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30 And Under Model Railroaders - Question?

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Posted by Geared Steam on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 6:26 PM

Whistling  Or his smart phone was dropped and he is lost without it  Big Smile

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Posted by ACY Tom on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 6:07 PM

I don't know about being overly sensitive. If he doesn't want my input, that means I don't have to spend my time giving it. I was curious about the age limit, but I'm too old to care much. I can understand questions that have to do with different points of view because of age differences, and I can understand asking responders to give their age so their perspective can be understood in that context. What I don't understand is a thread that specifically excludes any particular age group.

In any case, I'll be eligible for the over-70 forum in a couple months. Can't wait. When that happens, I won't have to eat Thanksgiving Dinner at the kids' table any more.

I had also noticed that the OP hasn't been heard from. Maybe he got lost. That's what happens when you use GPS. Folks over 30 know how to read paper maps. A useful skill. But I digress.........

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Posted by rrebell on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 12:43 PM

notice the original poster has not replied

 

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Posted by the old train man on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 11:34 AM

This thread has given me an Idea, maybe Ill post a thread for over 70 modelers.................just kiddingBig Smile

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Posted by Doughless on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 9:50 AM

IRONROOSTER
 
Doughless

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The OP asked the question that excludes people over 30, which includes me...because he wanted too.  Big deal.

 

 

 

But everybody can still chime in anyway.Whistling

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Paul

 

Just pointing out the oversensitive nature of a lot of folks on this board.

I'm over 30.  My opinion doesn't count.  And it doesn't count solely because I'm over 30.  I'm okay with that.....

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 9:08 AM

Doughless

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The OP asked the question that excludes people over 30, which includes me...because he wanted too.  Big deal.

 

But everybody can still chime in anyway.Whistling

Enjoy

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Posted by Onewolf on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 7:53 AM

ACY

I still don't get the exclusion of us old coots over 30. I think I could tell you about that Hudson kit and why it's not available any more, but you've said you don't care to hear from my generation. You guys seem to be happy knowing it all.

Tom

 

He's planning to deliver product. But not for 50 years.  Ergo he needs responses from his target market that will still be around.  :)

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Posted by fieryturbo on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 12:25 AM
Is age or how long they've been modeling actually more important?

I'm 35, so I don't really count, but I would prefer a kit over an assembled freight car for cost savings. I'd like to buy new, but I buy used because I can get things in quantity. I can get decent used Bachmann trsin cars at shows for $2.50 a car. After new wheels and couplers, it's about $4.50, but they're new wheels and couplers. If I could get a new kit for $7-8, I'd be tempted, but like others have said, this hobby is as expensive as you make it.

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Posted by TheWizard on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 5:25 PM

Something esoteric and unique, definitely something uncommon. Maybe an F7? ;)

Actually, I wouldn't mind a Alco FA-1, as they have only been made by MTH in the past 15 years, and are hardly economical for a fleet engine.

Really though, I wouldn't care so much about the model, and more about the price point and availability of spare/detail parts. If I could build more blue-box models, I would, but unassembled ones tend to be too expensive in my area, for what you get.

I'd be okay with steam engines, too, but only if the wheels came pre-assembled!

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Posted by Geared Steam on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 10:11 AM

tstage

Since the NYC bureaucrats didn't save a single one: A New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson...in 1:1 scale. Big Smile

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Posted by Doughless on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 8:41 AM

I belong to several forums...some involving different topics than hobbies.

And I'll have to say...this forum seems to have some of the most sensitive people on it, or at least people that feel no inhibition to claim their sensitivities to the reading world...involving a variey of threads and topics over the years.

The OP asked the question that excludes people over 30, which includes me...because he wanted too.  Big deal.

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Posted by Mheetu on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 6:56 AM

29 I miss the days of browser steam kits and roundhouse old timer kits ( still got one that a 2-6-0 old timer unassembled ) but if a company is going release a new kit.  I want to see a Northern Pacific 4-8-0 twelve wheeler. And hopefully it come dcc conversion friendly.

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Monday, December 7, 2015 5:59 AM

ACY

I still don't get the exclusion of us old coots over 30. I think I could tell you about that Hudson kit and why it's not available any more, but you've said you don't care to hear from my generation. You guys seem to be happy knowing it all.

Tom

We're chopped liver.  Heck, I was chopped liver when I was in my twenties too!  Besides, if you can remember back that far, yes to what you said.

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Posted by pt714 on Sunday, December 6, 2015 9:55 PM

I'm curious about the age restriction too-- I put in my two cents already, but why only younger modelers? Is there a study going on? Or a surprise coming for all of us? Gift

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Posted by rrebell on Sunday, December 6, 2015 8:32 PM

Too old to answer but if you are looking for a product to make, how about conversion kits, hard to find a well detailed camelback, even in brass without spending alot, same with a cab forward. 

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Posted by ACY Tom on Sunday, December 6, 2015 6:47 PM

I still don't get the exclusion of us old coots over 30. I think I could tell you about that Hudson kit and why it's not available any more, but you've said you don't care to hear from my generation. You guys seem to be happy knowing it all.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 6, 2015 6:37 PM

Da Stumer
Are you thinking of the plastic Revell Monogram kits? They are pretty cheap, but they are stationary models. Molded color, put on some stickers, that is how I think they are.

