Hi from Francesco (Italy); I can write English, a bit of German and Italian, of course. Like many people, I started in the 80's with the first train, received as a gift from my parents: an italian E424 with a couple of passenger coaches (slate gray livery, popular in the 70's) and a sleeping coach TEN in red livery. Now I'm buliding with my sons the second layout, and I'm also collecting around one hundred pieces of rolling stock (mainly, but not only, Italian and German railways, from 70's to around 2000...).
See you soon in this forum, viel spass mit Lima Modellzuege!