Thanks but I dont consider myself any more or less capable than the next guy. As long as we are having fun and pushing our own boundaries (if thats what constitutes fun for us) then we are all equal. If you produce work that is less than YOU can do then what is the point in that?
Jim;
That's where my fun comes from as well. You gotta push the boundaries, how else can you learn?
Should the day come when I stop learning or improving it will be time to find a new hobby.
Regards
Jim
True words, Jim, true words! I have learned many, many techniques and how tos over the many years in the hobby.
I've also taught many techniques, both one to one, and in various NMRA clinics. People who "refuse" to listen to or learn a new technique, or method from someone because the "teacher" didn't use it on his own layout, is in my mind, extremely narrow minded!
Over on this side of the pond, one of the greatest teachers of prototype practice and incorporation of it into a trackplan, John Armstrong, publicly admitted that he used less than one tenth of what he taught on his own layout, the
Canandaigua Southern. Said he didn't have the room. Just because he didn't use some of what he taught, did this make him any less the teacher? I don't think so.
Sorry for the rant. I got carried away. Excellent work! Excellent indeed!