HO scale fountain - an idea

Had an idea for making an HO scale fountain that could be situated on the layout somewhere - to tart it up a bit.

The idea came to me when I was looking at a photograph of two thin wires emanating from a pair of street lights that I was installing.

I did a double-take when I saw the photograph - it reminded me of the famous peeing statue:

Then I thought if I used multiple curved wires, an effective impression of a fountain could be created.

Such models are commercially available, but look a bit too "plasticky" for my taste.

Watch this space.

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Currently listening to:

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Last night's dinner:

Cycled to People's Palace on Glasgow Green and had the above for lunch - therefore no need for dinner.

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Currently Reading:

Almost, almost finished.

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Drumming practice update:

Practised for an hour just playing hand to hand, LR, LR, LR, endeavouring to equalise the dynamic characteristics of the two hands.

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Miscellany 1:

Really enjoyable evening last night at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall with my sister and brother-in-law - a sixties revival show.

For me the surprise package of the evening was Spencer Davis who re-created all his 60s hits in the absence of Stevie Winwood, and did so with gusto and integrity.

Spencer in the middle.

Today.

But the star of the show was P J Proby who at the age of 76 still has that unique presence which captivated us all 50 years ago.

In his hey day

Today

In my opinion, P J Proby's utterly eccentric rendition of "Somewhere" from West Side Story is one of the great ballads of all time.

Brilliant.

Miscellany 2:

This morning I attended a Masterclass delivered by the great pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja.

6 years younger than P J Proby

The format was that 3 advanced piano students would play pieces and then Miss Leonskaja would tear them to shreds in the politest possible fashion. A real privilege for the students.

It was fascinating and exhausting for the small audience of approx 30 and for the students and for Miss Leonskaja.

I attended because I wanted to soak up the learning atmosphere of a musical tutorial  in case I could generalise  it to my own elementary attempts to learn to play a single drum!!!!

I should have brought my niece's husband since he is actually learning to play the piano at the age of 40.