oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Hello all, and please let me introduce myself.
I'm Brian Dale, and I already know some of you through my son, Steph Dale of this parish. He, of course. taught me everything I know.
It was Steph who encouraged me to join this group as he says you are such a fine bunch of chaps and chapesses although as I said to him, if it's a group that'll have me I'm not sure it's the sort of place I want to be. Nevertheless, here I am.
My modelling interests are very catholic as I've always lived close to London and had access to all four regions of BR. My preferences are for the period 1948 - 1968 and all my locos are DCC equipped with sound (I can hear the groans from certaion quarters already, but also the enthusiastic hooray from others). I've been modelling in 7mm for about ten to fifteen years now having grown up with OO, firstly with Trix Twin and then the Hornby/Mainline/Bachmann layout which I built for Steph (actually I built it for me but he used to have a go on it now and again if he was very careful). Personally I don't have a layout for four reasons. Firstly I really like building locos and stock. Secondly I have a very good friend in Herefordshire with a huge 7mm layout on which I have running rights. Thirdly I'm a member of Three Counties MRC at Aston Abbotts so have access to the large track there and fourthly I'm basically too lazy to start.
Despite modelling for such a long time I've only built nine locos as I had a most demanding job and very little time. Now I'm retired I'm gradually liberating the loft insulation which mainly comprises the kits bought over the years. Right now I'm building a DJH 9F for the club and two A3s, one by Finney and the other by DJH.
I'm a member of the 7mm Yahoo group from which I've received many suggestions to help in my modelling, some of them quite polite. I'm far from a highly qualified modeller but have developed skills over the years which have produced some quite nice models.
I note that there is a liking for photos on this group and would like to contribute. At the moment I can't find how to attach photos (is it the "upload a file" below, I wonder?) - as you will have recognised already I have very little knowledge of computicles, apart from throwing them across the room on occasion so will need some assistance there. (It's really annoying that Tippex is so difficult to find nowadays as it's such a useful means of changing things on the screen, isn't it?)
I shall leave you now and go for a quick lie down in a darkened room before starting to read some of the posts on the site and perhaps develop an understanding of what I've let myself in for......
I'm Brian Dale, and I already know some of you through my son, Steph Dale of this parish. He, of course. taught me everything I know.
It was Steph who encouraged me to join this group as he says you are such a fine bunch of chaps and chapesses although as I said to him, if it's a group that'll have me I'm not sure it's the sort of place I want to be. Nevertheless, here I am.
My modelling interests are very catholic as I've always lived close to London and had access to all four regions of BR. My preferences are for the period 1948 - 1968 and all my locos are DCC equipped with sound (I can hear the groans from certaion quarters already, but also the enthusiastic hooray from others). I've been modelling in 7mm for about ten to fifteen years now having grown up with OO, firstly with Trix Twin and then the Hornby/Mainline/Bachmann layout which I built for Steph (actually I built it for me but he used to have a go on it now and again if he was very careful). Personally I don't have a layout for four reasons. Firstly I really like building locos and stock. Secondly I have a very good friend in Herefordshire with a huge 7mm layout on which I have running rights. Thirdly I'm a member of Three Counties MRC at Aston Abbotts so have access to the large track there and fourthly I'm basically too lazy to start.
Despite modelling for such a long time I've only built nine locos as I had a most demanding job and very little time. Now I'm retired I'm gradually liberating the loft insulation which mainly comprises the kits bought over the years. Right now I'm building a DJH 9F for the club and two A3s, one by Finney and the other by DJH.
I'm a member of the 7mm Yahoo group from which I've received many suggestions to help in my modelling, some of them quite polite. I'm far from a highly qualified modeller but have developed skills over the years which have produced some quite nice models.
I note that there is a liking for photos on this group and would like to contribute. At the moment I can't find how to attach photos (is it the "upload a file" below, I wonder?) - as you will have recognised already I have very little knowledge of computicles, apart from throwing them across the room on occasion so will need some assistance there. (It's really annoying that Tippex is so difficult to find nowadays as it's such a useful means of changing things on the screen, isn't it?)
I shall leave you now and go for a quick lie down in a darkened room before starting to read some of the posts on the site and perhaps develop an understanding of what I've let myself in for......
try to convert you to thoes boxes on wheels
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