pet peeves

[FThunder11]

when my brother messes with my model. when he gets in there and im not there once i come back then at least one car is derailed and none of the rolling stock is together and the layout is a mess. and my parents wont do anything to stop him.

[Anonymous]

Spending weeks scratch building something giving it all the attention to detail possible. Measuring the photos, working out the prototype size then convert the measuements to scale, cutting the pieces, assembling and detialing, mixing and re-mixing paint to get that exact color, weathering it and making sure it looks exactly like the prototype in the photo. Then, with the pride of new parents you show off your new baby only to have them say -- "that's nice" -- and go on looking at other things. My guess is that as a non-modeler they just don't understand all the blood, sweat and tears that go into creating something from photographs.

[eastcoast]

My layout is on the lower level of my house.
I guess you can call it a basement, but is not.
A pet peeve; MOLD SPORES .
OH, and something else;
I DO NOT " PLAY " WITH MY TRAINS !

[Anonymous]

Let's watch the " CHOO-CHOO " trains..........EVERY time I hear that the hair on the back of my neck stands up.

" PLAYING " with trains........I'm 43, God forbid someone understand modelling or OPERATING sessions........

[Hawks05]

i've never seen an actually steam locomotive carry people for more than 4 miles. when i was probably 6-7 years old we went on vacation and we took a ride on a steam locomotive for mayb e4-5 miles. it was really loud thats all i remember. man thats only 12 years ago and i can't remember anything.

[Jetrock]

Hey, now.

Trains ARE cute.

Even the full-sized ones.

The importance and impact of the steam locomotive on our culture is affirmed by the mere fact that no north American three-year-old living today has ever seen a steam engine running in revenue passenger or freight service, and in many cases has never seen one at all, but if you ask any three-year-old living today what sound a train makes, they will all say "choo-choo!"

[Hawks05]

my only one is finding something i like on ebay to only watch the thing go sky high after i'm the high bidder. there was a sweet GP40 Milwaukee Road locomotive for like $10 i was going to win i was the high bidder. i come home from school and the thing is like $25. that sucks.

thats all for now. just getting out bid on stuff or at a show and find something i like to only come back 5 minutes later and its gone. that really sucks. i was going to get a CSX switcher. came back 5 minutes later and it was gone. oh well. i'll find one later.

[Anonymous]

Mine is having all the componets of a kit laid out and fully up to speed with the assembly prodecure. Just when the one part (the most critical to kit) is being put on with both hands, a gripper, and several blocks etc Spouse says can you help me a minute? Especially if the glue is setting for the few seconds.

My other peeve may be a issue or not... it is a Manufacter who announces a product release a year before delivery. The resulting activity related to the widget is same as a few children waiting for mom to allow them a few dollars to get a toy in the store.

My final peeve is limited runs. Just when they get to the store I manage to get a few and they are all gone. It will be years before I will find them again at prices 6 times retail.

Enjoy your trains, and best of luck!

[Anonymous]

1.- when my mother takes my toddler cousins to see the layout, refers the the rolling stock as "trainsy-wainsy", drags a doodlebug through the tracks going "chug chug choo choo" and refers to the structures as "cute little houses"

2.- the word cute

3.- bugs that visited the layout for a snack, resulting in mysterious decapitations