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David Long
Guest
Ah well, finally made it here from Another Place! Funny but I seem to recognise a lot of people and, no doubt, they recognise me. Not least of course my 2mm Scale Association colleagues, a number of whom seem to be gathered in a comfy lounge hereabouts. There are others of course. Small world eh, Pennine?
For those who don't know me, I have been kicking around said Association for the last thirty years but have managed to demonstrate the most appallingly low output in that time. This is partly due to my wide range of prototype interests, namely if it runs on rails then I'm interested. This does lead to a certain lack of focus and I am constantly amazed by those folk who spend years engaged in one particular project or in modelling one particular company. I have, however, dabbled in some other scales and gauges, these being Irish 2FS 10.5mm gauge, 3mm 14.2 and 7mmFS. Apart from a brief flirtation with EM and P4 more than several years ago I've never found 4mm scale to be that much of a draw but that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate much of the fine work that takes place. St Merrin! Swoon!
Right, you may well ask, this chap says he's interested in everything but he must have some sort of favourite, the sort of thing that makes you go all woozy like and a bit fluttery. Well, yes there is and it may seem like a desperate attempt to ingratiate myself into a forum which has a particularly attractive form of nameplate in its masthead. I have to say that after millions of years of evolution the date of 25th November 1957 showed that all that crawling out of swamps, dodging dinosaurs and fighting 100 year wars had been worth it. This was the day that D600 emerged blinking into the sunlight of the dawn of the new hydraulic age. Alas though, the world was not yet ready for this epitome of technological achievement and within two decades all was lost. On 26th February 1977 there were those who wept openly in the streets as that sun finally set (Poetry this, isn't it?)
All this thought of Hymeks and Warships has made me come over a bit peculiar and I need to have a bit of a lie down or I may just go and find that comfy lounge which I've heard about. Do drop by and say hello.
David
For those who don't know me, I have been kicking around said Association for the last thirty years but have managed to demonstrate the most appallingly low output in that time. This is partly due to my wide range of prototype interests, namely if it runs on rails then I'm interested. This does lead to a certain lack of focus and I am constantly amazed by those folk who spend years engaged in one particular project or in modelling one particular company. I have, however, dabbled in some other scales and gauges, these being Irish 2FS 10.5mm gauge, 3mm 14.2 and 7mmFS. Apart from a brief flirtation with EM and P4 more than several years ago I've never found 4mm scale to be that much of a draw but that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate much of the fine work that takes place. St Merrin! Swoon!
Right, you may well ask, this chap says he's interested in everything but he must have some sort of favourite, the sort of thing that makes you go all woozy like and a bit fluttery. Well, yes there is and it may seem like a desperate attempt to ingratiate myself into a forum which has a particularly attractive form of nameplate in its masthead. I have to say that after millions of years of evolution the date of 25th November 1957 showed that all that crawling out of swamps, dodging dinosaurs and fighting 100 year wars had been worth it. This was the day that D600 emerged blinking into the sunlight of the dawn of the new hydraulic age. Alas though, the world was not yet ready for this epitome of technological achievement and within two decades all was lost. On 26th February 1977 there were those who wept openly in the streets as that sun finally set (Poetry this, isn't it?)
All this thought of Hymeks and Warships has made me come over a bit peculiar and I need to have a bit of a lie down or I may just go and find that comfy lounge which I've heard about. Do drop by and say hello.
David
Oh sh*t, I already got that, somewhere...
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