Hi from South Wales

Hello Custodian David, welcome to the forum!

That is South Wales and not New South Wales? (We seem to be a quite an international forum...) Since you have been modelling for years and years I suspect there is as least as much that we can learn from you as we have wisdom to dispense. (In fact some of us dispense pure nonsense... to keep the average down...)

Goedel

Yes, "Old South Wales", not the newer imposter!

David

David,

Welcome,good bunch here

DB or DR
I am quite surprised at the amount of DR modellers I have come across recently.
Are you considering DCC or staying old fashioned DC/AC.(Sorry not convinced yet on DCC).
If I can be of help

All the best

David

Hi there David from a fellow South Walian. Welcome to the forum

QUOTE (custodian @ 23 Apr 2007, 22:47) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I just found this forum so signed up.

I've been modelling for years and years. Recently I seem to do more collecting locos and planning my latest layout but not actually doing much layout building. I am a fan of German railways from era 1 to Era III.

I've had a quiet year because of chemo/radiotherapy treatment but now I'm ready to start a new layout, probably around the Trix model of Dammtor station and a city centre scene. Lots of plans but not much action yet.

Anyway, I'm pleased to be onboard and look forward to talking and learning.

David

Welcome, the world is such a small place now the internet has arrived!

Modelling Modern ish EWS myself, stuff I see around S.Wales but always been impressed with the German stuff!

Simon
(Neath)

David,

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This weeks projects have included repairing a Rivarossi 59 and fitting a Digitrax decoder to it; and rebuilding a DJH DR59 that was not too well made in the first place. What with the Trix Era 1 model, that makes three 2-12-0 locos I've got - does that qualify as a fetish?

If you have a fetish for the BR59,I'am in trouble as I have five DB BR01.10

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My HO layout is in the attic and this morning I realised that running 10 locos all fitted with sound can be quite distracting. All thise train noises and then not being able to remember which loc had which adress. Must be going senle.

10 loco,s running all at once on how many tracks How do you keep an eye on whats happening

I can run five Loks at once,luckily without sound,but was silly enough to have them all with smoke bellowing out not pleasant after a few minutes running,

Wonderful hobby ,

All the best,

David

David,

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I sympathise with your 01 fixation. I'm just doing a conversion on the Roco 01 to model 01 046one of the locos fitted with a mischvorwarmer. I say just, but the loco has been sitting half done for about 5 years waiting for a bit of inspiration. Still, thats one of the nice things about this hobby

What parts are you using for the 01 as I am very interested in doing the same to a 01.10 pre the rebuild by the DB.
I see weinert do a kit of the unrebuilt 03.10 with the mischvorwarmer,but do not show the unit as a separate part which can be bought as a detailing part
You sound like someone after my own heart who is not bothered about keeping models box perfect and will modify locos to some degree, as per the prototype.
I met a modeller in Germany many years ago,who had a very realistic looking fleet of dampfloks (paint jobs)when I picked one up,the hand I had on the boiler was black and grimey
My next task is to fit weinert brass castings of all the plumbing onto my 01.10 locos tenders.
How did you get into german railways

Keep up the good work

Regards

David

Baykal,

Brilliant ,got it as a favorite .

David