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  1. Mar 31, 2016 #1
    tanygaer

    tanygaer Full Member

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    Hi there,
    Glad you found us, please tell us a bit about yourself, don't be shy dive straight in whilst most of us here are sane you will find the odd one that isn't just to balance the membership
     
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    paul_l

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    Welcome to the forum, pull up a chair and dive straight in

    Paul
     
  3. Mar 31, 2016 #3
    Toto

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    Hi Anthony,
    welcome aboard. I hope you enjoy your stay with us. Come back and let us know a bit about yourself and what your modelling interests are.
    cheers for now
    toto
     
  4. Mar 31, 2016 #4
    Tony Davis

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    Thanks for the welcome.

    Retired railwayman (Ex LUL)

    Intention is to build a shunting plank, no set time scale at the moment.

    Also learning to play guitar - blues mainly.
     
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    Toto

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    Great stuff Anthony. there are a few shunting planks going on at the moment. very popular. any particular era or scale ?
    learning the guitar as well. busy man. one or two guitar players on here as well. Gormo has a couple of Seagulls. I have a Faith. nice instrument but I cant play it yet. I started learning myself but other things eat up my time at the moment. I will get there however as its too nice an instrument to leave gathering dust.
    thanks for coming back and I look forward to hearing more about your plans. Where about in the world do you come from ?
    cheers
    toto
     
  6. Mar 31, 2016 #6
    ianvolvo46

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    Hi Anthony welcome to the forum ... enjoy eh
     
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    paul_l

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    Look on the bright side, pick the right scale and the plank could be in the case :lol:

    Paul
     
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    SMR CHRIS

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    anthony07 wrote:
    :welcome: Anthony07 and :gday: from way down under.
    Good to have you join the fun
    It's a great hobby and a plank is a top starting point :giggle: No pun intended, for dipping ones toe in the water
    We even have a plank section so you could start something there when your ready.
    link to the plank section http://www.platform1mrc.com/view_forum.php?id=7
    Hope to hear some more from you soon:thumbs:
     
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    Ron

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    :welcome: Anthony, we have a bit in common then!
    I'm working on a plank called Hinchcliffe and a blues fan as well. Just got the new Joe Bonamassa CD, great blues guitarist well worth a listen.
    Glad to have you aboard, enjoy the forum...:):)

    Cheers
    Ron
     
  10. Apr 1, 2016 #10
    Gary

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    G'day Anthony, welcome aboard from 'down under'. I'm was a large layout builder, now I just plank ! :whatever:
    I'm about to start building a plank with my son (Jack), which will be covered shortly in the 'Beginners Guide To A Layout', Looking forward to what you have in mind.

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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    ianvolvo46

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    Hi Anthony and welcome from sunny Spain I started to build a plank but it's become a 'plonk'... it's correct what Tany says there are a few sane people here but you can spot em from a mile away. Enjoy the ride.

    Ian vt :welcome:
     
  12. Apr 1, 2016 #12
    Tony Davis

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    Track plan? Haven't got that far yet!!:), Era, well, I grew up in North West London and used to travel to school by train from Willesden Junction station in the 70's so grimy BR is my idea of a "railway". Class 08's and 37's trundling about on weed covered tracks.

    Guitars, I mainly play an American Special HSS strat, but I also have an Ibanez 370, a Fender Electro/Accoustic and a LAG Tramontaine.
    Joe Bonamassa is good, I have the album he did with Beth Hart. I like all sorts of blues, but at the moment I mainly listen to Robert Johnson and Albert King. We are off to Memphis in October for a tour of the Blues trail, should be fun.

    I'm presently living in East Anglia, the school I attended had a place here where we went for field studies and I loved the open spaces, a great contrast to North West London!
    We are thinking of de-camping for Spain, but are waiting the results of the referendum to see how it affects ex-pats.

    Thanks again for the warm welcome.
     
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    Toto

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    An impressive line up of guitars..... maybe get a job on the cabaret circuit over in Spain ....... :avatar:

    ohhhhhhhhhhhh spanish eyes ...... maybe not.
    Do you have any track planning software ? ..... I use Anyrail and find it quite good. You can download a trial version which would let you see if you like it or not. Always worth a try.
    cheers
    toto
     
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    Gary

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    Ahhh, Robert Johnson. :thumbs: I have the complete recordings of his work, pity it is on cassette tape !

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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    ianvolvo46

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    Hi Anthony we moved to Spain (Nerja) last August no problems and the vino tinto is inexpensive (cheap plonk). If the UK does a Brexit' then we'll just make do, here's an idea for a railway room.

    Ian

    Attached files [​IMG]
     
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    mattc6911

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    Welcome aboard Anthony, you will get plenty of help and advice on here with track plans etc. What's your history with model railways , Is this your first ?

    Cheers
     Matt
     
  17. Apr 3, 2016 #17
    Tony Davis

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    Hi Matt,

    I have been an armchair modeller for some years now, first work got in the way, then lack of space, then I finally put a baseboard together, and built an inglenook layout. I was pleased with it too and planned more layouts but finances dictated that I sell my layout and stock in order to buy guitars and amps. I did keep some hornby track and a few loco's though and have never lost my interest in railways.

    I was planning a plank as I mentioned previously but I found an Inglenook layout on line last night that uses hornby track and I plan on adapting that to my own interests just to get something up and running.
     
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    SMR CHRIS

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    :hismiley: Anthony looking forward to your Inglenook adaption.
    Hours of fun can be had with an inglenook:thumbs:
    It's easy for me to spend a hour on "Leadie69's" version of an inglenook.
    Please keep us all up to date with your progress.
    Start with the boards and work from there did I say we like photos.:lol: no we love photos and ask any Questions you like there's sure yo be someone that knows the answer,:scratchchin:
     
  19. Apr 15, 2016 #19
    Tony Davis

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    Hi Ian,

    Just seen this, looks great. Looking out of my window it is chucking it down with rain. Fancy swapping?
     
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    ianvolvo46

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    Hi Anthony it's brightened up since the last image only problem is the heat affects the points so need to keep the 'plonk' in the shade.

    Ian
     
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