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Is the Hobby being priced out of reach?
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Jesse, <br /> <br />I totally agree about the making vs. buying stuff. In the most recent MR, there's an article about building an overpass. I don't know how many products it references, but it's a lot. It almost reads as an advertisement for those products. <br /> <br />I'm re-entering the hobby at a snails pace, and I certainly won't spend a ton of money on it. I just don't feel good doing that. <br /> <br />Styrene, etc. could be bought from non-MRR'ing sources, etc. <br /> <br />There are many types of layouts in MR. My favorites are the ones that have a "look" to them. I think most of my efforts should be spent on making the "look", not on buying stuff and arranging it together. <br /> <br />For example - Aggrojones who's always posting on here - his layout has a "look" to it - all nicely weathered, etc. I think you could have a very nice layout without spending a ton of dough - I think it's all in the "presentation". <br /> <br />Part of my plan to keep costs down is to build a "shadow-box" style layout - which won't require me to re-fini***he garage. I'll just build the layout in a "box". <br /> <br />Let's hear it for all the cheap Model Railroaders out there!
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