Having been a keen modeller (plastic kits and OO-HO railways) in my (distant) youth, I am now, on the wrong side of 50, getting back into the hobby.
By day I'm an IT Consultant, so want hobbies that keep me away from a keyboard and screen as far as possible. I live in the NE of Scotland
Originally I had (and probably still have) a lot of Palitoy rolling stock, and about 10 years ago I made my kids a small (6' by 4') Hornby DCC layout - just the basic set plus extensions with a pair of 0-6-0 locos. Unfortunately they were more into PlayStations, so the baseboard is now propped up in a corner gathering dust....
I'm planning to get started with N-Gauge (and obviously DCC) to allow more realistic layouts in the space I have available (about 8' by 4'), and have been faffing around with various track planners to come up with something reasonable looking. I am going to have a vast number of questions, so please, please be gentle with me!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to becoming part of this community, and getting to know members here.