I’m getting close to the halfway point if I close my eyes and pretend more is done. Hopefully a big push this weekend!
Ask me on Monday if I got anything accomplished.
I actually feel like I might be half way. It’s getting there
Well three weekends of the five are gone… now down to the finals…
At the rate I’m going I might be done for the first time. Nah, something will come up and I’ll have a did not finish in time. I already know Saturday the 3rd is a loss for building as I got invited to a HO layout to do ops. That should be fun!
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I think this gets said every year but we have such a great group of talented scratch builders. I always love watching the challenge builds come together as it really showcases the talent all at once in one place.
Thanks Dave,
For the work/time you put into this that allows for another year of Mik on LSC …As always I am enjoying the build threads!
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David why don’t you ever enter? You are a fantastic builder!!
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Pete,
David who ? 12345
This guy that used to show up in different pictures , showing stuff he built to eye, not scale and he loves roundy round running
FINAL 5 DAYS
Time to start putting in the last push…
So 3 years of MIK challenges have gotten me 3 buildings started/semi finished out of the 5 I need for my town site of Redmond.
So Dave, what’s the plan for 2025?
I’ve got a brick building, a cinder block building and an unknown car repair shop still needed to be built…
Just saying. 
Or maybe you’ll throw us for a loop and get us to build something else I need in 2025.
Want my to do list so we can “start accumulating junk for next year?” 
I already know my styrene strips stash needs replenishing.
Start printing cinder blocks now just in case.
SORRY GUYS…
Down to the last 100 Hours left in Mik 2024…
Get busy to get finished…
I got 88 strips still to cut and glue on! It’s going to be a race to the finish line for sure.
Then a few more minor details and paint…
Progress will be determined by my CINCHOUSE and weekend calendar plans. At least I know we aren’t Superb Owl fans so that should free up a few hours on Sunday afternoon unlike the rest of the nation.
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I Built it “Mik’s Way”
(LSC Karaoke Version, with apologies to Frank Sinatra)
And now the end is near
Another year, The MIK-Mas Challenge
My friends I’ll make it clear
I’ll state my case, I’ve had to scavenge.
I’ve spent a month that’s full
I’ve posted each and every weekday
But more, much more
I did it, I did it Mik’s way!
Regrets, we’ve had, a few…
Bad 3-D prints; A bleeding finger
We glued what we had to glue
We were quite slow, not Vic the sprinter
Bourbon, we did not drink
To build stuff, for our garden railway
And more, much, much more
We did it, we did it Mik’s way
Yes, there were times I’m sure you knew
When we asked ourselves, what Mik would do?
And through it all, there was much doubt
To keep it ‘round, or throw it out
Folding washing to clear the space…
And do it MIK’s way!
INTERLUDE
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not a napkin, then he has naught
To post the things that he truly feels
And wait a whole month for the Mik reveals
Let the record show I spent little dough
And did it Mik’s way!
REPRISE
For the Mueller Family Singers
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Bill, wow, I’m in awe… you’ve got real talent! Super lyrics!
That must have taken a long time, wow again! Nice.
And… dude you seem to have a much longer leash than I do with SWMBO…
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I cant wait for Bill’s Mik Challenge album release on Spotify
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Bill are you a song writer in real life? These parodies your treating us too are great 