Présentation de Johan & Pirlouit

[Johan & Pirlouit]

Good evening everyone and thank you for welcoming me to this forum.
My name is Johan, I am Belgian and I live in France. My nickname comes from a comic strip by Peyo, the father of the Smurfs.
I discovered the garden train in 2020. I then bought an LGB starter set and some track coupons.
So I installed a small temporary circuit.

Unfortunately, serious health problems kept me away from model trains as well as garden maintenance. Three years of neglect have transformed the garden into a virgin forest.
As my health gradually returned, I decided to get back into railway modeling (I also do 00 and 009). After I take care of restoring the garden, I will reinstall a temporary network.
I don't speak English, so I use Google Translate. Please excuse any grammatical and syntactic errors.
Good evening to all.

 

[Gizzy]

Welcome to the forum Johan....

 

[GAP]

Welcome that is a neat little layout you have built

 

[Paul M]

Welcome to the forum. I'm sure your posts will be understood, and we look forward to seeing more of your model railway. You'll get all the advice you need here, but don't worry too much about the jokes, we do not understand some of them either!

 

[dunnyrail]

Welcome to the forum, Johan good luck with the restoration of your garden line.

 

[playmofire]

Good evening everyone and thank you for welcoming me to this forum.
My name is Johan, I am Belgian and I live in France. My nickname comes from a comic strip by Peyo, the father of the Smurfs.
I discovered the garden train in 2020. I then bought an LGB starter set and some track coupons.
So I installed a small temporary circuit.
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Unfortunately, serious health problems kept me away from model trains as well as garden maintenance. Three years of neglect have transformed the garden into a virgin forest.
As my health gradually returned, I decided to get back into railway modeling (I also do 00 and 009). After I take care of restoring the garden, I will reinstall a temporary network.
I don't speak English, so I use Google Translate. Please excuse any grammatical and syntactic errors.
Good evening to all.

Welcome from North Yorkshire. You made a good start with your original layout and if you get yout temporary layout down as soon as possible, it will encourage you in clearing away "the forest" - one square metre of forest cleared followed by 20 circuits of the train on the layout say.

 

[Madman]

Welcome aboard, Johan.

You will find a friendly group here on our forum. We are always ready to give advice and we love pictures.

 

[DickyC]

Bonjour monsieur, Bienvenue sur le forum, heureux que votre santé soit meilleure et que vous puissiez profiter du grand air, Google Translate est l'une des seules choses autres que Google Maps pour lesquelles je félicite GOGGLE ! (i use it all the time...... sadly with the "convenience" of the internet my language skills are still left in my old school classroom.

 

[pugwash]

Les autres ont déjà dits les chose les plus important sauf qu'il ne faut jamais avoir peur de demander un question, même si vous le croire idiot. Ce n'est jamais le cas et ici vous avez un ressource incroyable d'information. Et des mauvaise blagues.
Par curiosité vos êtes ou en France? ly a d'autres membres aussi en France et moi je suis au Luxembourg.

The others already said the most important things except do not be afraid to ask a question even if you believe it to be foolish. This is never the case and here you have an incredible resource of information. And bad jokes.

 

[JimmyB]

Welcome Johan, and I am sure your English is better than my (insert any language )

 

[DickyC]

Les autres ont déjà dits les chose les plus important sauf qu'il ne faut jamais avoir peur de demander un question, même si vous le croire idiot. Ce n'est jamais le cas et ici vous avez un ressource incroyable d'information. Et des mauvaise blagues.
Par curiosité vos êtes ou en France? ly a d'autres membres aussi en France et moi je suis au Luxembourg.

The others already said the most important things except do not be afraid to ask a question even if you believe it to be foolish. This is never the case and here you have an incredible resource of information. And bad jokes.

The Walloons are taking over, All hail the Walloons... Hee hee hee ( I have probably insulted several people here with my ignorance) BUT I DO LOVE FRITES ! I OFTEN DAYDREAM OF BELGIAN FRITES AND KETCHUP IN A CONE ! and starting my own little cafe here in Shropshire with a G scale train running around it....The big decision would be...." is it based on a German sausage cafe or Belgium Frites shop" (french fries for our american friends across the pond)


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[Gizzy]

Les autres ont déjà dits les chose les plus important sauf qu'il ne faut jamais avoir peur de demander un question, même si vous le croire idiot. Ce n'est jamais le cas et ici vous avez un ressource incroyable d'information. Et des mauvaise blagues.
Par curiosité vos êtes ou en France? ly a d'autres membres aussi en France et moi je suis au Luxembourg.

The others already said the most important things except do not be afraid to ask a question even if you believe it to be foolish. This is never the case and here you have an incredible resource of information. And bad jokes.

Bien, c'est vrai....

 

[pugwash]

The big decision would be...." is it based on a German sausage cafe or Belgium Frites shop"

Do they not know delicacies such as suasage and chips down your way?

Mes excuses Johan mes les rosbifs ne connais que peux de l'art de la cuisine.

 

[Gérard Baudoin]

Welcome from Brittany ...

Bienvenue dans un monde international qui ne connaît pas de crises: le train de jardin.

j'adore la cuisine anglaise et mon meilleur souvenir de Belgique est un plat de moules / frittes à Coxide, sur la plage avec les cousins de ma femme!

(welcome in a crisis less world: garden train. I dig English cooking and my best souvenir is a huge mussel/french fries plate on the beach in Coxide with Belgian family!

 

[Xav204]

Hello Johan,

Welcome
You will be pampered here, with a lot of valuable tips.
I remember about Pirlouit95 who discussed about Playmobil train and his beautiful "mini reseau HOe"
Sorry to hear about bad moments but glad to see you again and to discover your very nice layout.

 

[Johan & Pirlouit]

Bonjour Johan,

Accueillir
Vous serez chouchouté ici, avec de nombreux conseils précieux.
Je me souviens de Pirlouit95 qui parlait du train Playmobil et de son magnifique "mini réseau HOe":ce n'était pas moi:
Désolé d'entendre parler de mauvais moments mais heureux de vous revoir et de découvrir votre très belle mise en page.

Bonjour Xav204.
Sur quel forum nous sommes nous connus?

 

[Jasper]

The big decision would be...." is it based on a German sausage cafe or Belgium Frites shop"

How about a place that offers both?

 

[Jasper]

I remember a comic in Dutch, called "Johan en Pirrewiet". C'est la même, n'est-ce pas?

 

[Johan & Pirlouit]

I remember a comic in Dutch, called "Johan en Pirrewiet". C'est la même, n'est-ce pas?

Hello Jaspe, that’s correct.

 

[JGDURAND]

Bienvenue à toi