Some people think I'm off the rails
to stare until my vision fails
at tiny parts, minute details
and build a model railway

There's metal wheels and plastic gears
and decals coming out my ears
I'm sure it will take many years
to build a model railway

I really don't know where to start
this modelling's a complex art
and things can really fall apart
on a dodgy model railway

If I could find some helpful chaps
upon the internet, perhaps
there wouldn't need to be a lapse
in the building of my railway

Then I discovered r.m.r
and found indeed that there you are
more experienced than I by far
on all things model railway

Now track is laid and wiring done
there's DCC to make it run
and so I can have lots of fun
upon my model railway

And then there's all the scenery
the scattered grass and wire tree
the walls all painted carefully
a proper model railway

And so for this my thanks are due
to each and every one of you
for help, advice (and barbeque)
I have a model railway!

(which all goes to show my poetry's about as good as a haggis recipe....)