Hello All,
I've come back to the hobby after 25 years, having played with trains as a kid and now want to pursue as a "serious" hobby.
As is probably obvious from my username, I intend to model late 1960's/70's/early 80's BR diesel era, though not limited to the Sulzer-engined varieties. Scale is going to be OO but I don't have a clear idea yet as regards modelling a particular scene or location. Also, I'm a little scared of DCC for now so will build some confidence with conevntional DC first. My influences were very much from the Midlands but also southern region so it's likely I'll go for some hybrid of that lot! I'll be grateful for any advice along the road. Having read a good deal of some of the forums already it seems like a fantastic site for tips, discussion, etc.
Being based in Dubai I wonder if anyone else is also here and would be grateful for any tips in sourcing raw materials (baseboard, etc) locally. Currently I'm using 18 mm chipboard which is not ideal! There's also the issue of actually getting rolling stock sent out here. Most of the stock I have already was shipped out with the furniture.
Anyway, good to be on board!
Cheers
Sulzerjev
I've come back to the hobby after 25 years, having played with trains as a kid and now want to pursue as a "serious" hobby.
As is probably obvious from my username, I intend to model late 1960's/70's/early 80's BR diesel era, though not limited to the Sulzer-engined varieties. Scale is going to be OO but I don't have a clear idea yet as regards modelling a particular scene or location. Also, I'm a little scared of DCC for now so will build some confidence with conevntional DC first. My influences were very much from the Midlands but also southern region so it's likely I'll go for some hybrid of that lot! I'll be grateful for any advice along the road. Having read a good deal of some of the forums already it seems like a fantastic site for tips, discussion, etc.
Being based in Dubai I wonder if anyone else is also here and would be grateful for any tips in sourcing raw materials (baseboard, etc) locally. Currently I'm using 18 mm chipboard which is not ideal! There's also the issue of actually getting rolling stock sent out here. Most of the stock I have already was shipped out with the furniture.
Anyway, good to be on board!
Cheers
Sulzerjev
