We all have to start somewhere

Found in the old photo files. Its not NZ120, but still important.

Here are a couple of steam loco's I built 25 years ago. Made from a mixture of plasticard, real card, spare parts, cast parts and all without the aid of a T square or a plan from the looks of things.

I still have these loco's somewhere, but a quick search tonight has failed to turn them up. They were built on old mehano 4-6-2 chassis for the then princely sum of US$28. The A eventually acquired an athern motor from a DD-40 (which surprisingly fit in the boiler), but the Ab still has the old 3 pole motor. The Dj was built by Darryl

This just goes to show that no matter how good your skills are now, you had to start somewhere.

And speaking of starting somewhere, here is a now world famous train photographer in a cherubic stage. Looking on is my father back when he had hair. I think he's trying to work out where the money went....

And man we had some serious security fences back then. Those things would have held back a crowd of hells angles intent on doing some serious railway modeling.