Why did I buy all this stuff?

Ok folks, this is my blog about how not to jump into model railways.

Do not expect fantastic modelling skills, or major projects completed every day.

This will be a slow record of my personal journey into eventually trying to model my home town station from the other side of the world,

plus whatever items I push through my workbench.

So post 1, Why did I buy all this stuff?

Ok, you know how it is, you decide I'm going to get into model railways.

You surf the net, you see what things are worth and then jump on Ebay and see so many "bargains".

You buy and buy and buy.

Suddenly you realize that you have way too much stock from all over the place in space and time.

L&YR from the 1890's A blue BR diesel from the 70's a Pendolino from yesterday.

Not to mention, your collection spans the whole of the UK and maybe overseas too.

You may have bought a set or too so you have track and controllers, you run everything round and

quickly conclude you're going about this the wrong way.

You need to concentrate on a time and place, you also need to build some skills and your first layout.

This will be my slow journey into model railways.

When I was young I used to build model cars, my dad had a trainset he loved.

At the time I thought it was a silly toy.

An elderly neighbor's deceased husband built real live steam trains in I think G scale that I got to look at and touch,

so my dad's toys didn't interest me. Sorry dad.

Here we are decades later, I've moved to the other side of the world but the UK trains still appeal to me.

I have some spare time, so let's get back into trains and modelling.

Jump in and do all the wrong stuff as above.

I've got heaps of loco's carriages and wagons - but they're all over the place and the detail level on many is questionable.

Step back and think.

If I really want to create good quality models I need to pick a time period and place.

I also need to build up my skills.

For both, the initial key is research.

So the journey begins.