Model Railroad New Years Resolutions

[eastcoast]

FOR THOSE WHO POSTED LAST YEAR, COMPARE YOUR
ANSWER AND SEE IF YOU ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED YOUR
GOALS. DID YOU ??? I happily did and am ready to do it again.

SO.... Here is the 2005 edition.
WHAT ARE YOUR NEW RESOLUTIONS THIS UPCOMING YEAR??
[C=:-)]




What are your New Years Resolutions for 2004?
[#welcome][#welcome]
I RESOLVE TO...... finish my final bridge and have
a completely operational layout and start scenery.[tup]
I RESOLVE TO...... start a video volume II on the layout.[tup]
[|)][zzz]

[Javern]

i promise to get organized and clean up the messy train room

[CP5415]

my resolution:

to fini***he track work
to aquire MUCH needed locomotives & rolling stock <---- you can never have enough :)
to start scenery
to get through the year to fini***he above resolutions

Gordon

[Anonymous]

to finally get the courage to try my first grade and bridge and my first back drop on my first ever layout...to not complain about how small my layout is and try to enjoy it, which i finally am!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Javern

i promise to get organized and clean up the messy train room

Not wishing to sound cynical, but

GOOD LUCK!!!

I hope you have better luck than me I cleaned and organized my train room more times than not. If others would just stop dumping there junk in my space.....

As for my new years resloution well here it is

Stop Dreaming [zzz]and Start Doing[banghead]

I hope to have another 40 to 60 feet laid by June which will include one new bridge and several industries and coal wharf. and a Mountain range with more 7% grades.

[Anonymous]

Organize more... worry less.
Display more... nitpick less.
Repair more... get angry less.
Enjoy the journey more... fret about the destination less.
Increase my circle of modelling friends.
Purchase higher-end items.
Get the accessories and signals and scenery closer to completion.
Discover all I can about Frank Ellison and the Delta Lines.

[Anonymous]

I have only one resolution: Finish one project before I begin the next. (The same resolution I have every year ;) )

Have a Good New Year all of you.

Randy

[dknelson]

IGNORE ... the unbuilt freight car kits on the shelf. I have enough cars!
IGNORE ... the videos and DVDs and books and slides and magazines and timetables and maps and other distractions that are so much easier to get to of an evening than actual layout building.
DECIDE ... whether the layout is going to be DCC or Signal Research DC. Enough is enough!
BUILD ... the essential bridge that represents the current gap in the roadbed. The bridge itself is done. The handrails are done. The stone supports are not.
BUY ... the color coded wire and toggle switches I will need.
Dave Nelson

[bcammack]

Fini***he first structure and build the other two that have been sitting, bagged, for a year now! That, and dung out my home office so I can actually find things when I want them...

[cp1057]

1) Get my new layout completed to the point where I can start running trains again.
2) Begin clearing the backlog on unfinished kits.
3) Clean up the layout area so I can show off my layout to others.

Charles
Hillsburgh Ontario

[Anonymous]

The 12 days months before after Christmas
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on cork roadbed
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on adhesive
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on flex track
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on track switches
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on tortise switch motors
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on wire
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on toggle switches
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on LEDs
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on Hydrocal
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on scratch building supplies
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on Motive Power
I RESOLVE TO... spend more $$ on Rolling Stock

If I keep these resolutions then maybe I will see a train on this heap of wood I constructed last year!! [:D]

[Anonymous]

I resolve to

1) fini***rack work
2) run trains
3) start scenery

[cacole]

I resolve to stop buying so many locomotives and cars -- I'm running out of room to store them all. And my bank account can't support such extravagance, either....

[Jetrock]

resolution:

fini***he street work on my layout (covering the tracks with street surface) and put up trolley poles and wiring.

buy no more locomotives--but build at least one electric freight motor, either kitbashed or scratchbuilt, from the parts I have on hand.

build at least one more section of layout so I can expand and make use of all this darn rolling stock I have purchased over the past year.

