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[Yannis]

Hello everyone,

New member here from Greece. Thank you for accepting me as a member, i hope to contribute and learn to/from this community. I got intrigued and inspired to register after reading the opening post on "what TWR is all about"... Before that i have been following the forum periodically appreciating the quality content of a lot of posts.

I model in HO scale, the ATSF. In particular 1968-1970 (with mid 1969 to early/mid 1970 being more accurate as a more tightly focused time-frame). Locale is the Pasadena sub-division with the current layout covering scenes in east LA at the west end, south Pasadena, Pasadena depot/downtown and Chapman in between, with Cucamonga as the east end of the layout.

I enjoy kits, kit-bashing and scratch-building mostly, coming from a 1/48 scale background in building USAAF/USN/USMC aircraft scale models (WW2 and Nam era).

Anyhow glad to meet you all and to have become part of this community/forum.
Yannis

[nickelplate759]

Kαλώς ήρθατε!


Sorry, that's the limit of how much Greek I can get into a Railwire reply.  My ancestors (from the Peleponisos and Cappadocia) would be appalled I'm sure.

You'll find this an interesting forum, with lots of great information along with occasional digressions into the inane if not outright silly.

[Yannis]

Thank you George, spot on welcome phrase.

It is indeed very interesting and now i realize how much as a non member i was missing with respect to a lot of the content/images, especially from the Layout Engineering reports.

[John]

Where in Greece do you live -- I've been to Crete and Corfu -- Hope to make it to Athens some day

[lajmdlr]

Yannis
Please post your track plan here, Would like to see if you've made any changes &/or additions. Copied you plan from another forum.

[Yannis]

John: I live in Thessaloniki (Northern Greece), but i am from Athens originally.

Lajmdlr: I will do, following up on the 25 posts limit coverage. With respect to the layout's track plan, I made a few additions (on paper) and soon i ll install them (a team track and an extra scene with a packing house).

[Hawghead]

Yannis,

Welcome, I'm glad to see we're adding more HO scale soldiers against the N scale hoard  .  Crete was one my favorite stops when we went to the Mediterranean when I was in the Navy, I'd love to go back.

Scott

[nickelplate759]

Γιάννη,

I lived near Athens for a year as a teenager in the early 1970s.   I never got good at reading & writing (especially writing) Greek, but got by speaking.  I remember seeing a 2-10-0 working near Thessaloniki - somewhere I have a copy of a photo I took of it.  It was my first and only time close to a steam engine doing it's job (as opposed to one in a museum or on an excursion).

I've never found an N scale model of any OSE equipment, although I know that a Arnold did make an a model of the "Hellas Sprinter".

[Yannis]

Scott and George many thanks for the welcome!

George: In N scale if i am not mistaken Arnold makes A316 series locomotives which with some kitbashing/decals can yield an Alco A301 ΟΣΕ series locomotive (has the "visual character" of an FA-2 / PA-1). Furthermore lots of German prototypes were used (V60 by Arnold). Having said that i am far from being an expert in either Greek trains or N scale.

[Philip H]

Welcome aboard!  with the work we have seen of this period of ATSF and SP in our N Scale side, I'm looking forward to seeing how you do things.  You will find that your background in Armor and car models brings a ton of skills that work well in model railroading.  Just ask @peteski !

[peteski]

Welcome aboard!  with the work we have seen of this period of ATSF and SP in our N Scale side, I'm looking forward to seeing how you do things.  You will find that your background in Armor and car models brings a ton of skills that work well in model railroading.  Just ask @peteski !

Yes, most techniques and materials/supplies in hobbies such as model railroading and other model building in general (like model cars, aircraft. ships, military, etc. ) are interchangeable, and can be successfully adapted from one type of modeling to another.

Model railroading though seems to be the most encompassing, since it involves many different areas, like carpentry, electrical and electronics, mechanical, kit building, scenery, weathering, etc.

[Yannis]

Yes, most techniques and materials/supplies in hobbies such as model railroading and other model building in general (like model cars, aircraft. ships, military, etc. ) are interchangeable, and can be successfully adapted from one type of modeling to another.

Model railroading though seems to be the most encompassing, since it involves many different areas, like carpentry, electrical and electronics, mechanical, kit building, scenery, weathering, etc.

I totally agree with you. And even if we just isolate the modelling aspect (from carpentry/electrical etc...), one has not only to study/model/build the train itself but also everything around it (ground, flora, buildings, vehicles, people etc...), both in a macro and a micro level. On top of that, we got planning for operations  .

Philip: Thank you for the welcome. I was into aircraft not armor/cars (although i like the cars part a lot!). Looking forward to contribute!