Hello from Germany :)

xtrix · Hello from Germany :)

Dear members,

I am new here and I like to introduce myself a little bit. I am 43 years old, married and have three little children (1, 3, 5 years old). I live in Germany, the land of Wilesco

I was collecting View-Master viewers and stuff (You know those 3D round cards called reels) But I was getting bored with them as I had nearly all collected they ever produced. So I was looking for a new hobby. My wife gifted a small Wilesco D3 to last christmas and so a new old interest was reactivated. I owned an electric Wilesco D20 approx. 20 years ago which I unfortunately had sold soon.

Now I am getting hooked in Model Steam Engines

In the last 4 weeks I purchased an old "Old Smokey" Wilesco Roller, a Fleischmann 122/4 and an old Wilesco D5 (Without water glass in the boiler). My newest purchase is a very old Wilesco D8 (with rounded base plate)

Now I will take a look at all this interesting threads first

Frank

Alf

Graham-Jilly

a big

from the great land downunder

Stilldrillin

A big welcome Frank, from Derbyshire UK.

It`s nice `ere.......

Les

Hello and welcome to the forum, if you need any help just
ask and I am sure someone here can point you in the right direction.

Look forward to seeing pictures of your collection.

MooseMan

A warm welcome from Cardiff, Wales to you Frank - you've come to the right place.

tmuir

Hi, and welcome from Perth Western Australia.

IndianaRog

Hi Frank, welcome to the forums from Indiana in the USA. Seems you have jumped right into the Wilesco world...have fun. I particularly like the Old Smoky, a real popular piece with young children.

cheers,
Roger

Kritika

Hello Frank from Hampshire in England

Be careful when you get the steam bug, it can take over your life

johnreid

Hello from Indians USA, I do hope to see a picture of your Fleischmann sometime.

Steve_S

Welcome to the forum Frank! You have made a good choice of hobby, and I'm sure we'd all like to see some pictures of your engines.

Klaus Lutz

Be very careful Steam Addiction is not cureable.

xtrix

Thank you all for your warm welcome. I like the international family character very much

I will take some pictures from my few machines soon. But I guess it's nothing new to you all

Glad I found you all

Frank

Sandman

A great big Scottish welcome Frank.

Jason

logoman

welcome from London, I'm guessing that you collection is going to grow rapidly, watch out, you'll need more shelf space before you know it!

ozsteamdemon

Hi Frank , another big

from the land down under .

dampfmaschinenjoe 1967

Hi, Frank,
the classical WILESCO engines may be not new to us but they are a good foundation of a collection anyway. The best of all is: It is y o u r foundation of y o u r collection and so they are very welcome than.

cheers Joe

Atticman

Hi Frank, welcome from a cold UK.

Wallace

Welcome to the forum Frank.

It's ceratinly an addictive hobby

metalhead100

Welcome from Indiana USA Frank..........Glad your back into Steam....Sounds like me...I had a D16 a long time ago...and recently started over with a D20 ,a Smoky Roller and a D161.....The fellas here are great ! Happy Steamin!

Jim