Osgood
Western Thunderer
Sorry - didn't brake in time 
Bit of a hopeless case really -
Triang 00 (christening present from an enthusiastic aunt) up to the age of 8, then a gap.
Full size (M&GN country) from 13 to 18, shifted a fair bit of coal, rail and sleepers.
BREL (Crewe Works and more) 16 to 23.
Pretty much all armchair stuff (well ok, and a bit of discrete cupboard stuffing) 23 to present (now that's a long time....), bobbing in and out of 0 Gauge Guild but have somewhat lost track of what's going on out there these last 10 years or so.
A week at Wolsztyn 4 years back (only 2 of us there!) brought the excitement back with a rock and a roll.
I have recently joined up as a result of exposure to a friend's 0 Gauge work which has rekindling a desire to do something myself - time will be a big issue for a year or so, but this year sees the installation of a 30ft x 7ft 6 'facility' for use in years to come
Main rail-related interests (in no particular order): Minor railways, Industrial locomotive builders (especially the development of diesels), Industrial lines (esp. ironstone industry), scrap yards, rail cranes, freight, anything with 'atmosphere' (that doesn't rule out much!), branch lines. Any era, Trevethick through Brunel and Rowland Emmett to Brush Type 2s.
Main modelling influences to date: I'd have to say primarily MRJ - from the very first issue. A couple of trips to Telford in recent years and most recently the ability to view the work of members on here and 'on there'.
Therein lies a problem or three, as -
A) I find myself being influenced by all manner of forces (even looking at 1/32....), desperately trying to focus in on something specific.
B) I find myself wanting to create accurate engineering but bewildered by the amazing effort and skills involved in this,
C) I'm wondering if I will be able to develop the necessary skills to achieve what I see others are doing. In that respect I note that gauge and 'precision' of building are perhaps less important than the ability to create a consistent 'illusion' from whatever skills may be to hand.
Not only that, but I've just joined the Scale7 Group (I joined once before for a year, when it was first floated) and shortly to taste bad coffee made in a dolls house.
No doubt I'll be overshooting the platform quite regularly, and I often get distracted while I should be keeping an eye out on the boiler gauge glass level - bear with me please
Tony
Bit of a hopeless case really -
Triang 00 (christening present from an enthusiastic aunt) up to the age of 8, then a gap.
Full size (M&GN country) from 13 to 18, shifted a fair bit of coal, rail and sleepers.
BREL (Crewe Works and more) 16 to 23.
Pretty much all armchair stuff (well ok, and a bit of discrete cupboard stuffing) 23 to present (now that's a long time....), bobbing in and out of 0 Gauge Guild but have somewhat lost track of what's going on out there these last 10 years or so.
A week at Wolsztyn 4 years back (only 2 of us there!) brought the excitement back with a rock and a roll.
I have recently joined up as a result of exposure to a friend's 0 Gauge work which has rekindling a desire to do something myself - time will be a big issue for a year or so, but this year sees the installation of a 30ft x 7ft 6 'facility' for use in years to come
Main rail-related interests (in no particular order): Minor railways, Industrial locomotive builders (especially the development of diesels), Industrial lines (esp. ironstone industry), scrap yards, rail cranes, freight, anything with 'atmosphere' (that doesn't rule out much!), branch lines. Any era, Trevethick through Brunel and Rowland Emmett to Brush Type 2s.
Main modelling influences to date: I'd have to say primarily MRJ - from the very first issue. A couple of trips to Telford in recent years and most recently the ability to view the work of members on here and 'on there'.
Therein lies a problem or three, as -
A) I find myself being influenced by all manner of forces (even looking at 1/32....), desperately trying to focus in on something specific.
B) I find myself wanting to create accurate engineering but bewildered by the amazing effort and skills involved in this,
C) I'm wondering if I will be able to develop the necessary skills to achieve what I see others are doing. In that respect I note that gauge and 'precision' of building are perhaps less important than the ability to create a consistent 'illusion' from whatever skills may be to hand.
Not only that, but I've just joined the Scale7 Group (I joined once before for a year, when it was first floated) and shortly to taste bad coffee made in a dolls house.
No doubt I'll be overshooting the platform quite regularly, and I often get distracted while I should be keeping an eye out on the boiler gauge glass level - bear with me please
Tony
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