Or his smart phone was dropped and he is lost without it
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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I don't know about being overly sensitive. If he doesn't want my input, that means I don't have to spend my time giving it. I was curious about the age limit, but I'm too old to care much. I can understand questions that have to do with different points of view because of age differences, and I can understand asking responders to give their age so their perspective can be understood in that context. What I don't understand is a thread that specifically excludes any particular age group.
In any case, I'll be eligible for the over-70 forum in a couple months. Can't wait. When that happens, I won't have to eat Thanksgiving Dinner at the kids' table any more.
I had also noticed that the OP hasn't been heard from. Maybe he got lost. That's what happens when you use GPS. Folks over 30 know how to read paper maps. A useful skill. But I digress.........
Tom
notice the original poster has not replied
This thread has given me an Idea, maybe Ill post a thread for over 70 modelers.................just kidding
IRONROOSTER Doughless ... The OP asked the question that excludes people over 30, which includes me...because he wanted too. Big deal. But everybody can still chime in anyway. Enjoy Paul
Doughless ... The OP asked the question that excludes people over 30, which includes me...because he wanted too. Big deal.
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The OP asked the question that excludes people over 30, which includes me...because he wanted too. Big deal.
But everybody can still chime in anyway.
Enjoy
Paul
Just pointing out the oversensitive nature of a lot of folks on this board.
I'm over 30. My opinion doesn't count. And it doesn't count solely because I'm over 30. I'm okay with that.....
- Douglas
ACY I still don't get the exclusion of us old coots over 30. I think I could tell you about that Hudson kit and why it's not available any more, but you've said you don't care to hear from my generation. You guys seem to be happy knowing it all. Tom
I still don't get the exclusion of us old coots over 30. I think I could tell you about that Hudson kit and why it's not available any more, but you've said you don't care to hear from my generation. You guys seem to be happy knowing it all.
He's planning to deliver product. But not for 50 years. Ergo he needs responses from his target market that will still be around. :)
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Something esoteric and unique, definitely something uncommon. Maybe an F7? ;)
Actually, I wouldn't mind a Alco FA-1, as they have only been made by MTH in the past 15 years, and are hardly economical for a fleet engine.
Really though, I wouldn't care so much about the model, and more about the price point and availability of spare/detail parts. If I could build more blue-box models, I would, but unassembled ones tend to be too expensive in my area, for what you get.
I'd be okay with steam engines, too, but only if the wheels came pre-assembled!
tstage Since the NYC bureaucrats didn't save a single one: A New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson...in 1:1 scale. Tom P.S. I'm waaaaaaay over the cut-off date.
Since the NYC bureaucrats didn't save a single one: A New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson...in 1:1 scale.
P.S. I'm waaaaaaay over the cut-off date.
you're as young as you feel Tom!
I belong to several forums...some involving different topics than hobbies.
And I'll have to say...this forum seems to have some of the most sensitive people on it, or at least people that feel no inhibition to claim their sensitivities to the reading world...involving a variey of threads and topics over the years.
29 I miss the days of browser steam kits and roundhouse old timer kits ( still got one that a 2-6-0 old timer unassembled ) but if a company is going release a new kit. I want to see a Northern Pacific 4-8-0 twelve wheeler. And hopefully it come dcc conversion friendly.
We're chopped liver. Heck, I was chopped liver when I was in my twenties too! Besides, if you can remember back that far, yes to what you said.
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I'm curious about the age restriction too-- I put in my two cents already, but why only younger modelers? Is there a study going on? Or a surprise coming for all of us?
P
Too old to answer but if you are looking for a product to make, how about conversion kits, hard to find a well detailed camelback, even in brass without spending alot, same with a cab forward.
Da StumerAre you thinking of the plastic Revell Monogram kits? They are pretty cheap, but they are stationary models. Molded color, put on some stickers, that is how I think they are.
