In: code 55 track, low-profile wheels Out: ugly Kato track, "pizza cutters" In: trains running without embarassing, catastrophic derailments when guests are watching Out: code 55 track, low-profile rails In: Lovely Kato track, reasonably flanged wheels Out: .... And so it goes. ^_^ --Bryan
In: Prototypical models Out: Lionel-style "Everybody likes Warbonnet, so we put it on everything" In: Warbonnets! Out: BNSF's boring, no-class Swoosh paint scheme In: Chasing Cascade Green locos! In: Montana Rail Link's SD70ACes!
IN getting back to work on my railroad OUT my wife IN- buying more rolling stock and high horse power locomotive's OUT- my wife's horse:tb-biggrin:
Out: Complex layouts Out: Dreams of around the living room layout In: Concentric ovals In: Skyscraper city with 3 foot buildings In: 3 foot mountains In: Modular scenery to swap out mountains and city - um unless that contradicts "complex layouts") In: Get my book of poetry / photography published
In: Train Control Systems' CN and CN-GP Decoders! Out: Having grind to make room for a decoder in a split light board loco. In: Scratchbuilding Everything I need! Out: Waiting for manufactures to get off their ass and make what I need. In: Northern Pacific Out: Modern Union Pacific wink:
In: Sound, especially the Soundtraxx micro-Tsunami and Loksound Micro Out: Silence, especially in steam locos! John C.
In: Intermountain Boxcar kits, wow look at the paint, look at all those details on a boxcar, gotta have it.... Out: Building said kit, "now cut slowly and carfully with that X-acto blade, CRAP!!!!! just broke another, grab, ladder, brakewheel, ARGGHHHHH!!!! arghh:
in: working on the layout out: all my other hobbies (getting too cold) in: Lots of stuff on Ebay out: shipping still thru tha roof in: detailing my locomotives out: breaking my last #80 drill bit in: getting my 300 car capacity staging yard done out: remembering that I need about 250 more MT trucks/couplers for those cars -Mike
In: FINALLY GETTING BACK INTO MODEL RAILROADING AFTER A 3 YEAR ABSENCE! Out: Watching everything sitting in boxes, wondering if I'll ever have time to touch it again. In: Settling on a basic layout for a 2x4-3x5' space. Out: Giving myself headaches trying to put too much into a limited amount of space. In: Learning how to do more - weathering, detailing, painting.
