I have been lurking for long enough and really enjoying this forum as well as modelflying where I have been contributing.
​My grandfather was the real modeller in the family and he put some impressive things together that as a youngster I enjoyed taking apart. Fine up to a point but I always managed to lose at least one piece.
​Many of his books and Model Engineer magazines were passed on to me and the intrigue has grown to the point where I now have to do something about it.
​A model that did survive my dismantling reasonably well was a 2 1/2 " loco that I think is a Dyak. It is 2–6-0 and I would like to restore it some time. It doesn't need to steam again but in other respects I would like to do a proper job. First I need to learn on some other things and this site is surely the best place to be.
​60+ years have come and gone and at long last I now have my own little workshop with the main machine being a Proxxon 400 lathe with milling attachment plus a pretty good collection of hand tools.
​I have a technical and engineering background but with big gaps!