No there were actually working Hudson Kits at one time. My uncle built one. It disappeared somehow around the time my grandparents moved. I had the pleasure of running that steam locomotive.
At an under 30 age of 28, I would like to see partially assembled steam kits. Sort of like a build your car (auto manufacturer) website. You select the options, ie Walschaerts, Southern, Stephenson or Baker vavle gear (this is my biggest grief with model railroad manufacturers); cylinder size; dome size for steam and sand; type of feedwater heater; number of drivers and size; type of trailing truck; tender style and size; and the list goes on and on. The box goes down the assembly line and the parts and decals get put in and shipped to your LHS or home.
angelob6660I'm 29... I could have bought the UP Big Boy locomotive kit for $30 for memory serves me right. Was there a NYC Hudson kit also? I can't remember, both were HO Scale.
Are you thinking of the plastic Revell Monogram kits? They are pretty cheap, but they are stationary models. Molded color, put on some stickers, that is how I think they are.
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I'm 29...
I could have bought the UP Big Boy locomotive kit for $30 for memory serves me right. Was there a NYC Hudson kit also? I can't remember, both were HO Scale.
I'm afraid I'm a little to old to build a locomotive kit with fine details attached to it.Maybe someday but not now.
If I was going to build a steam engine kit, it would be 1:1 scale live steam with a few cars. I got the backyard for it. If money wasn't a option.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
RDG Casey Turned 30 in October, I make my own engines. That being said, steam with 50 and 55 inch drivers (small drivers are limited options) also frames with spaced rear drivers would be nice 6 and 8 coupled. Though it's just another thing to learn.
Turned 30 in October, I make my own engines. That being said, steam with 50 and 55 inch drivers (small drivers are limited options) also frames with spaced rear drivers would be nice 6 and 8 coupled. Though it's just another thing to learn.
Seconded on steam kits with 50-55" drivers.
26 here.
As a person who is getting taller than his hair line I have to say that I totally resent being left out of this thread!!
Just in case you might be interested, I would like to see steam kits like Tyco used to release, but with the technology brought up to modern standards. I prefer smaller locomotives over the behemoths.
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I'm a little older then your cutoff age (I'm 32). But I'd love to see locomotive kits, and some combination of brass, resin, diecast metal. As in, whatever material works best for the application. I'd like it if there were kits for steam engines like what they have in Britain. Etched brass, well-detailed, nice to build I have heard.
Well I am 14 and being a pretty good model railroader, I want to see some PRR loco kits (like the G5, a5, etc) in plastic. I know Bowser makes some, but I think plastic is so much easier to work with. And I would love to see them at the detail level of Branchline trains car kits( I've built 3 of them and modified them to run on 22" curves ).
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ricktrains4824 I'm 29, so I will toss in my answer. Athearn BB locomotives is as far into "kit" locomotives I would ever want. No full kit style ones. (Unless they were way, way, way cheaper. Emphasis on way cheaper.)
I'm 29, so I will toss in my answer.
Athearn BB locomotives is as far into "kit" locomotives I would ever want.
No full kit style ones. (Unless they were way, way, way cheaper. Emphasis on way cheaper.)
Well, there's the rub. With the cheap labor overseas there isn't much price diffference.
I have bought a full 2-8-0 kit in S scale without DCC or sound for the same price as a 2-8-0 RTR with DCC and Tsunami sound. (The reason for buying the kit is that it is for the Ma&Pa which I model and the RTR was for the B&O. Otherwise I would not have bought the kit - BTW the kit is no longer available)
So I don't expect to see any more locomotive kits.
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
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1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
I'm 14, so I suppose I'm eligible to answer. I would like to see steam loco kits like the old mantua, Tyco, and MDC. Or at least have something like the athearn blue box kits, although I don't know how much that constitutes to being called a kit.
Well, I assume he meant sell. Im 24 and no, not interested in a full kit for a locomotive... The user applied parts that Kato does is excellent.
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These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).