Monday 28 November 2011

You have got to start somewhere

My son Isaac is 4. Knowing little about child development I take what Isaac does as what most 4 year olds must do, however I'm told that his ability to visualise and construct complex deigns with his wooden railway is very good for his age. Whether or not it's an excellent talent compared with any other children I don't know, don't all parents think their children are special, but what I wanted to do is to record and share some of the wonderful designs that Isaac constructs from a finite resource. It always amazes me what he's been up to when I come in from work.

My regret is that there is about 3 months of ingenious designs that I have failed to record and share, but you have to start somewhere.

Today's track is elegant in it's apparent simplicity. I love the level crossing to the car park that is so exclusive that only two cars would get in there. I also like the fact that trains leaving the sidings would have a number of options for how they wanted to negotiate the layout to basically return to where they started facing the other way.