Welcome MarkinDurham

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  1. paul_l

    paul_l Staff Member Administrator

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    :hismiley: and a warm :welcome: to the forum from Dundee

    Great to have you onboard and look forward to hearing about yourself and your modelling adventures so far.

    Sit back with a beverage of choice and dive right in.

    Once again welcome to the forum

    Paul
     
  2. Keith M

    Keith M Staff Member Moderator

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    Welcome to the forum from the East Midlands.
    Keith.
     
  3. MarkinDurham

    MarkinDurham Full Member

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    Thanks for the welcome, gents.

    I've been modelling, on & off, for some 50 years now - with a big pause whilst raising a family.

    My first love was the Midland, specifically pre-1907. I built "Malham" in 4mm, originally in 1979-80, and subsequently rebuilt in the early Noughties. It did a few shows over the years, but ultimately the baseboards, by this time 35+ years old, started to fail, so the poor old thing has retired.

    A huge change in personal circumstances in 2008-9 led me to become very interested in the NER, & specifically the Scarborough & Whitby line. I intended to build a model of Scalby, again in 4mm, with a view to building or acquiring examples of every type of locomotive & rolling stock that ran on the line, from contractors' workings to the notorious "Scrappies' Special" of 1967, & this is going well. However, a chance message in late 2019, offering me the opportunity to buy the model originally built by the Scarborough MRC, was too good an opportunity to turn down. I have recently managed to finally put it up for a test session, and to my delight it ran well. A credit to the original builders. The plan is to get it back onto the exhibition circuit, ably assisted by some good friends. I'll do a thread on it in due course, if anyone is interested.

    I do prefer to build my own track, pointwork, locomotives & rolling stock, either from kits or from scratch. However, some modern RTR are just superb, so can act as stopgaps until I can build my own.

    I've run clubs & exhibitions in the past, so understand the joys and frustrations involved.

    Work? I'm a ships' Engineer, so can usually do some modelling in my free time whilst on board my ship.

    Mark
     
  4. paul_l

    paul_l Staff Member Administrator

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    Hi Mark

    Great to have you onboard, and look forward to seeing some of your work

    Paul
     
  5. Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    Welcome aboard Mark.

    Get some piccies up. Would love to see your work.

    Cheers for now

    Toto
     
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    Vinylelpea Full Member

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    G'day :welcome:

    Phil from Australia
     
  7. Gary

    Gary Wants more time for modelling.... Staff Member Administrator

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    G'day Mark,

    Welcome aboard from a soggy Sydney. Looking forward to see what you have on the bench or on the go !

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  8. gormo

    gormo Staff Member Administrator

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    G`day Mark,
    Welcome to Platform 1 MRC
    Your name seems familiar from somewhere.....:scratchchin:
    I hope you enjoy your journey with us
    :tophat:Gormo
     
  9. MarkinDurham

    MarkinDurham Full Member

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    Thanks all. I would have replied earlier, but I'm away at sea at present, and for some reason if I'm out of roaming 4G range & am using the ship's Internet, I can't access the forum. I get a "Your IP address has been banned" message flagging up...
     
  10. paul_l

    paul_l Staff Member Administrator

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    Hi Mark

    Checked the IP's and unblocked them, being at sea explains the fast change in location. Hopefully all is ok now.

    Paul
     
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    MarkinDurham Full Member

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    Hi Paul

    All done at 12.5 - 13.5 knots!

    It seems to be working via ship system at present - see what happens when we go on the satellite again!

    Cheers
    Mark
     
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    MarkinDurham Full Member

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    Uh oh... have I been 'outed'? :eek:

    But thank you for the welcome :thumbup:

    Mark
     
  13. Rob Pulham

    Rob Pulham Happily making models Staff Member Administrator Feature Contributor

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    :welcome: to Platform 1 Mark
     
  14. ianvolvo46

    ianvolvo46 Staff Member Moderator

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    Hi Mark :welcome: from the Costa del Sol

    Ian vt
     
  15. Chris Doroszenko

    Chris Doroszenko Lost in the spare room Full Member

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    Gday gday from Western Australia :hismiley:
     

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