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Welcome..... <br /> <br />It's always good to learn about something before starting in. <br />There are so many facets of this hobby to learn, and the great thing about this hobby is that you don't need to have a single one of those skills when you start it. Just the desire to enjoy Trains is all you need. <br /> <br />I was looking over my engine roster just last night. I have 21 Engines in my Roster, only two of which are old worn out relics that have travelled with me over the last 25 years. The rest of the engines have been good to better quality Engines, and in the past year have been heavy on the Atlas side of the purchase order. <br /> <br />My rolling stock is mostly RTR stuff, but it's all nice and serviceable. I buy enough to make a train prototype that I like the looks of on a limited size layout (4x8) which for me is one or two engines and about 5-6 cars. I have a smattering of Kits from Athearn, Roundhouse and Proto 2K. There are times I LOVE to put a kit together. Improve on it with better trucks and wheelsets and Kadee couplers set to the right height and double checked with a MNRA Guage. Then there are times where my eyes just won't handle the tiny parts due to my failing eyesight. I need to get the vain streak out of me and get to the Eye Doc and get some specialty glasses to continue my work in this hobby! LOL! <br /> <br />My personal lacking skill set.......Scenery! I would love to learn more about this and would love a detailed layout like I see in the pages of MRR. But for now, I'm happy just to run trains and make them purr like a kitten while they run on the track. <br /> <br />I would rather add hand laid track and hand made switches to my skill set and this is one of the skills I'd like to work on this year. Been thinking of building my next layout in modules and detailing them one section at a time, a theme for each section that I make with other sections added in-between to make the distance up. <br /> <br />So much to learn, but so much fun to have! <br /> <br />Enjoy it! <br /> <br />Chris
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