Trains&armour Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Well actually no, I'm a Frisian, and proud of it! ( In Great Britain I would be a Welshman).For the rest, I'm 47 years old, married, father of three children (4, 6 and 8 years old). By profession I'm a archeologist, specialising in the medieval period, but am interested in everything to do with history. And for the history buff, Great Britain is a wonderful country, and I love to spend my holidays there.Railway modelling has been a hobby of mine since my childhood (and armour modelling, but that's another story). As many Dutchmen, I started with Märklin, and concentrated on German railway practice. I've built three layouts, of which only the middle one got anywhere near completion. My last attempt was stowed in boxes when we bought a house that needed major refurbishing, had children and I got on with my career. That was more than twelve years ago.....Last year I opened the boxes, had a good look at all the German stuff, and finally saw the light! I decided to start all over again, and am now an ardent convert to Gods Wonderful Railway! ( here comes the Welsh connection again....).Since then, I've been planning my new railway layout. And sensibly deciding that I would buy stuff only after having a good idea of what to model, i couldn't help myself and rolling stock mysteriously started to appear on my doorstep! While surfing the web for information on modelling the GWR, I stumbled on this forum, very much liked what I found, and decided to join. Because I really can use some good advice on British railway practice. The planning of a small GWR test layout is almost complete, and when it is, I will post it on this forum and keep my fingers crossed!Regards,Sierd Jan Tuinstra Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows Close Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hello Sierd Jan, Welkom bij RMWeb. You might be a regular in Krikke and the Stoomfluit then? It is nice to see another NL resident amongst the RM Webbers, good luck with the GWR modelling. Best regards, Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Welcome! There are members from all over the World here - yeah, there are some members from the UK that are somewhat parochial but mostly they are all good. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Welcome, keep us posted on your plans and developments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 20, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hello there - welcome to the mad house Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted September 20, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2011 Indeed, welcome to the mad house! Look forward to seeing your plans. As you will probably know, there are several from your lovely country on here. Regards John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hello Sierd Jan, Welkom bij RMWeb. You might be a regular in Krikke and the Stoomfluit then? It is nice to see another NL resident amongst the RM Webbers, good luck with the GWR modelling. Best regards, Chris. In fact I just returned from a lunch break trip to both these shops. The stoomfluit is not the stoomfluit anymore, as the old owner retired ad sold his shop. Its now The Märlin Treinenwinkel. And it has a nice collection of Märklin stuff, like a very nice DRG (pre 1945 German state railway) steam engine for the bargain price of just 450 euro,s (almost 400 pounds)........... Glad i switched to the GWR! Regards, Sierd Jan And thanks to all for making me feel welcome.! (And couldn''t we have a Frisian corner. I don''t know about rolling stock, but there's enough livestock to make a sizable corner ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Welcome, it is a board rule that new members must buy all members called Boris a beer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Welcome, it is a board rule that new members must buy all members called Boris a beer. Beer? Try this, my favourite, it'll put hair on your chest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 If you was to drink a pint of that stuff you'd give a gorilla a run for his money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Ah, a Dutchman. That means correct punctuation and capital letters only where relevant. Then I realise he is proposing to model something unmentionable. Come on Sierd Jan, see the light and model the Welsh valleys in the pre-grouping era (ie Epoch 1). Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 If you was to drink a pint of that stuff you'd give a gorilla a run for his money! The hair I don't know about, but after a pint of this the braincell count would be about the same. But to get back on topic, it might improve my modelling skills, especially the kitbashing... Ah, a Dutchman. That means correct punctuation and capital letters only where relevant. Then I realise he is proposing to model something unmentionable. Come on Sierd Jan, see the light and model the Welsh valleys in the pre-grouping era (ie Epoch 1). Bill And building armour kits has been my hobby pasttime even longer than railway modelling. And there's the rub, Because modelling 00 scale will give me a perfect opportunity for using my small scale armour. But it would kind of look out of place in a Epoch 1 setting ...... So no light for me, I will be modelling a dark period! I was planning to model a 1944 GWR setting somewhere on the Cambrian coast, with a pre D-Day exercise going on. Building the correct British (and US) military stuff won't be a problem, but information about the wartime GWR would be more than welcome! Sierd Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellicoe Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Welcome to the forum. It's possible that you have already encountered this site in your research, but I will offer it all the same: http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/sitemap.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted September 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2011 Another welcome from a fellow GWR modeller , we need more , we will all be looking forward to more details of the project and lots of pictures . Another site well worth looking at for info on the GWR is , http://www.gwr.org.uk/index.html That is if you have'nt found it allready . Regards . Mike . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 Thank you all, and well, It took a while, but now I'm ready to post my layout design (Well ready, not really, but let's do it anyway!). But i guess this is not the right forum, so I'll move to the layout topics forum. Please be gentle...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Welcome Sierd Jan! (and armour modelling, but that's another story). Don't be frightened about showing any of that off around here either; there's not enough cross-genre modelling on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Welcome Sierd Jan! Don't be frightened about showing any of that off around here either; there's not enough cross-genre modelling on here. Thanks for the vote of confidence Andy, will do! And I must say that the Modelling Insperation E-magazine is a great addition to this already excellent site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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