. Turn it on a bit more when it comes to sort of being annoying but meaning well.

**Beastie** · 24-04-2020, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

Ive had 2 rescue cats growing up. Cats are extremely opinionated. But, these ones just kind of got territorial, but not towards the people, they just had found their own place. Always affectionate, never anything bad from a tempremant point of view. Just appreiciative to get fed twice a day, have a nice place thats always warm to sleep, and attention, a solid scratch on the back, head rub, things opinionated cats like. Im not quite sure how dogs are, but only ever having cats, if you have a **** day they sort of work that one out. Turn it on a bit more when it comes to sort of being annoying but meaning well.

Cats are funny...

Making sure I did a good job renovating our bathroom...

Then some randoms...

**DFB FGXR6** · 24-04-2020, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MercuryT

Probably a broken record but my dogs are my distractions.

Seeing happy faces when get home is priceless I reckon.

Mine meets me at the door when I get home from work. Ready for a pat and a little treat.

As mentioned, dogs just love you no matter what.

MercuryT · 24-04-2020, 07:20 PM

My miserable old mate but he's eating his chicken and bleeding stopped (mostly) within a day - My Vet really happy (considering) and rang etc.

I've had a few money first vet's but I'm extremely happy with mine.

**Captain Stubing** · 24-04-2020, 10:28 PM

I find it strangely mesmerizing to watch a model train running... Love it!

roddy1960 · 25-04-2020, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Stubing

I find it strangely mesmerizing to watch a model train running... Love it!

....Yep ...They are quite old as I put in the description " from a few years ago " They were Bachman GP 38's BO-BO configuration modeled on the ATSF known as the Santa Fe railway in the red and silver warbonnet schematic .
They ran from the 1960s well into the 1980's before the much bigger CO-CO units took over on U.S mainlines .. Those two are pretty old by my standards as two of the earliest ones I bought when I first got started . Before I began pulling too much apart to set up better for DCC control/signals/ switches late last year once I decided to run the old girls for a little while on some roughly levelled track hence the ice cream sticks and blue foam in places..They really do run great for old tech that's been around since the early 20th century but DCC/WiFi have taken over now . Good old analog though is easy to set up and minimum maintenance is required .

Bachmann entry level EZYTRACK but additional stuff at a later date will be all flex track . Sectional track like EZYTRACK is easy to set up and can be ballasted later to look really realistic which I did with about half of the original layout before I decided to elevate the double track mainline abpove the base board a couple of years ago .

Wish I could find the film of three full trains all with double locos on the old layout on the then three track layout . It's on one of my mini DV tapes that I didn't mark .. One day I'll re find it ...What a racket with three going all at once ..

roKWiz · 25-04-2020, 12:54 PM

Never seen so many immaculate cars as I have lately.
Seems gardening is very popular too.

Bongo boy, great work on the caravan, probably can not call it that now. (Tiny House sanctuary)

roddy1960 · 25-04-2020, 01:25 PM

This is N Scale fellow AFFers for anybody interested with limited space . This Aussie bloke has built a really nice layout in less than half the area I have in this scale (1:160) that continues to grow in popularity . I started in N back in 2008 but still have a bit of it ..One day I might even do it again .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiKFWomCctU ..

Believe it or not but there is Z Scale which is even more compact (1:220) but fiddley is an understatement .

roKWiz · 25-04-2020, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by roddy1960

This is N Scale fellow AFFers for anybody interested with limited space . This Aussie bloke has built a really nice layout in less than half the area I have in this scale (1:160) that continues to grow in popularity . I started in N back in 2008 but still have a bit of it ..One day I might even do it again .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiKFWomCctU ..

Believe it or not but there is Z Scale which is even more compact (1:220) but fiddley is an understatement .

There is a guy up my way on a couple of acres who built an outdoor layout around his property.
When you drive past this place instead of having a regular gate he has a scaled down set of functioning railway crossing boom gates.

roddy, I reckon you would love meeting my brother as he a major train buff, he fine details HO scale Australian diesels and carriages for a few rail shops in Sydney.

**Burnout** · 25-04-2020, 03:10 PM

https://microaces.myshopify.com/

roKWiz · 25-04-2020, 03:58 PM

I have a few distractions awaiting me at home.

marty351 · 25-04-2020, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

I have a few distractions awaiting me at home.

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M4A3 Sherman?

roKWiz · 25-04-2020, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by marty351

M4A3 Sherman?

with two 6 71 in it. Bring on the pie.

**Rallye Sport** · 25-04-2020, 04:54 PM

Aquariums and terrariums are a big distraction for me. I can switch off and stare at them for hours.
I used to keep fish honestly was more interested in the landscape aspect of the tanks so I changed it up and now just focus on aquascape with real plants grown under lights.

roddy1960 · 25-04-2020, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

I have a few distractions awaiting me at home.

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24th scale especially is pretty substantial ..Do they do these in even bigger scale like 1:18th.. How many have you done since you started because like all great hobbies the term 'addicted' soon starts being said .

One of my retired workmates who owns a gorgeous red FG ll XR 6 Turbo ute also has a massive collection of die cast cars and motor bikes . So big is his collection he had to extend his house reno to accomodate them .. Mostly buys from the USA but also a few from England and Asia ..

I shudder to think how many he has now . When he showed me once. It'd have to be 300 he said that were displayed and quite a few not . That was about five years ago . Dick's distraction would be keeping them dusted ..A lot of them were quite big , especially the bikes from memory .

roddy1960 · 25-04-2020, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Burnout

https://microaces.myshopify.com/

Bloody heck ...I never knew these existed either ..The bloke that introduced me to HO model rail ended up getting smitten by R/C Aircraft as well . In the finish I reckon he was 80% aircraft and he and a German immigrant started an model aircraft club known as The East Coast Flyers with a pretty good membership .

I'll have to ask him next time I see him if he knows about these little beauties . The little vid was incredible...Thanks ..

Paul is one of the founders of this fantastic club .....https://eastcoastrcflyers.org.au/ ...Cheers ..

**Beastie** · 25-04-2020, 06:45 PM

There are some pretty cool RC 4x4 videos on youtube too.

I'd like to build one of these one day...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4ppoqoj81s&t=50s

roddy1960 · 25-04-2020, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bongo Boy

There are some pretty cool RC 4x4 videos on youtube too.

I'd like to build one of these one day...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4ppoqoj81s&t=50s

You are so right and you all know I'm a You Tube junkie these days and one of my favourite topics is remote control even though I don't do it myself . In Europe it's MASSIVE .....

Stuff like this with construction equipment and they run huge meets , mostly in Austria and Germany ..pay close attention to fine detail in some of the close up shots .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0SIqCVrqEs...

Many of these items are really expensive , take lots of time to build and to operate really proficiently I'm told but it's a true passion . I guess the really big meets are off across Europe right now so I suppose there's a lot of that building going on ..

**buggerlugs** · 26-04-2020, 06:46 PM

Better than humans.....................

roddy1960 · 26-04-2020, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Better than humans.....................

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BEAUTIFUL....:Yep...They are in so many ways .

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