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[celtjan]

Dia dhuit! Hi!

I'm new here. And I'm growwing up @ "The Flanders Fields County", in the west of Belgium. A Flemish/Dutch spoken part of Belgium. And the place where more than 70.000 young Irishmen are killed in the First Great War.

I'm now 20yrs traindriver for the SNCB, the Belgian National Railways Company. My first Irish Railways models: The Lima 207 'Enterprise' and 3 'Galway livery coaches'.

Since a few years. I'm a member of the Dutch/Holland "Britse ModuleBaan 00 groep. Just a group of friends who likes the Brittish Railways. (I Am the only Belgian one, and the Irish driver only) Every one build a module "lookbox" (180cm) an 2 'Black Box'es" (2x30cm). A few times a year, we have a meeting alround Holland: @ 9:30AM we built up the modules; 11:00AM we start the driving sessions  alround the clock of 04:00PM we deconnecting the layout. We use the white Roco z21 central station with Roco Maus; Roco App; and Digitrains App.

The last year, we have our first invitations on Eurospoor 2017 and Ontrax 2018 (Utrecht NL both). En we go to Eurospoor 2018 again:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46742861@N03/40761001522/in/album-72157692712780801/  ;  https://www.flickr.com/photos/46742861@N03/38992863940/in/album-72157692712780801/  ;  https://www.flickr.com/photos/46742861@N03/40760996982/in/album-72157693723271874/  ;  https://www.flickr.com/photos/46742861@N03/40760998532/in/album-72157664668954677/

Before, i have support a part the Fiddle Yard modules. Now i will start to built a Irish Lookbox: It must be a 'green one', and maybe with a round tower. (Isle of Ireland Peace Parc, Messines)

More information about the Holland BMB-Group (English language):  http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/132233-the-bmb-a-british-modular-layout-in-holland/

@ The Duth forum: https://forum.beneluxspoor.net/index.php?board=143.0

Les meas, Kind regards,

Jan(tje)

[Warbonnet]

Hi Jan,

Welcome to the forum! I like your thinking on round towers, my home town, Clondalkin has a particularly well preserved one with a new visitors centre. http://www.megalithicireland.com/Clondalkin Round Tower.html

Nice to see Irish modelling taking place throughout Europe! 

Fran 

[Garfield]

Hi Jan,

Welcome to the forum! I have been to Flanders and to visit the grave of a family member who died in World War I. Today, it's a beautiful region and the people are very welcoming.

Your group's layout looks great. I'm looking forward to seeing more!

 

Patrick

[Broithe]

Welcome, Jan,

Timahoe is my favourite round tower - I often wonder what Erich von Daniken would have made of it...

[murrayec]

Welcome Jan

von Daniken says... 'It's an alien space rocket that the Anunnaki left here long ago, the Vikings stole the ladder and they could not get into it! These space rockets were used to transport gold from earth to the mother-ship called 'Nibiru' - the missing twelfth planet! Proof that far more intelligent life and technologies existed before we came along'.......

Eoin

[celtjan]

My BMB 00 box = strippet now. Just give a idee of the space. (buildings for my Attic Layout)

[celtjan]

The Isle Of Ireland Peace Parc Tower @ Messines Belgium:

http://www.visitflanders.com/en/things-to-do/attractions/top/island-of-ireland-peace-park.jsp

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/memorial-island-of-ireland-peace-park.htm

 

Do cum gloire de Agus Onora na heireann 1914-1918

[celtjan]

Sorry, change of plan:

Final days 2 tuning UP,  before the first expo. On the cumming up weekend 26-27/10, we will link te modules of the Belgian Modelspoormagazine H0 Forumbaan together with a few modules of the Dutch Britse ModuleBaan 00 groep.

@ the OVMV Modelspoorclub

TRAGEL 9300

AALST, BELGIUM

Had an another module (Irish Layout) in planning for the Modelspoormagazine H0 Forumbaan. Launch @ The Modelspoordagen, Brabanthallen, Leuven (B) (oct 2020)

 

Kind regards,

Jan(tje)

 

 

[celtjan]

On the event:

 

[Broithe]

OMG, the phone box.....!

[murrayec]

A bit of cream n green and it will be grand!

Eoin

[celtjan]

OK. Must be "greening" now (but the photo as backscene = taken @ the Sperrin Mtns) still works 2 do for the first real exhibition (as well bringing mirrors on the left and right)

https://modelspoordagen.n

Gr,

Jan

[murrayec]

https://www.google.com/search?q=old+irish+phone+box&client=firefox-b-d&sxsrf=ACYBGNQFpWAHswsU6kKUdzpRGDgbHFo32A:1572732743564&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=OhuA1BrEu4IaiM%3A%2Cvl67x6fI0vBxoM%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kT3EJwXiQ9UO2BA1_C8QNzRCMPNig&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisz4aExszlAhWDr3EKHf9FBWwQ9QEwAHoECAcQHA#imgrc=OhuA1BrEu4IaiM:

[Broithe]

I did buy an Irish 00 scale Irish phone box and a couple of green pillar boxes ( actually from a now-defunct shop in Shropshire ), but I can't find a supplier online at the moment.

[murrayec]

Studio Scale Models do a brass etch phone box kit;-

http://www.studio-scale-models.com/Scenics.shtml

 

[David Holman]

Severn Models do a range of exquisite, almost jewel like kits for everything from pylons to work bench tools. Well worth a look.

[celtjan]

Thx! 4 the info.

Jan

[Irishrailwayman]

Begobs!

 

[David Holman]

Great to meet you at Broadstairs show today!

[celtjan]

Hi! Nice to meet you. Nice to know 1 face now of the forum.

After the show, we have visits te Margate shop & the new shop @ Upstreet to.

Whe're very well back, @ the Flanders Fields county. (The fasted check-inn's ever with the Euroshuttle on the both sides of the Channel)

Here my pic's of the show: https://www.flickr.com/photos/46742861@N03/albums/72157711818170743

Gr,

Jan(tje)

Edited November 17, 2019 by celtjan
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[David Holman]

Fintonagh got 'best layout' in show today, which was nice, especially as the prize was two bottles of wine!

 Good to know Eurotunnel was working properly. Am afraid it is usually British Customs who make it slow.

[Irish Rail]

Look great Jan

[Galteemore]

Great effort, Jan. Hope you enjoyed Broadstairs  -and Fintonagh!

[celtjan]

Thx! Cached a 2nd change to see the Fintonagh layout. (Booked a Shuttle day return for €68 only for Canterbury Exhibition) . See you again!

Gr,

Jan

 

Edited November 19, 2019 by celtjan