readingtype
Active Member
Hi All,
I got back into railway modelling a few years ago thinking it would be a way to allocate a bit of time to things that had no purpose other than to please me. It's turned out to be a very sociable move, more than I expected, and by joining various groups and participating I've had a lot of fun so far and learned a lot.
I'm interested in all aspects of railways, without any historical restriction though I guess plateways have a limited appeal (possibly as it's harder to make a motorised model horse than a machine with wheels?). Railways are a focal point to look at all kinds of other things from engineering to economics, electronics to social history, whatever. As a Brit I have more knowledge of Great Britain and Western Europe, but everywhere there were and are interesting railway things to find out about.
In modelling terms I'm experienced with plastic kits and with fixing up poorly ready-to-run stuff. I've done a bit of detailing and repainting and replacing crappy wheels. I've built a small amount of track in EM and faffed and fudged with the Tillig Elite turnout kits (they seem to work OK, phew). Looking forwards what I am enjoying is working with other materials like whitemetal and brass, and trying to get my head around CAD. I'm also starting to explore the possibilities of gauge 1, as well as the familiar 1:76 (EM) and 1:87 (NEM H0/RP25 wheel profile).
Current projects? All over the place.
Cheers
Ben
I got back into railway modelling a few years ago thinking it would be a way to allocate a bit of time to things that had no purpose other than to please me. It's turned out to be a very sociable move, more than I expected, and by joining various groups and participating I've had a lot of fun so far and learned a lot.
I'm interested in all aspects of railways, without any historical restriction though I guess plateways have a limited appeal (possibly as it's harder to make a motorised model horse than a machine with wheels?). Railways are a focal point to look at all kinds of other things from engineering to economics, electronics to social history, whatever. As a Brit I have more knowledge of Great Britain and Western Europe, but everywhere there were and are interesting railway things to find out about.
In modelling terms I'm experienced with plastic kits and with fixing up poorly ready-to-run stuff. I've done a bit of detailing and repainting and replacing crappy wheels. I've built a small amount of track in EM and faffed and fudged with the Tillig Elite turnout kits (they seem to work OK, phew). Looking forwards what I am enjoying is working with other materials like whitemetal and brass, and trying to get my head around CAD. I'm also starting to explore the possibilities of gauge 1, as well as the familiar 1:76 (EM) and 1:87 (NEM H0/RP25 wheel profile).
Current projects? All over the place.
Cheers
Ben
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