I believe Medina had the best idea (although there were a lot of good ones). Budget your self. My weakness is the shake the box models that are on sale. They seem to be costing more and I have several I haven't assembled yet. I'm now teaching my grand sons to assemble them. They are 10 & 8. They've already done some and have enjoyed it.
Let's call the "sickness" what it really is - lust!
TX Zepher, reason it is doubled spaced is because that is a inventory I have on the keyboard thigie to sort of keep track.
Slector, funny you brought up a PRR T1, guess what I am after now? That and a Big Boy and Challanger and a 2-8-8-2 I saw by PK2.
Sometimes I think I enjoy the quest more than having it. Every hobby I get into I need the biggest, most powerfull, the most of or the fastest. Car was the main thing I have done. Do I really need a 69 Charger with a supercharged 440 that make 685 HP at 5200 RPM's? Well no, don't need to get to work that fast! But yet, I bulit one. Do I need a Audiophile grade Stereo system in the garage with 600 watts a side? No, but yet again I have one. As far as coins, yep I am a Numismatic as well and have a 1916 D Mercury Dime (barss big boy for none coin people) EF-50.
This may be little deep for this posting, but I think part of the blame needs to go to my step dad. No matter what I did, he did better. I got B's in school (not for spelling) he would point out he got A's. In boy scouts I was Life, but yet he was a Eagle Scout. Coins, well is collection is worth well over $700,000.00. Only thing I have bested him on as been Stereo Gear ( his mac's sound good tho) and HP Cars. Smacked around the Shelby GT 350 pretty bad with the Road Ruuner, 426 Max power.
OH well, good to see I am not the only person that is not right out there. Time to run some trains.
Think the best advise so far is stop buying and work on the bench!
Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken wrote:I am a Numismatic as well and have a 1916 D Mercury Dime.
Only thing I have bested him on as been Stereo Gear ( his mac's sound good tho)
and HP Cars. Smacked around the Shelby GT 350 pretty bad with the Road Ruuner, 426 Max power.
But to your over arching isssue, it seems you are trying to best your father at what he is good at, instead of focusing on what you are good at. Could I ever even hope to best my father at accounting - no, but why would I want to. That is not in my personality profile.
Hey Ken,
Nope....No known cure except for lack of money!
I am glad that I have this hobby. To be sure, it one of those hobbies that you can pack away one year and then come back to it like you've not lost a beat. My Wife was marvelling the other night that she enjoyed hearing me and our Grand Son being downstairs running the trains. He's has his favorite engines that he like to run, and I've been allowing him to pick up the rolling stock to run behind the engines. He want to be involved and he still enjoys it. He's actually a joy to have down there.
Looking at the way my fleet of engines has grown this year, I am running out of space on my 4x8 layout to park everything. And horrors!!!! I've even though about putting some of the stuff on EBAY to sell. That is when I say "I" have too much stuff. Of course I get well grounded when I see some of the other lists here that are yards longer than my own! LOL!
Chris
I only have around 6 engines and about 30 rolling stock because I'm only 15 and don't have a job yet, but with the minimum wage pay increases, maybe getting a job as a teen is a good thing for my hobby!
beegle55
NO ... no cure as such . My wife keeps catching me on ebay bidding and throws the usual threats ... LOL I tell her " Oh that's the same one I did'nt get and am trying to bid again on another " . God does forgive lil white lies does'nt he ? That nasty eyeball she gives me that only a woman can give is probably the one saint peter will give me !
Beegle55, more then likely you have good taste in gear. But if you are looking for some cars and engines we can talk. I have some Old Atheans BB engines that more than likely will never see track time again on my board. All so the same with rolling stock as well. Nothing fancy mind you but with some work the cheap LL and Bachmans will roll as well as the good stuff. My BLI Class J is draging 25 OLD DUTCH HOPPER'S made by TYCO, Kadee boxes and PK wheels added and pull as well as the Athearns.
I rather pass them on to someone here than let them sit.
Let me know here on this posting if you want to talk then PM me. Not working and being 15 you will be able to afford them! Larry that does not most to much helped me out with a MRC 2500 when I could not afford a new thottel, what goes around comes around.
Cuda Ken
Darn Tex, you into coins as well? Never started the Liberty Quarter collection, knew that was out of my buget for good ones. Very poor and low stampings, ware very quickly.
I forget the MAC dad has, but I think his weak link is the Pok speakers and my strong point is my DQ 10's and Adcom Mono Blocks to drive them. Carver 4000 T preamp help's the sound stage as well.
As far as his GT 350, well it was on a country road we both know well, on the twisty's he could pull a little on me but I just plain over powered him on anything a little straight. His engine is far from being stock, around 400 HP. My Maxie is, well over that, around 520 at 7800 RPM's. As far as the BOSS 429, they taste good BBQ. To little fuel and cam and way to big of ports in the heads. Stock, as soon as the start making power they run out of gas and fall on there faces.
cudaken wrote:I forget the MAC dad has, but I think his weak link is the Pok speakers and my strong point is my DQ 10's and Adcom Mono Blocks to drive them. Carver 4000 T preamp help's the sound stage as well.
cudaken wrote:To little fuel and cam and way to big of ports in the heads. Stock, as soon as the start making power they run out of gas and fall on there faces.