Grum's Shed

[grum64]

35 minutes ago, LucyCol said:

It's a great set, I use mine to amuse the cats and dog.

The neighbours cat didn't look very amused when a rampaging Racer found it dozing in the flower bed .

Edited June 16, 2018 by grum64

[Maaboo the Witch]

7 minutes ago, grum64 said:

The neighbours cat didn't look very amused when a flat out Racer found it dozing in the flower bed .

There's more than one way to skin a cat (or shave it, at the very least). 

[grum64]

2 minutes ago, Maaboo35 said:

There's more than one way to skin a cat (or shave it, at the very least). 

If nothing else it might make it think twice about using our garden as a toilet in future.

[Maaboo the Witch]

Just now, grum64 said:

If nothing else it might make it think twice about using our garden as a toilet in future.

Preach. 

[brickless_kiwi]

On 6/17/2018 at 8:40 AM, grum64 said:

The neighbours cat didn't look very amused when a rampaging Racer found it dozing in the flower bed .

That' what a .223wssm is used for around here deadly on turkeys too

[grum64]

Hmmm... Not sure I'd go that far but I do understand why it's necessary in your neck o' the woods.

[grum64]

As I've mentioned many times my shed is in need of a good sort out and has been for quite a while. Trouble is it never seems to happen. I go out there fully intending to make a start but then I see all the lovely sets waiting to be built and that’s it, the sort out can wait. The trouble is the same thing keeps happening so the sort out never gets done. Today however, something happened to break that cycle.

This morning I went out to my shed to make a start on the 8275 but when Gilly lifted the box down it was empty except for the instruction books! When I got the set I checked it was complete and yes, all was present and correct so on the shelf it went and it’s been there ever since. I have no recollection of taking the parts from the box and putting them somewhere else and can’t think of any reason why I would. It’s a real mystery, I know it’s here somewhere. Looks like that (well overdue) sort out has been forced upon me.

This makes me wonder. Has anyone else ‘lost’ a set?

Edited June 26, 2018 by grum64

[allanp]

I've never lost a set (just most of the expensive to replace parts  ) or have I? I had a 9v universal set as a kid, and bought a second copy as an adult, which is complete in its box with instructions. Yet when I looked through my box of instruction books (which weighs more than a small moon!) I found 3 copies of the instructions for that set. So, did I have 4 copies in total, lost them and forgot I ever had them or what?!  The extra instructions are a complete mystery to me.

[Maaboo the Witch]

1 hour ago, grum64 said:

This makes me wonder. Has anyone else ‘lost’ a set?

Had a Drome Racers Slammer G-Force that went walkabout one day. I swear I brought it home from school...  But a box of parts? Nope... that is odd.

[pleegwat]

I have 2 versions of the 9V motor set instructions, but though they have the same cover they are different. One includes the 'gearing down' assembly instructions and came with the motor set. The other just includes safety information printed larger, and came with 8868.

[grum64]

Sounds like I'm not alone in the seemingly unexplained 'loss' of a set.

The mystery of the 'disappearing' 8275 may though have been solved as this afternoon I had a conversation with EB member and friend Pvdb who I got the set from. Thanks to him I think I have a pretty good idea where it might be. Ordinarily I'd have checked it out there and then but it was 31° so Gilly & I went to a nearby riverside pub & spent the afternoon beside the river in the shade of a large tree with a glass of the cold stuff instead. I'll look for Bully tomorrow.

Life's all about priorities 

Edited June 26, 2018 by grum64
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[grum64]

Gilly & I have spent most of today going through this lot with still no sigh of Bully. There's 5 times this amount in our loft and 7 80L storage boxes of bagged sets and psrts in our Sons loft still to go through. It's going to take a while!

[arijitdas]

4 hours ago, grum64 said:

Gilly & I have spent most of today going through this lot with still no sigh of Bully. There's 5 times this amount in our loft and 7 80L storage boxes of bagged sets and psrts in our Sons loft still to go through. It's going to take a while!

You have got a pretty awesome collection :)

[grum64]

6 hours ago, arijitdas said:

You have got a pretty awesome collection :)

Thank you. What you see in the photo is only a very small part of my collection which is mostly the result of hours spent scouring the internet, classifieds, carboot sales etc for bargains.

I've been very lucky over the years getting some great stuff stupidly cheap but prices have risen significantly over the last few years making bargains harder to find.

