tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post7622857446385659161..comments2024-03-22T20:28:42.517+00:00Comments on Wood End and Beyond: Inspirations 7: Simply for pleasureChris Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17126638769396595508noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-71169578609529900472014-07-03T09:26:13.702+01:002014-07-03T09:26:13.702+01:00I don't think that I'll tire of saying tha...I don't think that I'll tire of saying that we have to reach back to the 60s and 70s for real inspiration, for that's when the hobby had reached it's full potential without being over commercialised. There was just enough available to make it possible, and little enough to force you to use your imagination and make things for yourself.<br />CFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-21257288995451618752014-07-02T10:31:37.627+01:002014-07-02T10:31:37.627+01:00"A train set on acid"...sums up my stude..."A train set on acid"...sums up my student years rather well :-) I found that this article started me thinking of all the things in the RM that have inspired me...a wonderful half-hour of nostalgic indulgence. The "Thorpness Branch", March 1962 RM was a similar theme, I clumsily re-created it in TT...like train set, but as you say, with added appeal.Iain Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633733907566547236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-3393584936103274072014-06-29T20:29:24.564+01:002014-06-29T20:29:24.564+01:00Happy belated birthday Chris.Happy belated birthday Chris.Chris ODnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-30745732015797696852014-06-29T10:21:29.834+01:002014-06-29T10:21:29.834+01:00Just gone.Just gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-57282403811116225972014-06-29T00:21:04.520+01:002014-06-29T00:21:04.520+01:00Hmm. Exactly ten in 1974. Any birthday celebration...Hmm. Exactly ten in 1974. Any birthday celebrations coming up?<br />Colin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com