Well it’s been a year since our last rant, corner, blog (urgh, I STILL hate that term) or just general update on the daily goings on at the Wuiske Asylum. Hopefully, I can explain the reasons why this has been the case and keep you all in the loop of what’s been going on and the challenges that have been 2022.
2022 marks 20 years since the day that Burt Kingston was sent to me to have models made for his collection which resulted in me having that fateful cup of coffee at Joan and Rusty’s house that began my meanderings down a path that would keep me insane, broke, grumpy and yet somehow infinitely happier than I have any right to be for half of my life.
Over the last 20 years, my (and now our) sole drive has been to produce the best models we’re capable of and make them available to as many people as possible without them needing to know secret handshakes or be part of the “hip (replacement) crowd”.
This has made me about as popular as a bowl of bat soup in a Chinese restaurant with half of the industry and a portion of the modellers. Which, of course, is perfectly fine. We’ve never looked for the ego stroke that others may or may not have. Our goal is to make as many models as possible as available as possible.
The reason for this is REALLY simple, The more models out there and the more availability, the more models we can make and the more viable those models become… Simple hey?
That being said, we have made some amazing friends over the last 20 years and have learned a hell of a lot along the way. We’ve made a lot of mistakes and had a lot of successes.
The reason for the lack of Adam’s Corners over the past couple of years has been essentially that we’ve not had a great deal to say. As the planet is aware, the pandemic was “entertaining” and the last year after the lifting of restrictions has been trying to say the very least.
We’ve watched around half of our suppliers around the world go under, we’ve seen some of our suppliers become insanely greedy. We’ve had tooling go missing, we’ve had money go missing and we’ve seen where we need to change to safeguard ourselves, our investments and our customers future models.
Having said that, to quote the Bishop, the Priest, The Deacon and the Satanist with four flat tyres… “We ain’t going anywhere”.
As those of you whom frequent our Wednesday and Friday night chats (insert shameless plug here) are aware, we’re still working away at building our new house, shed, factory and layout.
As it’s 2022, EVERYTHING has been at least twice the quoted amount, the materials have not been available for months and the trades people have vanished off the face of the planet to pursue bigger and better jobs which pay more.
Even to the point that we would not have electricity if it wasn’t for one of my long time friends from high school, Aaron Weir. Azz managed to not only find the time to drop everything and drive out to our new place but to source the bits we couldn’t get and install them for us. Obviously, if you’re looking for an electrical company for industrial and retail fit outs, get in touch with him. Insert second shameless plug here.
Both Bridget and myself cannot thank Azz enough for EVERYTHING he has done. Not least of which because it took TEN MONTHS of other electricians promising to arrive and he just did it. Thanks mate.
Once the move finally takes place, we will be transferring the Adam’s Corner “thing” over to our youtube channel. Insert third shameless plug here. We have some pretty big plans for this, but that’s another story.
We recently reran our popular KSA cattle wagons, Fourth shameless plug here and here.
Even that was a Herculean task due to lacking or delayed supplies etc. But, as ever, we got the job done and we’re very happy with the results.
We have a few little surprises with regards to the KSA wagons coming up soon that will test the waters on something we’ve been talking about here for a while. But that’s another story.
As this magical little blue ball hurtling through the void that is a flat Earthers head get’s closer to completing another lap around the massive Halogen globe in the sky, we should be getting close to that time where we expect a visit from a morbidly obese, red pyjama clad gent being led by the team at Venison Express.
So before he tries to cram his increasingly girthsome posterior down one of the few remaining chimneys in this country, I think we should say to all of you that from myself, Bridget, Aidan, Michael, Lab Matt and all the other Wuiske Minions that we sincerely hope you all have a VERY merry and safe Christmas as well as a safe, happy and prosperous new year.
With any luck, 2023 will see the completion of many, many projects that have been languishing over the period that was 2022… As always though, we shall see how we go.