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General Model Train Talk and Calendar => New Members Welcome => Topic started by: wesley on December 08, 2014, 02:03:54 PM

Title: Hi from The Southern Suburbs
Post by: wesley on December 08, 2014, 02:03:54 PM

Hello everyone.

Im from Noordhoek down on the cape peninsula and I build O scale dioramas with both kits and scratch built structures.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone and posting my work.

Regards
Wes

Title: Re: Hi from The Southern Suburbs
Post by: capeklr on December 08, 2014, 02:27:42 PM

Welcome, not many O scale modellers around here.

Title: Re: Hi from The Southern Suburbs
Post by: wesley on December 08, 2014, 06:51:18 PM

Hi

Thanks for the welcome. Hope some other O scalers join, Id hate to be the black sheep of the lot. ;D

Title: Re: Hi from The Southern Suburbs
Post by: capeklr on December 08, 2014, 06:54:58 PM

I have a friend in Somerset West with a nice G scale layout in his garden. Told him about this forum so hope that he joins as well. So then you at least won't be the only large scale modeller in our midst.
Jörg.

Title: Re: Hi from The Southern Suburbs
Post by: BigEd on December 08, 2014, 09:24:23 PM

There was this guy in Tokai - very rich. He was a retired Admiral of the Royal Navy or something and his wife was the real money. The Tokai golf course was built on their land.

Anyway, this guy had live steam O scale trains! Lots of them! The were radio controlled by servo's on board. This all was back in 1999 when I attended the SA Model Convention.

Brian Franklin will know who this guy is/was.

Also in your neck of the woods were a guy called Jimmy Alexander. He had one of the nicest detailed OO layouts I have ever seen. Wonder what happened to him. He was getting on is years and this was back in 2000/1.

So, welcome here Wesley. Please post us a pic or two of your dioramas.

Title: Re: Hi from The Southern Suburbs
Post by: Steve Smith on December 09, 2014, 07:06:40 PM

Hi,

Jimmy Alexander moved to Napier in the Southern Cape a few years ago after his wife passed on.  I don't know if he has a layout, but according to my uncle who lives there, he still dabbles in model railroading.

Cheers,
Steve

Title: Re: Hi from The Southern Suburbs
Post by: capeklr on December 09, 2014, 07:23:21 PM

Quote from: BigEd on December 08, 2014, 09:24:23 PM

Also in your neck of the woods were a guy called Jimmy Alexander. He had one of the nicest detailed OO layouts I have ever seen. Wonder what happened to him. He was getting on is years and this was back in 2000/1.

I seem to remember seeing that fantastic layout during the convention that I attended. About 2004/5?

Title: Re: Hi from The Southern Suburbs
Post by: trainmaster on December 12, 2014, 06:54:16 PM

capklr mailed: Reply #3 on: December 08, 2014

Here I am!
Cheers, Hans