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When my family moved to Florida years ago, my 4x6 layout went into storage in the garage. We had a basement for it in Illinois but I found out FL is no place for a basement..... Anyway, my mom wouldn't let me set it up because of a lack of space and she figured I would grow tired of it and move on. I couldn't do anything about the first point but as for the second, I started collecting HO equipment at garage sales and etc., and started to rebuild them. I also started building structures and bridges on my desk, and after a couple of years (I have a lot of patience) my mom realized I was serious about trains and let me set up the layout in the garage. The best part of this though, was when I set up that old 4x6 my modeling skills had progressed beyond the circle of track level, and instead of investing my time in it I started a new layout from scratch (a 10 x 4 with a 4x4 dogleg extension). Plus, as soon as my track was down I had a complete set of weathered engines and rolling stock to run on it! <br /> <br />So even if you can't bargain for a layout right now, there are still many other parts of model railroading you can do untill your parents come around to our way of thinking.
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