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What Are Your Other Hobbies?

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:55 AM
Ray, it sounds like you've got quite a bit of talent there!  I don't have any credentials quite that impressive.  Good to have you on our side though!
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Posted by Eriediamond on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:56 PM
My other hobbies beside model rr are building and flying R/C aircraft, motorcycles, flying single engine light aircraft and ultraights, computor games (mostly simulators - MS flight and combat sims and both MS and Trainz train sims) and, oh yeh, this forum. Ken
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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, September 29, 2007 2:27 AM

I'm a man of many intrest.....

 -Model Railroading

-Military vehicle modeling

-Transformers

-Ultimate Fighting Championship

-Playstation 1 & 2

-Wild amimals

-Sleeping

-Cooking

 Some of these things require money...so I need to cut down so much on the railroading to enable be to do the other stuff.

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Posted by sarges on Saturday, September 29, 2007 2:58 AM
Well i have a few others,some expensive,some not!  Drumming(love making a noise and an audience happy!!),Collecting rare/hard to find cd's,collecting dvd's.These first few cost a lot -well i do get payed to play drums,so thats self supporting!! Drawing/painting,bushwalking,bit of photography,Geology,Cartography and Meteorology.Sound like a real nerd hey,but maybe music history can save me from that title!? Have 2 trades,Electrician and Dry wall plastering,and curently work as maintenance supervisor at an aged care facility,and do jobs for myself when not there.Sounds busy,it is,that's the way i like it, no time to get bored!!But must say it,s pretty hard to beat the Iron Horse!!!!      Mick
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 29, 2007 4:56 AM

My other hobbies are

Photography

Bush Walking

Playing Guitar and Singing

In that order but none before model railroading.

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Posted by loathar on Saturday, September 29, 2007 8:06 AM
 AggroJones wrote:

I'm a man of many intrest.....

 -Model Railroading

-Military vehicle modeling

-Transformers

-Ultimate Fighting Championship

-Playstation 1 & 2

-Wild amimals

-Sleeping

-Cooking

 Some of these things require money...so I need to cut down so much on the railroading to enable be to do the other stuff.

BLASPHOMY!!!

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Posted by mobilman44 on Saturday, September 29, 2007 8:36 AM

Wow, what a question!!!!

I'm a 63 yr old retiree and have been a train nut since 1955.  But, along the way I have enjoyed motorbikes, cars, trucks, handguns, mechanics, woodworking, stamp/coin collecting, reading, WWII history, writing, computers, movies, the oil bizzness, music (listening), Nascar (before it got civilized), gardening, nature, photography, and reading the Bible. 

All that being said, model railroading has been my lifelong interest and it has been a lifesaver and a "pacifier" during difficult times.  It is also a learning hobby, as I have honed skills in planing, woodworking, electricity, model building, history, etc., etc., etc.

What a great hobby!!!!!

Mobilman44

ENJOY  !

 

Mobilman44

 

Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:14 AM
Girls and beer.
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Posted by SMassey on Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:35 AM

Well all my major hobbies have the same general theme to them even if they are not really related.

R/C ship and boat building,  This is mainly scale tugs and freight ships but I do have a couple of go fast unlimited hydroplanes.  Most of my ships/boats will cost between $400-$1300 easy before being finished

R/C car racing.  My favorite type is indoor dirt track racing but there are no tracks around here for race that style, but there is indoor carpet racing that is fun as well.  The cars are not too expencive at around $300 each, but a day at the races can cost you as much in new equipment (batteries, tires, motors etc) and you still take the same car home.

and for non model related hobbies I like camping, boating, cycling and you cannot forget Photography.

 

 

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Posted by metalfrog on Saturday, September 29, 2007 1:32 PM
well lets see...ham radio operator,tropical fish keeper.love to put electronic kits together and use to fly model airplanes.terry........
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Posted by steamage on Saturday, September 29, 2007 2:26 PM
Collect full scale stationary steam engines. Thirty years ago I got into collecting engines and pumps because the 1 1/2 scale live steam was too expensive and also needed track.

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Posted by jim22 on Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:06 PM

Bullseye pistol shooting

Go figure!

Jim

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Posted by ArtOfRuin on Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:46 PM
Besides model railroading: Repairing computers; autocross (cone-course) racing; trap shooting; woodland/milsim paintball; listening to rock and metal music; military, shooter, racing sim, and fighting video games. Once I get a better job, I'm going to restart my Frankencar project that got stalled when my first car got totaled. '89-'93 Nissan 240SX+Chevy LS1= MWAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Posted by claycts on Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:58 PM

Other than the trains this is where the money and time goes.

Boat is called "Empty Pockets" wonder why!!

 

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Posted by R. T. POTEET on Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:20 PM

There are other hobbies?

From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet

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Posted by Texas Chief on Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:36 PM

Racing sportscars and collecting die-cast model cars.

Dick

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Posted by CP5415 on Sunday, September 30, 2007 5:37 AM

Gee, I wish I had that problem.

I love FERRARI's!!!!!!

Hobbies for me include

Cars (driving, reading about, collecting miniatures), cycling, currency collecting, trains, family, computers

Gordon

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Posted by john1947 on Sunday, September 30, 2007 8:38 AM
Other than model railroading, I enjoy collecting and driving antique fire engines.
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Posted by Dallas Model Works on Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:04 PM

Military (armour) models and war games.

Model railroading is like a combo of the two -- it's modelling ans simulating at once.

 

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Posted by claycts on Monday, October 15, 2007 10:23 PM

HAVE TO ADD, Sorry!!

That is what happens with more money than brains!!, no that IS NOT me walking away.

Take Care George Pavlisko Driving Race cars and working on HO trains More fun than I can stand!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:09 PM

Trains, trains, and oh, did I mention trains?Big Smile [:D]

I do have other hobbies, but model railroading is my main one. My other ones include posting here, thinking about trains, and reading (train) books!Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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