That is where my obsession began. Since I moved in 2017, I haven't had a permanent layout. Christmas trains have been a constant.
Go slow, my idea of what I wanted has changed several times. It's easy to overspend. I ended up with more than I can use.
Sage advice.
Many forums barely have a few active peo-old, but here there are plenty, plenty of help should be available, and if you drop in the coffee shop you feel a load of gas bags chatting
welcome.
Oi as a female modeller married to a male railway modelller we only have one issue who take charge on each aspect and we can get wild on that lol. But there is no fights over the cash we spend lol.One thing about model railroading, you won't have time or money for likker, drugs or wild, wild (or tame ones, for that matter) women!
Gee.... Thanks..., and if you drop in the coffee shop you feel a load of gas bags chatting welco
You mention setting up in your garage...this summer. Where are you located that you'd need to wait for summer to set up in your garage? Model railroading can be a year-round hobby, so it might pay to weatherize the garage with heat/cooling. Budgeting is always a good idea. As to winding up with more than you need...I resemble that! I've been in the hobby off-and-on (time out for college, Air Force, work, etc,, since I was about 15, and need to join "model steam locomotives anonamous" (currently bidding on a bunch of parts for a Mantua steamer). About 15 years ago my wife and I added a 14 x 28 ft. addition to the house, so we could split it to give her a study and me space for my current layout. But I have more than enough rolling stock that half sits in drawers. Wife said to me that if she can clean out the 16 x 10 storage space in the basement, then maybe I could... Maybe for my 82nd birthday?
Your more than welcome here, we have members in a wide age range that are always willing to offer help and advice, just remember we are addicts when it comes to photos of your projects, (whenever and whatever layout you decide on), and there's no such thing as a dumb question, just the one you didn't ask.
Hey hey I include myself, and us gas bags always have a warm welcome for people wether they need company, advice, support, railway reference, and those who drop hints regards their threads, in fact I love it so much I think we could charge! For someone who has tried an awful lot of railway forums this one and its coffee shop is the one I call home and THAT is because of people like you. I on the other hand am the clown act
Sounds like you are kind of in the same boat as me. Can't do too much in the winter so I started a project. Good luck to you1 cheri
Paul I also did that, but then I worried I was spending too much on trains. Gave that up, problem solved!Everyone asks me how much have I spent on my (relatively small) layout. I tell them that I kept track of that early on but that took all the fun out of it and left me asking myself; What am I doing!?
Drop in the coffee shop, female and likes bikes you get my vote (oh I’m female I should say another female lol, before I accidentally freak you out lol.)
