Check out this really cool layout on eBay!

[stokesda]

I was surfing through eBay looking for train stuff, when I stumbled upon this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Train-Set-Table-Living-Room-Family-Room_W0QQitemZ4417699525QQcategoryZ12515QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

No way I can afford it, but I thought it was so cool I just had to share it with you guys. From the size and everything, it looks like it's N-scale? (I model HO, so I don't have a good feel for how big an N layout is)

Maybe if I win the lottery between now and Saturday afternoon, I'll bid on it! [:p]

[davekelly]

This guy must be quite the woodworker. The table itself looks to be a fantastic job. I don't think he'll find a seller, however.

[1shado1]

Very nice. But $18,000.00? What's this guy smoking?[:D]

Jeff

[brothaslide]

I could buy a pretty decent car for $18,000.

[rolleiman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by stokesda

I was surfing through eBay looking for train stuff, when I stumbled upon this:


No way I can afford it, but I thought it was so cool I just had to share it with you guys. From the size and everything, it looks like it's N-scale? (I model HO, so I don't have a good feel for how big an N layout is)

Maybe if I win the lottery between now and Saturday afternoon, I'll bid on it! [:p]

I'll build you one for Half that..... [:D]

[chateauricher]

$18,000 !?!?!? [:O] [:O] [:O] And its not even DCC !!! [V]

[ereimer]

aww come on , 18k isn't a bad price , it includes delivery which is going to be huge because the layout is in hawaii , and the builder comes along to show you how to run it

LOL

[AggroJones]

Isn't $18,000 a little steep?

[fiatfan]

And what does it cost to fly from Hawaii and stay in a motel for 2-3 days?

Tom

[Anonymous]

Maybe if he drops his price abit. With this sort of item you rarely get what you put into it (ask a hot rodder)

[selector]

That is a very interesting, well made layout. I like it a lot..he/she has accomplished a great deal in that small space. I would pay between $3-4K for that, but no more...assuming I had the dough.

[Anonymous]

I agree with most of you guys. It is nice, but for me it is not $18,000 worth of nice. I think for 18K I could build something I would be far happier with. Probably I could build something I liked better for less than half of that.

[Anonymous]

I definately could build something I liked better at a fraction of the price. If I could afford to drop 18K on trains all at once, I'd check with Dunam Studios or some pro and see what they could come up with.

[krump]

at least one too many zeros (but that's nothing anyway, right?)

[MisterBeasley]

He'll sell it to some Internet millionaire who got out before the bubble burst. Unfortunately, the only kind of person who will pay this much for a layout is someone who really won't appreciate it.

It takes 2 adults to open the top. I suppose that means you have to call a friend over to fix a derailment. (Oh, silly me! The servants can do that!)

[Anonymous]

How stupis is this? You could do that whole setup for less than 500 bucks.

[ereimer]

for 18k US i could renovate my basement to give me double the space i have now AND build a really nice layout

[Anonymous]

This is pretty crazy.

I know I've seen plans available for a similar, if not identical, setup and you could have a local carpenter build it for you for a few hundred bucks if you didn't have the skills to do it. Then a few hundred more for the railroad stuff, plus the pleasure of doing it...

Just doesn't make sense.

Mike Tennent

[ICRR1964]

WOW! Thats allot of coin! I do allot of woodworking and cabinet building, He used what looks like Tiger Maple, which is hard to find! It is a really nice peice of work the whole thing! It might be caught up in a estate and a freind is trying to sell it for a family member. I bought a very old HO layout, it was 16ft by 10ft on a auction a couple of years ago, also got all the extras, engines, cars, buildings, parts........ you name it! The extras was over a full size pickup load, I paid $750 for the whole thing, there were over 150 engines alone, that were Athearn &Atlas! I spent most of all of 4 weeks sorting, and sold most of it in large potions through a freind who goes to allot of train shows, and swap meets!

$18k Thats what I paid for my new kitchen addition, and I made my own cabinets!

[Anonymous]

Still not a single bid on it as of 10:00amEST...

[Anonymous]

18,000 ouch, no wonder there is 0 bidders

[Anonymous]

I gotta be honest, when I read the thread before clicking the link, I was expecting a _WHOLE_ lot more to it - even with the observations about the price being high. When I did click the link, I was shocked. It's a very nice little layout, but I gotta agree - $18K is WWWWAAAAAY over the top.

[Anonymous]

I did a couple of quick checks on internet sites and it would appear that $2,500 - $3,000 MIGHT be a more appropriate price w/o shipping.

But hey, if he does get 18 K, I might retire and go into new line of business. [:D]

Mike Tennent

[stokesda]

When I found this, I didn't give much thought to the price other than to think to myself, "Too much for me." It is way over the top, though. If some of you are right, and you can build something like that for $5K or less, it makes me think he didn't make it himself, and paid a pretty hefty price for it in the first place. Heck, if it only costs a few thousand, I just might make one myself someday! [:)]

I wonder how much of the $18K is wrapped up in the seller personally flying to the buyer's house and staying a few days? I guess he wants to fly first class and stay at the Hilton or something? Maybe he's also including a hourly labor fee, too?

[Train 284]

Looks really cool. But 18,000 is a little outta my price range. But it is not a bad price like ereimer said.

[Anonymous]

I think ereimer is right. For that kind of $$ I would rather put a layout in throughout the entire basement.

[Anonymous]

Note the downtown buildings. Looks like they are right "out of the box". I don't think a mega-bucks person would pay more than $8,000.

[trainfreek92]

!!!!!! that guy is smoking!!!! he will never get 18,000 for it... maybe 5,000 but thats it. Tim

[bikerraypa]

in the sixth picture down, there appear to be two disembodied human feet leaning against the table. Also, if the seller is going to be staying 2-3 days, I hope he plans on a hotel room instead of shacking up with the customer. [:D]

[espeefoamer]

At $18,000 he could at least include shipping[:0][xx(].For that kind of money, I could buy a car,and then build a killer HO layout besides.