My car tax is nearly twice that for 3 months
My interest in model railways goes back to when I was 8, my Dad built a model railway in is workshop. It was dismantled a few years later when we moved house.
My Dad passed away a two years later and I lost interest. I have always been interested in steam and was an active member in the Dublin society of model engineers till my late teens. My Father was a member and I followed. They made from scratch full live steam 5" and 3 1/2" gauge steam locos. I loved it. A friend of mine collects full size steam traction engines who now lives in the States.
I started my model railway six months ago at the age of 44, I had wanted to build one for years. So I bought a starter set and quickly grew out of it. My locos are all British purely out of sentimental value as my Dad had the same years before.
I found this site and now i want to start modelling in Irish, I now want to build a new layout in the attic which is over 20mtrs long as I live in a bungalow. Its a big space which i need to convert first before building the layout. This project will take years, the plan is a layout from Dublin to Wexford running both sides of the attic and around the back in a U shape.
So I'm hooked! I can't see myself without a model railway from here on!