Hi all. Been a member for a few months now, and have been lurking around and this is my first post. I am slowly coming back to the hobby after a 20 odd year absence, just when (at 45 years old), I ended up with having a surprise child! So clearly I have all the time and money in the world for a "new" hobby ::)
I am based in Thanet and wondered if there were any others from this side of the world?
Hi Justin
Welcome to the social now I have no idea where Thanet is can you please tell the people that don't know where that is
Thanks
Alan
At a guess I'd say Kent, but then living in Birmingham I'd have to clarify and say UK rather than any of the 15 in the US or the one in Canada...
Welcome Justin. I assume you are talking about Thanet, the eastermost part of Kent. There is a 009 Area Group for Kent and you will find contact details on the Area Group pages: https://009society.com/news/area-groups/?v=79cba1185463 (https://009society.com/news/area-groups/?v=79cba1185463)
Best wishes, Julian
Yes, sorry, it is in Kent, on the far reaches. It is where Margate is, although I live a few miles south of Margate.
Welcome to the Society, Justin. What parts of the hobby interest you? Or what kind of narrow gauge trains?
Quote from: Tom Haythornthwaite on December 03, 2022, 01:42
Welcome to the Society, Justin. What parts of the hobby interest you? Or what kind of narrow gauge trains?
Thanks. In summary, industrial diesels is probably what I like the most, but to be honest, if I see it and I like it, then I would run it.
I have some bits and pieces from about 25 years ago or so, and am currently picking through that to see what is useful. I like the idea of building kits when I can steal some time here and there, which will start to build up my rolling stock. What I particularly like the look of is weathering locos and rolling stock, so that is a skill I would like to learn.
But, I am also planning a very small layout of about 1m x 60cm so I can have something to run the trains on, and have a baseboard built. I am not really that fussed about scenery, it is more about running the trains with enough line side scenery and structures to make it interesting. I might start a build thread on that soon.