some great modeling, tips and hints, and the hot topics.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
I enjoy reading about the unavailability of Atlas track and people's fondness for Athearn blue-box kits. Can't get enough of either topic!
The pictures of the work of others have made me a better modeler. I was doing "good enough" work until I started looking at the stuff we see here every day. That raised the bar, and made me push myself harder. My own layout now has to meet higher standards to be "good enough."
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Bear,
Great topic.
For me, the forum still holds the cachet of that special something I felt when I'd crack open that fresh edition of MR when it arrived on store shelves more than 4 decades ago. Learning from others here is important, but so is being able to give back what I can. This builds a community of interest that we all share, whatever our prototype, era, or particular skill set. It shows that we all can participate, no matter our level of expertise, finding enjoyment as we develop our own expression of this art.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Consolation in knowing I am not the only person spending piles of money and countless hours of my life on something that won't put food on the table, just a smile on my face. Thats enough...
Modeling B&O in the early 50's.
JaBear,
“You only get out what you put in”
I base My Life on that statement. So when it comes to the forums or really most anything for that matter, it becomes second nature.
Sort of like '' Do onto other's as you would have them do onto you''.
But I will freely admit, I do bite my tongue, or at least try to, a lot of times. I try to remember, they say ''patience, is a virtue''.
Take Care!
Frank
Knowledge.
Inspiration.
A little insecurity that so many others' skills are so superior to mine.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Inspiration to try things I wound not otherwise have considered possible at my experience level. Encouragement from others. Confidence I won't get stuck without some advice on what direction to take on an issue; reduces blind trial and error (guesswork) experimentation. Also satisfaction when I can share something that will help another (as I have been helped).
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Lurkers won't reply?
I get out of this forum....
Great pics, lots of inspiration,knowledge,history and oh yea LAUGHS.
Wish I had the talent of just a few of you guy's. The more I LURK the better I get.
Keep up the good work!
Jerry
richhotrain replied: I get answers to my questions. When I can, I provide answers to others with their questions.
I get answers to my questions.
When I can, I provide answers to others with their questions.
Yeah, what he said. But wait! There's more!
I get ideas. I get inspiration, particularly from WPF and Show Me. And, I get companionship over in the Diner. Back in days of olde, in the early days of the Internet, some pundit spoke of the development of "Virtual Communities." I didn't quite understand what he was predicting, and I'm not sure he did, either, but now I know.
Rich
P.S. Don't ya love Ja Bear with these thought provoking threads?
Alton Junction
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."