I bought a lot of stuff over the years when I had a tiny layout that would not hold it all. Lots stayed in their boxes while I dreamed. However, I expected I would have that larger layout someday. I now have that larger layout and the cars to operate on it. I stayed true to my original theme thus the cars I purchased fit the theme of my larger layout. In fact, it was good that I purchased the cars when I did because many are now out of production and hard to find. If I had waited to purchase all my cars until I actually had my larger layout, I would be facing a steep financial curve to build my fleet.
I for one support those who buy now in hopes of that larger layout later.
Paul D
N scale Washita and Santa Fe RailroadSouthern Oklahoma circa late 70's
SeeYou190I don't understand the "buy and hold" mentality of European hobbiests.
Kevin,I have far more cars and locomotives my current or former ISLs could hold but,you can bet the farm these cars and locomotives are correct for the era I model.
Of course some of those locomotives has seen club use.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
BRAKIEI have far more cars and locomotives my current or former ISLs could hold
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My love of assembling and painting freight car kits assures that I too will have more freight cars than will fit on the layout.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
selector As you say, it's a shrug and move on moment, so MR's editing it seems to be contraindicated...to me.
"Contraindicated" has "train" in it.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
Ha ha, so it does! Happily, I am close to being able to run mine on a layout I am just finishing up with scenery and trees, yard still to be built. Trains it is.
After reading the article and this thread, I think the author says some things in a comparative way that might be taken adversely. Whenever anybody describes what they do by citing what others do differently, it can lead to some unfavorable things. He also talks about others using plywood while he used foam.
I think the paragraph about collecting is talking about the concept of "biting off more than you can chew" or "eyes bigger than your stomach" in that many of us might find the buying and accumulating stuff for that dream layout to be easier than actually building a layout big enough and well enough to handle it all, which is the hard part.
I suppose the modular approach helps to keep the dream in line with reality in that you are responsible for only building and supplying a section or two of a larger layout.
- Douglas
All right, this is enough of this. We'll take up the debate of what kind of layout design (and which kind of layout designer) is better at another time. Just not on my watch.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com