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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by trainluver1 I know a guy that has train fever like a gambler has the gambling bug... This guy isn't rich, but almost every Friday or Saturday he takes off for one of the area hobby shops and blows anywhere from $150.00 to $300.00 on engines or rolling stock-almost his entire paycheck..... and has to pay someone to build his layouts as well as work on his engines and rolling stock when they're broken, but calls himself a model railroader... trainluver1[/quote] Is this a close friend of yours? He appears to have an adictive personality. It's good he's not spending his money on drinking or drugs that can ruin his mind and health. Fortunately he does have something to show for the money he spends and if he gets into a tough financial bind, he can sell them, maybe for more than what he paid for. As Antonio said, he is still a model railroader because he is serious about the hobby. If paying someone else to do the modeling doesn't make you a model railroader, then anyone who buys prebuilt or RTR models is not a true model railroader.
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