Of course having all these sets etc., is fine but it's going to make the search for Bully a long one. With the weather here being  hot for the next week or so lofts are the last place anyone wants to be so I may wait until we get a cooler spell and build something else in the meantime. The 8258 maybe. At least I know where that is .

Edited June 28, 2018 by grum64

[Andy D]

Quite a collection! Sorry you can not locate your "Bully", but you know how I feel about the 8258. I am looking forward to your build of the 8258 and your comments which are always informative.

Andy D

[grum64]

2 hours ago, Andy D said:

Quite a collection! Sorry you can not locate your "Bully", but you know how I feel about the 8258. I am looking forward to your build of the 8258 and your comments which are always informative.

Andy D

Yeah, the disappearance of Bully’s a bit of a mystery. It’s either in our loft or our Sons, I’ve just got to wait for the weather to cool down so someone can go up and take a look.

Like you, the 8258 is one of my favourite sets. Being the first Technic set I ever built it has a special place in my heart and I’m really looking forward to building it again.

Edited June 28, 2018 by grum64

[Zerobricks]

Maybe you can build a different set meanwhile?

That 9398 on the bottom looks lonely

[grum64]

24 minutes ago, Zerobricks said:

Maybe you can build a different set meanwhile?

That 9398 on the bottom looks lonely

I built the 9398 shortly after it first came out and as I recall it was an enjoyable build. I really liked the model, it looked good and was fun to play with so I do want to build again it fairly soon but it’ll be the 8258 next followed by Bully, assuming of course it’s turned up by then.

[ctx1769]

Got all the parts for that, just not the official set ?

[Andy D]

47 minutes ago, grum64 said:

I built the 9398 shortly after it first came out and as I recall it was an enjoyable build. I really liked the model, it looked good and was fun to play with so I do want to build again it fairly soon but it’ll be the 8258 next followed by Bully, assuming of course it’s turned up by then.

Yeah! Some love for the 8258!

Looking forward to it!

Andy D

 

[grum64]

9 minutes ago, ctx1769 said:

Got all the parts for that, just not the official set ?

You won't be sorry. It's a great build and an excellent display piece.

4 minutes ago, Andy D said:

Yeah! Some love for the 8258!

Looking forward to it!

Andy D

 

[Jeroen Ottens]

10 hours ago, grum64 said:

I built the 9398 shortly after it first came out and as I recall it was an enjoyable build. I really liked the model, it looked good and was fun to play with so I do want to build again it fairly soon but it’ll be the 8258 next followed by Bully, assuming of course it’s turned up by then.

8258 is a great set, I sort of had a second dark age after I quit at LEGO and this set really got me back into it (after I already started tinkering with studless building with Bully).

As for finding Bully: Have you checked the place where are the left socks go?

[grum64]

2 hours ago, Jeroen Ottens said:

8258 is a great set, I sort of had a second dark age after I quit at LEGO and this set really got me back into it (after I already started tinkering with studless building with Bully).

As for finding Bully: Have you checked the place where are the left socks go?

A great set indeed and one that I know is many a builders favourite and I suspect a good many were bought out of their Dark Ages by it. For me it's special because it my entry into Technic.

As for Bully. After your suggestion I took a look in that place where the lost socks go. No Bully but I did find 2 Unicorns, D B Cooper and the Mary Celeste 

Edited June 29, 2018 by grum64
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[grum64]

Build Day 1 - Days build time 3hrs 20mins / Total build time 3hrs 20 mins

There's still no sign of Bully in my shed and it's too hot to expect people to be in lofts going through  storage boxes, bags etc so I've chosen the 8258 as the set to build in its place. I'll build Bully once I've found it.

The first time I built the 8258 I can't say that I enjoyed the build process. It was difficult, really difficult and all my thoughts and energies were concentrated towards things like how do I pick parts up? What technique do I use to put them together? How do I pick up and handle big assemblies? All things that, 9yrs later, are now  second nature. That first time the 8258 took 22 weeks, building for roughly 6 hours a day and mostly 6 days a week. I'm hoping to be a bit quicker this time around.

Not too much progress so not much to write other than building's been easy so far but then it is early days yet.

Edited June 30, 2018 by grum64
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[lcvisser]

I'll be following this with interest! I never had this set, or built it, so I'm curious to see what all the excitement is about 

Interesting to see how the LA brackets are used here. I guess  didn't exist yet...