New Member says Hello.
 

So Hello, my name is Dave, I am 64 years old, Married and live in Queensland the hot part of Australia.

I have been interested in trains all my life with many childhood visits to New Street Station Birmingham, of course to collect train numbers, ahh still dreaming about those Jubilee, Scot and Patriot engines, it never leaves me, fifty years later and still wondering why Mum and Dad came over here.

My first layout was based on a Hornby 3 rail Dutchess of Atholl loco, aged 12, I have built a few layouts since mainly HO and N Gauge but never got very far with them, mainly due to family commitments.

My current layout which I have called Boulder Valley is what I call a Hotch Potch Layout, freelance all the way, set sometime in the 60s at an unknown location that came straight out of my head.

I think my problem is I like so much model railway equipment that I did not want to get tied into any particular thing, this of course gives me the freedom to do and run what I please, I find that enhances the fun aspect of the hobby for me.

Anyone wishing to take a look at the layout the link is bellow, lovely to be on a forum where there seems to be a lot British stuff to look at.

Hi Dave welcome to the forum, I'm not really into model railways but yours looks good.

Hello Dave and welcome to the forum. It's good to have another modeller onboard.
Hope you don't mind but I have moved your post to the "Say Hello" forum where I think more members will see it.:)

Hello Dave and welcome to the Forum.

Chris.

Hi Dave, welcome to the forum

Welcome Dave,
You are sure to find something in this forum to keep you happy.
Paul.

Welcome Dave.

For me, I like seeing the variety of non-British stuff on model layouts like yours, and photos of trains around the world.

Thank you all for the welcome, its nice to be here.

Hi Dave,

Welcome to the Forum,

Best wishes,

John H-T.

Welcome to the forum Dave.

Nice layout. I've always liked the idea of a purely fictional model railway. It's your world and you're free to do your own thing!

Hi Alan thanks for looking and the welcome.

Hi John thank you for the welcome also for moving the thread.

Hi There Chris, thanks for the welcome.

Hi Eurostar, and thanks for the welcome.

G'Day Paul, thanks for the welcome and yes I like what I see here.

Hi Shed Cat, thanks for the welcome, I like you love all railways regardless of where they are, if its got tracks its worth looking at.

Hi John, thanks for the welcome.

G'Day Trev, thanks for the welcome, I was so undecided what to build, I knew it had to be N Gauge, would have loved to model British Rail but not much after sales service from Farish over here.

Looked at American stuff, lots to choose from here in Australia, so many railroads to choose from, got confusing, finally decided to go freelance, the way I see it if I repaint my rolling stock I can run anything I like.

Hi Dave,

Welcome to the forum, your model looks rather nice,

am just trying to get back into the modelling side, starting again in N gauge this time hopefully

Les

Hello and welcome to the forum Dave.

Adam

Hi Les, thank you for the welcome and looking at the layout, good luck with the layout, great way to enjoy a few hours.

Hi Adam, thanks for the welcome.

Hops?
 

Hi Dave,
Is Hops farm the name of the farm or are they growing Hops? For me and I suspect a few others the idea of growing Hops leads to there being a Brewery around.
So will it be in the industrial area or centre of town (near the church)
Welcome to the fun.
John (G)

Dave,

Like your site. Look forward to further posts.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

Nice one John, my Parents always used to say where you find a Church there will be a Pub close by.

I have a lot of work to do on the Hops Farm, realy just the Oast House sitting there at the moment, yes there will be two pubs on the layout, one just near the Church.

Hi John thanks for the welcome.

Hi Dave,
Good Beer is universal so don't forget the brewery.
John (G)

No worries John, will spend a bit of time on the internet looking for a suitable type of brewery to model, I have just the right spot to put it.

Hello Dave.Spent some time running between Queensland and Japan carrying ore,(car industry I think)as a ships engineer.Served my apprenticeship building
and repairing steam and diesel locomotives.I have 4 static model steam locos, Mallard,Flying Scotsman,Dutches of Sutherland and a Belgium loco.
Kenny.