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Everybody has great ideas and that should you give you some encouragement. If you take your time $25-50 a month is plenty. Think about it. You can buy plywood, foam, etc one month, 10 cars another month, 2 engines another month (Ebay for that), 100 pieces of track, another month, some buildings another month, and some landscape material after that. In six months you could have a great layout. Then start specializing on all the extras which cost more money. <br />Scrounging is a great idea, but you need to know how to put it to use, so I would suggest readin either articles from magazines on how others have taken materials and built stuff, or read the articles in trains.com. <br />You can also get back copies of magazines at train shows for about $1.00 a copy. Engines are great to buy from Ebay, but individual cars may be tooexpensive from Ebay because of the shipping. Save up and look on Ebay for 'cars' or 'lot' and 'car' and that way you will may be able to find listings where people are selling 5 or 10 cars in a lot. <br />You're doing the right thing by doing your reasearch first, and then always read and learn from others expreriments and ideas. They're some pretty creative people out there. <br />Best of Luck
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