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Things that 5 out of 5 Model Railroaders Agree Upon

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Posted by NittanyLion on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:31 AM

dknelson

5 out of 5 agree: their scale is the best scale.  

Dave Nelson

 

I wouldn't. I like HO, but I'm not sure I'd say it is the best. Best has too many qualifiers for any blanket statements. 

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Posted by agrasyuk on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:19 PM

BigDaddy
  • You can't have too many feeders.
  • If you've overbuilt using 2x4"s or even 2x6"s, you can't admit it

 

I think the idea was to find indisputable points man ) I can surely disagree with the above :)

Feeders closer the 6 feet apart is overkill. I built my first layout benchwork with 2x4s. 

ThereI did it, lol

 

Regards

Anton.

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Posted by azrail on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:25 PM

BroadwayLion

5 out of 5 agree that cat litter makes wonderful ballast.

 Unless you have cats.

ROAR

 

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Posted by ROBERT PETRICK on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:54 PM

I think that five out of five model railroaders would agree that you can't get five MRRs to agree on anything. This forum pretty much proves that every day.

If there were five MRRs in a room discussing some topic, any topic, regarding model railroading, there'd be six different opinions.

Robert

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Posted by FRRYKid on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:03 PM

riogrande5761

Five out of five modelers agree that brass track is great.

Not this modeler. I only use Nickel Silver.

Wolf359

I think 5 out of 5 would probably agree that there's no such thing as having too many locomotives or too much rolling stock.

30+ locos and 150-160 rolling stock would tend to make me agree.Big Smile

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 3:24 PM

Wolf359
I think 5 out of 5 would probably agree that there's no such thing as having too many locomotives or too much rolling stock.

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I am going to modify this one to match my condition...

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5 out of 5 would agree that even though you know you have too much rolling stock and/or locomotives, you should go ahead and buy that one you have your eye on anyway.

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I always do... and I know there is too much to do already.

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-Kevin

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Living the dream.

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Posted by joe323 on Thursday, November 8, 2018 6:22 AM

Rip Track
Posted by chutton01 on Monday, November 05, 2018 9:20 AM

4.75 out of 5 single male model railroaders know NOT to mention model railroading on the first meet-up with a lady you'd like to know better as there is a less than 5% chance that will end well, so go the preferred route of easing her into that knowledge over time.

 

Great post.

Lucky for me, the model railroading disease went dormant during my teens, then came back full blown during my thirties, after I met, courted, and finally married my wife. Moving into our first home triggered the relapse.

 

It was my wife's family that re-ignited the MR bug in me.

Joe Staten Island West 

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