[greendiamond]

Not buy anything UP!

[Anonymous]

I resolve to stop buying more locos and rolling stock until I finish working on what I have.

I resolve to take all the locos and rolling stock I do have and get them all up to layout operating standards (weathering, metal wheels, smooth mechanics and lubrication, gauged couplers (this should take about 5 years, lol)) or sell those I won't ever use on EBay [8]

I also resolve to start painting all the locos that I have purchased specifically to repaint into other roads.

That ought to be more than enough resolutions [:)]

Warren

[jjbmish]

I resolve to get enough track complete to once again run the Trains. Then to keep going until I run out of space LOL.

Happy New year!!

John

[Hawks05]

1. build the bench work
2. purchase more locomotives and rolling stock, depending on the money i have
3. start the layout, when completed with #1
4. buy more buildings
5. read more books and learn more about model railroading
6. see #2
7. buy shelves and storage for the boxes for the rolling stock

thats all i can think of now. hopefully i can get the list of supplies i need for the bench work and have my dad go to the lumber yard and get that.

[Anonymous]

To finally sort out the joint between the two boards of my layout - just need to sort out the bolts holding them together, and get some copper-clad ties to use in the track joints. Then I can fini***he scenery!

[JeremyB]

to fine tune my rolling stock, I hate it when a train comes apart in the middle

[vsmith]

To get more done this year than last year.

[dragenrider]

I resolve to enjoy what I have and stop lusting for what I don't. (I'm referring to trains, gutter brain!)

[CBQ_Guy]

As a hint for y'all, I have started adding the following to my email sigs:
Paul - "The CB&Q Guy"
~ 2004, The Year of the Layout! ~

[Anonymous]

1, Develop track plan
2, Change it about 100 times...
3, Build benchwork
4, Lay track
5, Become operational

The above 5 to be completed by the end of the year!

Next year will be the year of scenery, structures and the like...

Happy New Year to ALL!

[Anonymous]

I resolve to...

...Stop debating my brother about which is better--HO or N scale. It's a lost cause.
...Stop whining about the small spare bedroom I now use for trains. It's not going to get any bigger. I need to accept it.
...Spend as much money as I want on my trains because, d*mnit, it's my money, pure and simple!
...Ignore all acquaintances who just can't fathom an adult's interest in 'toy trains.' I don't understand their interest in many things, yet do I complain?
...Allow my inner child to be happy with my chosen hobby--completely. After all, I think it's the best there is.

[Anonymous]

I need to get my lay out set up after the MOVING! need to pick a room to put it in.. it be 20 or less inch from wall with 4x5 on ends.. or something less for it to turn around.

[Anonymous]

To finnally fix that dead spot.

[CBQ_Guy]

Here's a hint...I've been adding the following to my signature line recently on various lists and forums:

~ 2004, The Year of the Layout! ~

[Anonymous]

I resolve to xxxxxxxcxxxxx scratch that...
I will do every day one small thing on my work table that will benefit. Such as leveling couplers, checking that balky freight car or even a little kit work.

I also resolve to keep a notebook with things done and thoughts of things needed to have or to be done. It is very time waster to sit and ponder what you did last week and forgot to do this time.

I will not buy anything unnecessary, and direct the funds to needed things such as coupler box covers, small tools, future purchases, screws, brushes etc

--Notice how unappetizing is to spend money on tools and supplies? Everyone would much rather get a Engine or a Car.

Finish stocking up on BlueBox Kits, and start working on those 6-10 Grain cars I have planned this year (Multiple Works on the same kits for me is kind of difficult so I spread it out over time)

Renumber all of those like numbered cars to a different number so I can at least track which one had a bad coupler, wheel etc

As of yesterday I have started to inventory and carefully store my cars. And keep a small notebook to take with me when shopping to avoid buying another of the same item or even a same unit number.

And lastly but not least use that 12 foot wall for something other than holding the house up.

Happy New Year all.

[Anonymous]

Resolutions?

one project at the time... one project at the time!