Where does the time go? I seem to have spent hours at the workbench in the last four days and the wagons in the photo don't look much different to their appearance in my last entry. This is no super-detailing exercise, just (mainly) straight from the bag builds, yet the best part of a week's spare time has been soaked up. As advancing years bring declining eyesight and dexterity, I often wonder how much longer I can keep this aspect of the hobby going. I've made a mess of a few things along the way and had to redo them, and now I can see at least one brake lever adrift in the photo. Those underfloor cages are utter swine to assemble - 7mm scale equivalent included in the photo for clarity. I've ranted and raved, cursed and blasphemed, vowed to change to O gauge, vowed to switch to N gauge and ultimately vowed to give up model railways altogether. Then after a nice cup of tea, I looked at the assembled wagons, decided they looked nearly as cool as bow-ties, and promptly laid the frames for another three

I recently got the Think Tank Retrospective 20 camera bag. It is such a nice bag. Comfy, roomy, and cool-looking. Here's what I've packed into it: Pictured: Nikon D300 Sigma 18-50/2.8 Sigma 10-20 Nikkor 85/1.8 Nikon SB-600 x 2 Canon 430EXII Pocket Wizard Plus II x 4 Sync cables Small notebook Pens Batteries Not pictured: Honl Traveler8 Softbox Spare batteries Electrical tape Flash diffuser caps It's amazing how much stuff I can cram into the Retrospective 20, and it's not even full. I'm definitely going to enjoy using this bag. Shooting info: Panasonic LX3 | ?/5.6 | 1/125 | ISO 80 Vivitar 285HV at 1/4 power Triggered by Cactus V4