How Many Women Are In Model Railroading?

[Anonymous]

PS. My ex not only would have liked to see it burn to the ground, she would have cheerfully poured the gasoline and struck the match! Maybe that's one of the reasons she is now my ex...[xx(]

[Anonymous]

My girlfriend does fantastic scenery. She used to do floral arrangements and when she saw what was needed came up with all these ideas of using dried floral materials from the 'ladies craft' stores combined with Woodland Scenics foliage and various paints to make all different kinds of trees, shrubs and bushes in both summer and fall colours. She ran dried moss through the blender and added various paints to make forest ground covers. Made sidewalks from painted styrene and roads from ashphalt mix and white glue. Even built a few plastic houses and a train station from model kits and showed me how much nicer they look when painted before assembling.

The visual effects on the layouts are stunning! I'm the engineer; she is the artist.

[Anonymous]

My girlfriend does fantastic scenery. She used to do floral arrangements and when she saw what was needed came up with all these ideas of using dried floral materials from the 'ladies craft' stores combined with Woodland Scenics foliage and various paints to make all different kinds of trees, shrubs and bushes in both summer and fall colours. She ran dried moss through the blender and added various paints to make forest ground covers. Made sidewalks from painted styrene and roads from ashphalt mix and white glue. Even built a few plastic houses and a train station from model kits and showed me how much nicer they look when painted before assembling.

The visual effects on the layouts are stunning! I'm the engineer; she is the artist.

[Anonymous]

Rather than do a poll, I thought I would throw out these questions. How many women are actively involved in this hobby.? I'd like to hear from any women out there who are in this hobby. What part of this hobby do you like? Do you belong to a club? Do you have your own railroad module or layout? If your husband/boyfriend is in this hobby, do both of your work on the same things or do you have different areas of interest?

I never knew much about model railroading until I met my boyfriend. It wasn't until he convinced me to try my hand at doing scenery that I really got into it. We have different areas of interest, therefore, we don't lock horns. I just do scenery and he does the rest. It gives us a common interest.

What about you guys out there? If your wife/girlfriend is into model railroading, what part of this hobby does she like to do? Or if she isn't into this hobby does she accept that you have this hobby or is at least supportive? Or would she rather it burned to the ground? (A little humor there, but you can answer honestly if you like - you can even vent, it's good for the soul sometimes)

This isn't about playing the gender card. I just would like to hear from or about other women who are in this hobby and their experiences.

Look forward to hearing from you!

Judy
Dallas, TX

[Anonymous]

Rather than do a poll, I thought I would throw out these questions. How many women are actively involved in this hobby.? I'd like to hear from any women out there who are in this hobby. What part of this hobby do you like? Do you belong to a club? Do you have your own railroad module or layout? If your husband/boyfriend is in this hobby, do both of your work on the same things or do you have different areas of interest?

I never knew much about model railroading until I met my boyfriend. It wasn't until he convinced me to try my hand at doing scenery that I really got into it. We have different areas of interest, therefore, we don't lock horns. I just do scenery and he does the rest. It gives us a common interest.

What about you guys out there? If your wife/girlfriend is into model railroading, what part of this hobby does she like to do? Or if she isn't into this hobby does she accept that you have this hobby or is at least supportive? Or would she rather it burned to the ground? (A little humor there, but you can answer honestly if you like - you can even vent, it's good for the soul sometimes)

This isn't about playing the gender card. I just would like to hear from or about other women who are in this hobby and their experiences.

Look forward to hearing from you!

Judy
Dallas, TX