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Thank you for
bringing the layout to the exhibition yesterday, the photo's
really don't do it justice, seeing it in the flesh so to
speak exceeded my expectations. I know my modelling will
never come close to your standards however I've encountered
people who call themselves professional modellers and produce
work nowhere near your standards (one of them charging very
large amounts of money for his work which is mediocre at
best.) There is no question as to your skills however I have
also seen some extremely well executed models that lack the
one factor that your layout has - believability ! Having
stood in various positions at various distances yesterday
taking direct & sideways looks at the layout it has the rare
quality for me of being somewhere I could imagine myself
walking around. Quite a few people these days use "drivers
eye" cameras mounted on trains to video their layouts, one
thing I'd personally like to see is such a miniature camera
mounted on say the end of a piece of dowel or plastic tube
and "walked" around a layout at scale eye level or "driven"
in a vehicle rather than just the view from a train, likewise
a sideways mounted camera on a train to give a passengers eye
view, yours is the first layout I've seen since having the
idea where I instantly thought "I'd love to see the results
of it being done on this one" Your layout is more than a
model, it is a 3 dimensional miniature work of art and as I
said a believable place and landscape. On at least a couple
of occasions yesterday I had trouble seeing where the trees
ended and the backscene began and had more of a feeling of
looking into a landscape from a distance than of viewing a
model, well done Sir ! If you don't end up with a wall
full of awards for your work something somewhere is very
wrong indeed !
I look
forward to seeing the other boards and to be honest I'm lost
for what to say. I'm glad to have been able to see the layout
for the first time under the conditions yesterday rather than
at a large exhibition where it would be a case of fighting
through the crowds to get a glimpse. Your work is at least
equal to Pendon, long may you continue to produce it. Well,
thanks for reading this, that's enough waffle from me, thank
you once again for bringing the layout yesterday and allowing
us all a sneak preview of what I'm sure is going to wow the
exhibition circuit.
All the best,
happy modelling,
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