1. A trip on a Railway Preservation society steam special sowed the seeds, the following x mas a trainset complete with car transporter completed the deal.
2. Kitbuilding and the occassional scratchbuild, much better than taking a loco etc out of the box and putting it on the track .
3. Very rarely, 1 a year max.
4. Eh, €100 plus per month. Well thats what i tell the Mrs's anyway!!!!!