No there were actually working Hudson Kits at one time.  My uncle built one.  It disappeared somehow around the time my grandparents moved.  I had the pleasure of running that steam locomotive. 

At an under 30 age of 28,  I would like to see partially assembled steam kits.  Sort of like a build your car (auto manufacturer) website.  You select the options, ie Walschaerts, Southern, Stephenson or Baker vavle gear (this is my biggest grief with model railroad manufacturers); cylinder size; dome size for steam and sand; type of feedwater heater; number of drivers and size; type of trailing truck; tender style and size; and the list goes on and on.  The box goes down the assembly line and the parts and decals get put in and shipped to your LHS or home.

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Posted by Da Stumer on Sunday, December 6, 2015 5:46 PM

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I'm 29...  I could have bought the UP Big Boy locomotive kit for $30 for memory serves me right. Was there a NYC Hudson kit also? I can't remember, both were HO Scale.

Are you thinking of the plastic Revell Monogram kits? They are pretty cheap, but they are stationary models. Molded color, put on some stickers, that is how I think they are.

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Posted by angelob6660 on Sunday, December 6, 2015 4:54 PM

I'm 29... 

I could have bought the UP Big Boy locomotive kit for $30 for memory serves me right. Was there a NYC Hudson kit also? I can't remember, both were HO Scale.

I'm afraid I'm a little to old to build a locomotive kit with fine details attached to it.Maybe someday but not now.

If I was going to build a steam engine kit, it would be 1:1 scale live steam with a few cars. I got the backyard for it. If money wasn't a option.

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Posted by pt714 on Sunday, December 6, 2015 3:47 PM

RDG Casey

Turned 30 in October, I make my own engines. That being said, steam with 50 and 55 inch drivers (small drivers are limited options) also frames with spaced rear drivers would be nice 6 and 8 coupled. Though it's just another thing to learn.

 

Seconded on steam kits with 50-55" drivers.

26 here.

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Posted by hon30critter on Sunday, December 6, 2015 12:30 AM

As a person who is getting taller than his hair line I have to say that I totally resent being left out of this thread!Smile, Wink & GrinLaughLaughLaughLaugh!

Just in case you might be interested, I would like to see steam kits like Tyco used to release, but with the technology brought up to modern standards. I prefer smaller locomotives over the behemoths.

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Posted by RDG Casey on Saturday, December 5, 2015 9:39 PM

Turned 30 in October, I make my own engines. That being said, steam with 50 and 55 inch drivers (small drivers are limited options) also frames with spaced rear drivers would be nice 6 and 8 coupled. Though it's just another thing to learn.

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Posted by tstage on Saturday, December 5, 2015 9:36 PM

Since the NYC bureaucrats didn't save a single one: A New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson...in 1:1 scale. Big Smile

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Posted by cats think well of me on Saturday, December 5, 2015 9:19 PM

I'm a little older then your cutoff age (I'm 32). But I'd love to see locomotive kits, and some combination of brass, resin, diecast metal. As in, whatever material works best for the application. I'd like it if there were kits for steam engines like what they have in Britain. Etched brass, well-detailed, nice to build I have heard. 

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Posted by Trainman440 on Saturday, December 5, 2015 5:48 PM

Well I am 14 and being a pretty good model railroader, I want to see some PRR loco kits (like the G5, a5, etc) in plastic. I know Bowser makes some, but I think plastic is so much easier to work with. And I would love to see them at the detail level of Branchline trains car kits( I've built 3 of them and modified them to run on 22" curves Stick out tongue). 

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Saturday, December 5, 2015 4:38 PM

ricktrains4824

I'm 29, so I will toss in my answer.

Athearn BB locomotives is as far into "kit" locomotives I would ever want. 

No full kit style ones. (Unless they were way, way, way cheaper. Emphasis on way cheaper.)

 

Well, there's the rub.  With the cheap labor overseas there isn't much price diffference. 

I have bought a full 2-8-0 kit in S scale without DCC or sound for the same price as a 2-8-0 RTR with DCC and Tsunami sound.  (The reason for buying the kit is that it is for the Ma&Pa which I model and the RTR was for the B&O.  Otherwise I would not have bought the kit - BTW the kit is no longer available)

So I don't expect to see any more locomotive kits.

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Posted by ricktrains4824 on Saturday, December 5, 2015 12:14 PM

I'm 29, so I will toss in my answer.

Athearn BB locomotives is as far into "kit" locomotives I would ever want. 

No full kit style ones. (Unless they were way, way, way cheaper. Emphasis on way cheaper.)

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Posted by Da Stumer on Saturday, December 5, 2015 11:12 AM

I'm 14, so I suppose I'm eligible to answer. I would like to see steam loco kits like the old mantua, Tyco, and MDC. Or at least have something like the athearn blue box kits, although I don't know how much that constitutes to being called a kit.

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Posted by Jimmy_Braum on Saturday, December 5, 2015 9:52 AM

Well, I assume he meant sell.  Im 24 and no, not interested in a full kit for a locomotive... The user applied parts that Kato does is excellent.

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