What about the Cheap train stuff?

[aav]

          I think Autobus makes a good point in one of his earlier posts.  Reworking the cheaper stuff is a good way to quickly add some operating interest to your layout.

         In the 90's i built an L shape 12'x14' shelf layout, i quickly got tired of seeing the same cars come into to town (from staging) all the time. I went to some train shows and bought some cheap cars and reworked them.  Being on a tight budget at the time,  i was able to routinely swap cars from staging.  This made my  layout seem more "connected" to the rest of the world. 

         You don't have to keep these cars on the roster forever.  Since then i've retired or given most of these cars to my nephew as i replaced them with the better cars.

        

[LD357]

Whatever Dryline.

 Everyone saw your post and judging by the emails I got, you had a few of them laughing heartily.

 I've posted pics of my work on here already, and I have better things to do than bandy words with the likes of you, so take your crayons and go bother someone else.

[arkansasrailfan]

some cheap stuff have been used as target practice.
some cheap stuff have been turned into offline buildings.
some were sold
and then some have mysteriously disapeered.
and then I turned a E8 into a old unit, then I painted it into the ArPac scheme

[loathar]

Joe Fugate explained to me this way once.

You can have it good.

You can have it fast.

You can have it cheap.

You can pick any two of the above.

That's an old printers saying.

Price, quality, service...Pick any two...

[Driline]

Whatever Dryline.

 Everyone saw your post and judging by the emails I got, you had a few of them laughing heartily.

 I've posted pics of my work on here already, and I have better things to do than bandy words with the likes of you, so take your crayons and go bother someone else.

[OzarkBelt]

Please guys, lets keep this civil! I realize some people want nothing to do with the "cheap stuff" while others can't live without it. its a matter of preference and the size of your wallet. but mostly the size of your wallet. What that means is that some of us can only afford the lower-end quality stuff, so we make do with what we have. those of us that can afford the Expensive stuff can buy that if they want. What i'm interested in seeing is pics of the low end stuff that people have used and modified to make better as a way to inspire everyone else. If you don't like the cheap stuff, that's fine, but keep it civil when you respond.