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Hello,

 

I'm living in Lyon (France) and I enter your forum today.

Just a little about me: I'm 65 years old and I have always "played" with trains; now retired from the French Railways, I can have a lot of time to keep on playing! 

I have built a diorama first in a french way, but for many reasons I turned it into an US way; now I try to understand all things that surround the american railways (landscape, trackside, buildings etc...) to do something realistic and interesting. I will certainly have a lot of questions to ask you!

I have also seen that other frenchies are here and it's fine!

If you can tell me how to upload photos (maximum size) I will show you what I have built.

Finally, sorry for grammatical or other spelling mistakes!!

 

See you soon

 

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Thank you all for your kind messages

 

I will try this afternoon (in France) to post photos I have selected for you.

 

--->lewrail: I began to play with trains long time ago with HORNBY and JEP. My father had a BING loco but this one desappeared and there was no tender with; I can't help you more and I'm sorry.

 

--->SJVRR: salut Jack(y) M.

--->Yves: bonjour!

 

Happy to be here

 

See you this afternoon

 

JPV69 

 

 

Originally Posted by baltimoretrainworks:

My French is pretty bad so I'm not even going to try (Sister Carmelia from high school would not be happy with me) so I'm just going to say Welcome Aboard !

 

Jerry

Jerry,

    I don't want to speak for Sister Carmelia, but Sister Mary Edith would certainly correct your Baltimorian. The correct pronunciation is: Welcome Aboard HON! Please write it on the chalk board 100 times.

Emile

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--->SJVRR: OK for "like"; the 2 covered hoppers: D & RGW

--->69nickeycama: sure it's possible to have fun on a little place, but just one floor of a little warehouse would be the paradise!!!

 

Here is the building of one end of the diorama (left one); the 3D drawing is from Google Sketchup; it will be made as others with 3 mm cardboard, the windows coming from Tichy TG  and the escape stairs too.

Warehouse angle

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I began the building of the warehouse (the one on the left side of the track plan and on attachment last 24th of april)

 

I have first cut all the decorative friezes, one for the top and one between each row of windows.

 

All made in cardboard 1 mm thick, but a lot of patience! tomorrow I will begin to cut the windows places.

 

And for you, another photo of the ES44

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Thank you Jack!

 

Next year, this diorama will evolve; some explanations: the room next to mine will be certainly free in 2016, and I could turn this diorama in a little layout.

 

I show you some pictures to present you this project; before beginning the layout, some works are necessary (I have to break a wall and change all the wall papers and the floor!!)

 

Pictures:

situation today

situation after

track plan (non definitive but I can't push the walls anymore!!!)

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Originally Posted by Bessemer643:
Originally Posted by marker:

Looking forward to you Forum membership, welcome.

 

"Finally, sorry for grammatical or other spelling mistakes!!"

 

Don't worry you have plenty of company.

 

So true!!! Not may members here are masters of the Kings English. Welcome!!

 

The King is dead! died in 1776.  We now speak a Latin/French/Spanish/Italian/German and other country mix which is now called the "The American Language" So says PBS.

BTW welcome jpv69

Hello, all,

 

I have now to wait until the second room to be free and change my diorama in a layout! but not before the beginning of 2016. Sorry to make you waiting but I keep on playing trains with another current project and I will speak about it with you very soon; it's not an US project but it could interest you.

However, I will share with you when I will receive new equipments.

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