Frankly, I have too many hobbies!
I like to play guitar (I have for going on 20 years now anyways).......
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I like to build model cars....
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I mess with real cars when the weather permits.....
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And obviously, I like taking pictures (mostly of trains!)....
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Nice clean cars Philip, and I don't mean the models.
I like/do the photography thing too as well as diving and skiing. Haven't touched a golf club in years and I really need to put the Bug back together.
Tilden
Hi Guys,
I got into radio controlled airplane flying last October and believe it or not, we've been flying at dawn here in Connecticut in 24 degree temperatures. There are about 9 of us who call ourselves the "Dawn Patrol". It is a real "rush" flying planes and with the advent of better batteries, we're not flying those noisy planes that use special liquid fuel. We simply charge up batteries, either at home or at the field, with our portable power supplies or car cigarette lighter plug and get about 12-15 minutes of flight from each battery. The good news is that a nice "training" plane, complete with battery, transmitter (radio) and receiver, ready-to-fly, got me started for only $160.00. I've really gotten plenty of fun out of that original investment. Of course, like model railroading, I won't stop there. I already have 6 other planes, including 3 World War II fighter planes waiting to take off.
Anyway, happy railroading.
Mondo
TA462 wrote:Philip, nice looking cars. Do you still have them? That 70 Chevelle SS looks sweet and nice burnout in the 68 Camaro.
Thanks! Actually, I sold the Cuda years ago, and the '68 Camero SS went to finance the '70 Chevelle SS 396. I sold that about 6 months ago and I'm now looking for a new toy......something different this time I think.
The Cuda was fun. It would pull the front wheels off the ground in first and second gear if you warmed the tires and were on sticky pavement. The Camero was a restomod that really needed bigger meats on the back as it just would get silly loose all the time. It was great for smoke shows though! The Chevelle was a bone stock restoeration of a SS 396 4 speed bench seat car with cowl induction and radio delete, all in a unique color combo with numbers matching and the protecto plate to prove it. It was an investment.
To many hobbies, not enough time...
Playing my XBox 360, high-power rocketry, collecting and shooting military/police (i.e. assualt) rifles, anything and everything Battletech/Mechwarrior, building computers, fixing just about everything. All this when I'm not taking care of my 1 yr old daughter and two other children (7 and 13). Needless to say, I don't get to participate in my hobbies much, so I always look forward to "Daddy's" time.
I target shoot pistols and rifles with an emphasis on Colt 1911s and Ruger single action revolvers.
Here's one !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
It's nice to see fellow shooters out there!!!
I personally am into long range precision shooting, which also happens to be part of my job. I like to hunt, fish, and explore the backcountry on a dual sport KTM dirt bike (which is another aspect of my job). If I could just work model railroading into work, I would be set!!!!
Modeling the N&W freelanced at the height of their steam era in HO.
Daniel G.
Collecting antique fire apparatus, 56 International Harwick & a 56 Chevrolet LaFrance, and model railroading ( N scale )
One of my main hobbies is Rail Fanning around my home town, and around the Wisconsin Area.
My Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/JR7582 My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcfan/
I still play a few computer games, mostly military simulation like Harpoon, or Civilization-type games.
Even at 60, I play ice hockey, and ski black diamond slopes, with the occasional double-black thrown in just to keep me on my toes. In the summer I bike, both road and mountain.
I used to play rock guitar, but I gave my axe (a 67 Fender Jaguar) to my teenage daughter, who takes it seriously and is getting very good at it. In my younger days, I played in a dorm band with Tom Scholz, who went on to form the group Boston.
Oh, and I like to cook, too. Just finished a great steak, with baked potato, brussel sprouts and garlic bread, topped with a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. The girls are away this weekend, so this one was just for me.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Building/Flying RC aircraft. . .
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Fun topic idea.
Once did lots of the balsa plane kits and RC, but all toothpicks now. Did one RC, all wood, sailboat. I am very proud of that one and still have it.
I was, once, avid in handgun target shooting. Flies at 15 yards are much safer now than they used to be because my eyes are not what they used to be. Yet, I insist on N-scale-- go figure.
Crews
winter time...trains.....(and home reno's when my wife catches me off guard)
In the summer time...MOTORCYCLES.....Lucky for me......the wife LOVES to ride
We think trains are expensive......2 tires for my bike......$600.00...yikes...how many locos is that?
Hello everyone, some of my other interests include my career as a camera opertor and editor for sports, entertrainment and about anything else under the sun. I also play ice hockey and am a fan of it, snowboarding, motocross, sportbikes and traveling!
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
dale8chevyss wrote:I forgot to mention my girlfriend. She is my first and favorite hobby.
Whoa.......
Anyways, since you asked me, I'll give you my point of mine.
What a TON of people fail to realise about our hobby is that you can combine ANY hobby with model railroading. If you like golfing, put a golf course on your layout! If you like the Carsystem,
Put a freeway on your layout!
Like shipbuilding?
Just goes to show that you can integrate any hobby onto a layout.
Enjoyed my first train set at age 4 which got me started into model trains.
Progressing through the years I built model cars and military air planes from 6-7 years old through my early 20's.
At 19 I bought a used 1968 Pontiac GTO that I passed down to my son-in-law a coupld of years ago. That was one of the more expensive hobbies, if you want to call it that, that I've been into.
From my early teens to present I have been bass and trout fishing.
In the 60's I had several slot car tracks in the HO and 1/32 scale variety.
In the late 80's early 90's I was heavily competitive in R/C car racing, on road and off road. I ran a R/C hobby shop and did a great deal of building, painting and tweeking the cars.
During the mid 90's I hooked up with the owner of the hobby shop and he built three large slot car tracks that I helped run and was a competitior in several classes.
In 1989 my Wife and I were introduced to camping. That progressed to buying a 5th wheel camper which is still camping somewhat but more like your home away from home. We take about 10 trips a year.
Finally in 2005 I got the model trains bug again and since I've built one small temporary layout and am currently in the process of building a 14'x16' layout with a 7' staging area.
Bill
What a true statement, I'm an EMT and I have a good size ambulance station and about 6 ambulances that I will incorporate into my layout, I couldn't find a good Ambulance station so I reworked an old bank model that did the job.
So I guess we can blend any of our passions into our MRR ing...cool!
Derrick Moore wrote:Anyways, since you asked me, I'll give you my point of mine.What a TON of people fail to realise about our hobby is that you can combine ANY hobby with model railroading.
What a TON of people fail to realise about our hobby is that you can combine ANY hobby with model railroading.
No, you can't. I'm into ATSF and Star Wars. It is impossible to combine a realistic depiction of the Santa Fe in Deming, NM with a Jedi, a Wookie or the Millenium Falcon. Trust me, I have thought of every possible scenerio.
And yes, for those of you wondering, I am dork.
Check out the Deming Sub by clicking on the pics:
One of my other hobbies is music, or more precisely, rock 'n' roll. I've being playing rock guitar for over thirty years, and over the last decade I've gotten into writing and recording my own music. I've done three solo albums so far and I'm working on a fourth.
Another hobby of mine is electronic emergency vehicle sirens. I have a small collection of sirens that I grew up listening to (kind of a weird nostalgia thing). Some of the sirens were made back in the 1960s, and they sound a whole lot different than the sirens we hear today.
Other hobbies include art (I've been drawing as far back as I can remember, and since I was twelve years old I've been drawing train pictures) and writing (four unpublished novels).