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My parents have taken an extream hardline agains my model railroad. Well Actually its more my mom. My dad is a fellow modeler but since he wants a nice warm bed to sleep at night he has no choice but to go along. All last winter my layout was a continual source of hate and discontent in my family, as it was set up in the garage and was taking up most of it. But that was the the deal since they wouldn't let me put it anywhere else. However, last year, my girlfriend, (Now ex) and a really tough spring semester kept me away from running anything or doing any work for prolonged periods of time. Mom decided I was done working on it and thus decreed that it immediatly be removed from the garage to make more room for her things. However. since there is no other place to put it, It meant outright scrapping it. Of course I was totally against it. and they said they would rent a "Storage Shed" for it. Of which not only would my model railroad would go. But a bunch of their junk as well, effectivly barring me from a function model railroad. I fought stringently, nogotiated, re-negotiated, and threatened scrapping of her stuff. (We can all guess how that flew). In the end the layout was dismantled into componet sections. and put into a storage unit across town. I am left embittered and somewhat angry at this set back and am now endeavoring to get the rest of my model railroad stuff ready for installation so construction, and set up can proceed more quickly once I am able to set my layout back up again. So I say, to people with unsupportive parents. Build quickly, often, and operate frequently, as given the first sign of apparent lack of continued interest in it, It will be decreed that it needs removed to make more room for "family" affairs. a slightly disgruntled James
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