Welcome mon ami ! I will not embarrass us both with more of my school boy french ! If you need advice then there are a few here who will be able to help. Best wishes and Good luck. Noel.

Hi There Longchap, Good to hear that another ME has popped up in this poorly ME represented country. If you search for “French model engineers” you will see a few other French residents.

Unfortunately (and I stand to be corrected) we seemed to have lost the link “French model engineers” when the software was changed but a search seems to show what the link contained.

Where abouts are you?  I am in the Lot dept 46 and have similar interests to you with an old car and a 5″ loco.

Bob

Welcome from yet another French resident. I’m down south in 66, Pyrenees Orientale.

I too have an interest in old cars but had to sell them to finance early retirement.  I started building a 5″ Simplex loco some years back but now find it too difficult to continue as it is too heavy for me now.

Good luck with your “Declaration des Impots” the online version is a b****r this year!

Regards

Russell

Ny O level french is too many years behind me pour reponder bien!

But Welcome.

If you need to remind yourself about lathework, nthere vare lots of good books available, by folk like Stan Bray, Harold hall, L H Sparey, Neil Wyatt, Dave Fenner and David Clark.

None specifically about the Emco; but lots of users on here who will help.

But you never forget how to ride a bike and lathes are similar in that respect!

Howard