tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367600670436634226.post3161251511737381765..comments2023-05-18T23:03:38.059-07:00Comments on Odd's Oracle: The old ones are the best...Oddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15406048947308249483noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367600670436634226.post-22843654106587737492014-09-12T00:47:10.236-07:002014-09-12T00:47:10.236-07:00Ah, thanks for the information, Iain. How very st...Ah, thanks for the information, Iain. How very strange. This feature says that he was trying to replicate old Leigh in 4mm scale but it grew too large, so he kept bits of it as 4mm dioramas and started over again in 2mm scale. And the reason he bought stuff from you will have been that you're so much better than the Toymaker!. Clearly Downes didn't teach our Lionel to make trees as those on the farm house shot are superb.Oddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406048947308249483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367600670436634226.post-61909193235327340562014-09-12T00:32:57.465-07:002014-09-12T00:32:57.465-07:00Lionel Currie is a mysterious figure. He used to b...Lionel Currie is a mysterious figure. He used to be a client of mine back in the late seventies/eighties and commissioned a stack of structures from me, while at the same time, being tutored by Allan Downes. Allan has never forgiven me that Lionel didn't buy anything from him, but I think it was just that I was a lot cheaper :-)<br />He was a lovely chap, but seemed to have flourished only for a short while, building beautiful models, then he disappeared off the face of the earth...what a loss to the modelmaking world.Iain Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633733907566547236noreply@blogger.com