Welcome to the forum, Brendan. I'd have to side with everyone else; you're doomed, but in a good way.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
Try to control it as best you can, and most importantly: avoid impulse buying. Asking "Do I really need this?" will will proabably save you hundreds of dollars that would be spend on things you wouldn't use.
As for your layout, the more time you spend on it in the designing stage, the more likely you will be happy with it when you finally get to build and use it.
Hello all,
I too thought I kicked my teenage dalliance.
Then, in March of 2014, I attended the Rocky Mountain Toy Train Show. I told my wife that I could handle it. I wouldn't relapse, like in my vulnerable youth.
It started out small, a simple oval with a single DC cab. Then it happened...
The next thing I remembered was I found myself at the local home improvement center buying materials for a 4'x8' table-top.
I assured my wife that it wouldn't go beyond that.
Things got worse!
From DC I went to the hard stuff...DCC!!
Dual cab control with 16-control blocks wasn't cutting it I needed more!!! "Controlling the tracks" wasn't enough I needed to control the trains.
I couldn't get enough motive power!!!
F-units; A & B, GP's- -40's, 38-2's, 30's. And oh the the switchers! I figured I was just hooked on diesel. Then it happened. One day I was looking, just looking, and I saw "it."
An AGEIR 60-ton box cab with track cleaning attachments. I rationalized that I NEEDED a track cleaner. Then I saw the second one. I had to have it! Then the third. I knew I was spiraling out of control.
I convinced myself that I was OK because I wasn't hooked on the heavy stuff; SD's or articulates. I didn't have a problem...or so I thought!
My wife questioned me on my PayPal account spending. I told her it was mountain bike parts or ski/snowboard equipment.
She believed the inital denials but then the purchases continued. A Doodle Bug, decoders, RTR cars, decal sets, paint...I couldn't hide it anymore.
Then I dabbled in steam. After all I could "handle" diesel, I could surely "control" steam.
Oh, was I wrong! A 0-6-0 USRA with a Vanderbuilt tender soon followed.
Every time I hit the "Buy It Now" button I felt guilt but I couldn't stop.
My latest backslide was a 0-4-0 Side Tank Porter.
I feel so ashamed. But I feel better sharing my story with others.
My name is James and I'm an HO scale modeler.
Hope this helps.
"Uhh...I didn’t know it was 'impossible' I just made it work...sorry"
Welcome to the hobby!
Model railroading is a genetic predisposition.
I have no family or friends that have any interest whatsoever in this stuff, yet .... it is so often on my mind.
Its got to be chromosomes and genes and stuff.
Be very careful James, this kind of thing ends marriages.
I should know I seen it before with different hobbies, and situations.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Then there's that extreme addiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6z02tsHHEg
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
angelob6660 Be very careful James, this kind of thing ends marriages. I should know I seen it before with different hobbies, and situations.
That was great!, Larry.
Mike.
My You Tube
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
I have been going to the wrong train show!!!
Paul
Wow! I got into model railroading back in the mid 80's after seeing a layout at my friends house. He was a WWII veteran that attended the same church as I did. He invited me over to view his HO scale layout and after that I was hooked, fully line, sinker and bait. I had to move from GA to TN and had to tear down my layout and after 13 years in the storage barn, I dediced recently to put it back up. I was going through all my boxes and didn't realize that I had accumulated so much "stuff" over the years. Now my wife is into the hobby and is extremely excited for me to revive my old DC layout. A lot has changed since I originally laid my first bit of roadbed and track; now there's DCC which I think is over rated and just too costly for a retired Vietnam vet on a fixed income. Maybe things will change once I get the layout going again. I just hope I can get everything re-connected without too many problems. I also plan to expand my HO layout into a modular system in case I have to move again. Yep, I've been hooked for quite a number of years now.
HO and Lionel 027