“It’s never going to work!”

It’s been a busy couple weeks.

My son’s birthday, a party in boiling temperatures, and various plans falling through have all led to me not having time to work on anything.

So, finally having made my way back to the bowels of the shed, I pulled out failure 2 from the laboratory.

Next to the Jacob’s ladder, my second biggest annoyance was my…well, let’s call it the tank assembly.

It was a last minute addition. Modelled on a mixture of some very real science experiment videos that are a tad disturbing, with elements of The Brain that Wouldn’t Die thrown in just for fun. (YES, that’s a 3 star movie that has served as a major influence on my laboratory setup. Only the best.)

Well, half of the thing had to be scuttled as the silicone I had plugging some holes in the plumbing to pump the serum from the tanks to Bob on the table did not dry fully and blew a leak. Then, various other things went wrong, and it was generally bland, IMO.

So, we’ve begun the fixing of that.

Some cosmetic bells and whistles to the doors.

From Lab

All these will eventually light up.

First is an old post office box door.

From Lab

We’ll do the same trickery on it’s window I did for the control panel:

And, some tubes obtained from my brother.

From Lab

We’ll have them lighting up as well from behind.

I want to get some dials nobs and guages installed as well, but have yet to locate any I really like.

Next up on the Lab projects include fixing the lighting, scrapping/redoing the generator, and a few modifications to Bob.

And, in case you’ve missed out…Here’s The Brain that Wouldn’t Die in it’s entirety. I’m sure you can see how it’s influenced my own lab design.

However, while I’m out there working on this thing. Some girl I do not immediately recognize rides up on her bicycle. “What are you doing?”

I look around. “What?”

“What are you doing there?”

“Oh, this is just my little experiment.”

“What is it?”

“I’m trying to bring the dead back to life.” Said completely straight faced and serious.

“Who”

“The dead. You know..” pointing to Bob back in the garage.

“It’s never going to work!” now looking at me very nervously.

“Oh, give me a few months to work on it, then we’ll see.”