MAbruce wrote: Sorry, but haven't we had enough of this issue after 17 or so pages on the other topic (which is still going)?
Sorry, but haven't we had enough of this issue after 17 or so pages on the other topic (which is still going)?
Possibly, but I don't see it as the same topic. Related yes, but not the same.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Sorry, but haven't we had enough of this issue after 13 or so pages on the other topic (which is still going)?
CNJ831 wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: Probably the second most common post on this site has to do with the high cost of Model Railroading. I say it doesn't matter. What I am saying is that whether or no you can afford model railroading is based upon you thoughts about it. If you constantly think of how you can't afford model railroading you will not be able to afford it. If you think about how easy it is to come by what you need, that will be the way it happens. What you think manifests. A classic "newbie's" outlook on whether or not the hobby really is becoming less affordable or that the idea arrises simply out of an individual's take on matters. Wait until you are in the hobby for a decade or two instead of just 18 months, Chip, and then, after watching the prices of items you want/need spiral ever higher (as they have during the past decade more than at any time in the last 50 years) and out of reach of your dispossable income bracket, come back to assess your statements. I'll guarantee you'll have a much more sobering outlook on the matter once you've gained some experience. CNJ831
SpaceMouse wrote: Probably the second most common post on this site has to do with the high cost of Model Railroading. I say it doesn't matter. What I am saying is that whether or no you can afford model railroading is based upon you thoughts about it. If you constantly think of how you can't afford model railroading you will not be able to afford it. If you think about how easy it is to come by what you need, that will be the way it happens. What you think manifests.
Probably the second most common post on this site has to do with the high cost of Model Railroading. I say it doesn't matter.
What I am saying is that whether or no you can afford model railroading is based upon you thoughts about it. If you constantly think of how you can't afford model railroading you will not be able to afford it. If you think about how easy it is to come by what you need, that will be the way it happens. What you think manifests.
A classic "newbie's" outlook on whether or not the hobby really is becoming less affordable or that the idea arrises simply out of an individual's take on matters.
Wait until you are in the hobby for a decade or two instead of just 18 months, Chip, and then, after watching the prices of items you want/need spiral ever higher (as they have during the past decade more than at any time in the last 50 years) and out of reach of your dispossable income bracket, come back to assess your statements. I'll guarantee you'll have a much more sobering outlook on the matter once you've gained some experience.
CNJ831
If you read what I am saying, you'll see that the Law of Attraction has little to do with Model Railroading and more to do with liviing life.
You choose to see everything I say as insignificant because I have been in the hobby for only a short time. This allows you the opportunity to miss the point of what I am saying. Life is how you envision it, so you see me as flittering twerp. What you envision is your reality. Change your vision and a whole new world opens up.
As for the changing cost of living. If you think you can afford it you can. If you think you can't you can't. Either way you are right. I've made my choice and you yours.
GearDrivenSteam wrote:I say compare it to other hobbies. It's probably right in line....or in my case way cheaper than some or most. Model Railroading replaced drag racing for me, so it's a no brainer. It's way cheaper than drag racing. Not only that, but my wife has actually become involved with my hobby.
--to say nothing of the reduced costs for insurances.
It all depends on what's on my givens-n-druthers list. If one of my 'givens' was to keep up with the Joneses regarding layout size and latest/greatest technology, I probably would need to take out a second mortgage to pay for it all.
OTOH, I can always find a way to comfortably afford a layout that's good enough just for me and my 7yr-old daughter [the only other family member interested in my trains].
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
A wise man once said,
"Whether you think you can
or you think you can't
you are right."
It is as easy as that. Or as difficult.
In other words, you can be in control of your world, or a victim of it--it all depends on how you visualize it.
If you think you can't afford it, you are right.
If you think you can afford it, you are right.
Writing about it makes you even more right.
The Law of Attraction works no matter what your income level. If you visualize what you desire as if it is already yours, you will get it.