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Approximately $100 (this time around). I started a couple layouts as a kid with my dad. My dad would take all of his change and dump it into a coffee can - before we knew it, there was $100 in there - time to have it rolled at the bank and go the MRR'ing shop. I'm getting back into the hobby, and have bought 1 locomotive (Athearn BB switcher), an MRC power pack, two pieces of flex track (as a test track), an NMRA gauge, and some rail and ties to practice handlaying turnouts. I'm going to me making a small module-sized HO layout. I am very determined to not spend a lot of money on this. Having recently started my own business, and having a new baby, I simply don't want to spend my money on this hobby, but I want to enjoy it anyway! Some of the most beautiful work I've seen is by the scratchbuilding types of modelers anyway, so that's the road I hope to go down. A few things I'll do to keep costs down: 1) Layout will be small (focusing on quality, not size) 2) Handlay track and turnouts (BIG savings in handlaying turnouts) 3) Use real dirt for ground foam (modeling California, real dirt looks more real than anything else I've seen anyway) 4) As someone above said, sticking to a prototype location and era. (I may bend the rules here and focus on two eras - maybe I'll stick with one first, then another later, etc.) 5) You won't see me spending big $$ on locomotives. The craziest I will get is maybe an Atlas or Kato diesel. Wish me luck in my savngs plan! I'm also planning on tabulating all my costs as I go, or at least all of my materials (so that if I really wanted to, I could estimate the cost).
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