Hobbies - A thread for other things we kill time doing.

[aparch]

We have the gorgeous photography threads for birding and astronomy. I figured we could use another thread to show off some of our other hobbies. Plus, its another distraction from *gestures broadly at the world events*.

For example, I also collect expensive Danish plastic and put them together, and sometimes take photos of them as well.

As inspired by a post I made on Bluesky, here's the Lego Brick Bank building posed with some DC Batman characters.

 

[Kepler]

This is great. Have you seen books like this?

 

[aparch]

I haven't seen those books, but when I had a Twitter account I followed a few creators who did similar to that book.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

Oh boy. I'm going to have to spam this thread soon with photos of my Lego collection too! I picked up 2 more sets today. Inching closer to 600 sets. Right now I'm sorting through about another 20-30 lbs worth of bulk pieces I have acquired recently. I'll probably part out a few sets from my bulk after that and then see about doing some of my own buildings I have been thinking about.

I also do quite a bit of fly tying. It took a while to get any good at that. But now I only use flies I have tied myself for fly fishing. I also started building rods a while back. I've built a few ice rods for myself and did one commission (for a coworker who says it's his favorite ice rod by far). I also built my first fly rod recently but haven't used it yet. I go through spurts of doing jigsaw puzzles too.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Speaking of LEGO, give me a billion dollars and I’d spend most of my time and money doing this.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

Speaking of LEGO, give me a billion dollars and I’d spend most of my time and money doing this.

I've seen some videos of his pop up on my social media feeds. Some good looking builds.

I really want a house with a large open basement just so I can properly display my collection/build a city. I have 6 of the motorized Lego trains and I really want to be able to have a big enough area to set up a bunch of the track. I'd also have a pirate and medieval section.

 

[aparch]

I'm so worried about dust (especially on Lego) that I don't know if I could display them that much in the open. I currently have an IKEA bookcase with glass doors, and a fully glass IKEA display case for them. And even then there's still a little bit of dust on them.

As for basement, I'd do an HO train display. I have a good number of train items packed away at my mother's house that I haven't touched in over twenty years.

 

[Kepler]

As for basement, I'd do an HO train display. I have a good number of train items packed away at my mother's house that I haven't touched in over twenty years.

This. If I had eleventy billion dollars I would do HO displays and only use sets manufactured before 1970. (That carbon smell as they short out is my cologne.)

Great writeup of the birth of Mantua / Tyco.

Fun fact: Tyco went to shit because in 1970 the founder died and the company was bought by Sara Fucking Lee.

 

[MissThundercat]

I perform drag and just came off my first pageant. Finished DFL for Miss AMCAB, but received a lot of praise for even getting out there.

 

[LynahFan]

I perform drag and just came off my first pageant. Finished DFL for Miss AMCAB, but received a lot of praise for even getting out there.

Add me to the list - way to go! So inspiring!

 

[aparch]

Another from my Batman Bank photo shoot:


I thought I had one with the Bat-signal and Commissioner Gordon as well, but I can't find it.