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 Barry,my budget for model railroading is close to zilch, but my list of "Me Wants" is more than a mile long. [swg]There are many objects of desire on it, which I will most likely never end up buying. It would be absolutely meaningless for me to "kvetch" about the cost of our hobby, as nearly everything is just too expensive for me at the moment. The gap you mentioned is as wide and deep as the Atlantic Ocean... [:D]I guess most of us have to make ends meet and do our model railroading on shoestring budgets. It would be interesting to find out, what the actual average annual spending is. My guess is, that it is a lot less than what we and some marketing people in the industry think it is.The fun in model railroading is not correlated to the amount of money you can spend. Our friends from the other side of the Big Pond in UK show us, what can be achieved with very little investment, but a lot of involvement.The following pic from John Teal´s award winning layout "Mossley Terrace"  shall just demonstrate, what I mean:<img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w295/johntealon30/May08%20onwards/flowersinthelight7.jpg" mce_src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w295/johntealon30/May08%20onwards/flowersinthelight7.jpg" width="529" height="640"> (Photo by John Teal)Just look, how well he has captured that "morbid" British charm!Total cost were, as stated by him, some 60 British Pound Sterling, excluding the MU you see in the pic. Now, it is not a basement filling empire, but I guess, building it gave him as much pleasure!
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