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In my first 7 years in the hobby, I was inspired by the popular names listed above and others. What inspires me now is more hobbyist posting what they have done on forums. In particular, Sunday Nite Foto Fun in the n scale forum at Atlas has shown me volumes and inspired me volumes. Tutorials on forums have moved me to scratch build when I initially thought I had zero talent there. <br /> <br />Interestingly, even the guy who posts photos of his crappy layout moves me, because I know I am seeing a guy who is producing something not so great now, but if he continues to be motivated by his own enthusiasm, will move on to better modelling. <br /> <br />So for me now, it is the guys struggling with the same problems or who have "been there and done that" but are willing to help others out, who inspire me in the forums I visit. Guys like Brakie (Larry) who has probably ten thousand posts in all the forums he visits, perhaps I under estimate his count. Or West Coast Don who isn't active on the forums right now, but started Sunday Nite Foto Fun at Atlas. Or how about Shamus (Paul Templar) who is very active and knowledgeable at the Gauge Forum. Or the Colonel at Trainboard.com working his magic from Australia. Or how about the older Gentleman (Watash - Wayne) from Texas on Trainboard who still runs his trains with car batteries, and wanted to know at a respectable "elderly" age whether he should switch over to DCC. Or how about Dave Koch at the Atlas DCC forum who has had some lumps in life, lives a bit isolated on his farm but helps people with their DCC questions. Or even well known Linda Sand who lives at the Layout Design Sig at Yahoo! Groups. These are the guys and gals who inspire me now, and many like them.
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