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Good afternoon everyone, I'm Dave, I'm 34 and living in Leeds.

 

I come to you having not worked on, or been near a model railway in anger since my childhood. During my undergraduate years I toyed with putting together a small, yet dynamic layout however due to financial constraints I was unable to pursue this seriously and it fell by the wayside. Instead, I have spent most of the last 10 years modelling aircraft instead as I found them much cheaper and less space-consuming (in theory!!). In this venture I found myself, more often than not, modelling dioramas and being as interested in the scenics and setting and the 'finishing' aspects of the aircraft (e.g. weathering, detailing etc.) than the actual aircraft construction. I also found myself popping into my local model shop to look at the locos and rolling stock when picking up parts for my latest project so railways have always been at the back of my mind. Now that I am more settled in life both financially and location-ally(?) I have decided to come back to railway modelling!

 

My interests are mid 70s - modern but I appreciate any era. I am hoping to start planning my small-but-dynamic layout I had in mind in the near future with a modern TMD motif (simlar to James Makin's Wells Green) or a terminus station. I know the world of railway modelling has change significantly since the late 80s so I am hoping that the excellent members of RMweb can help me out along the way! Equally I hope that I can bring some of my previous modelling experience to the forums too. I look forward to getting to know people!

 

For those of you interested, here are some examples of my previous aircraft modelling. Unfortunately they're mostly work in progress, but you get the gist!

 

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Welcome on board

 

Theres so much to learn....and so many folks to help on here

 

And those aircraft dioramas are stunning....

 

Phil

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