#4537810 - 09/20/20 03:53 PM
Re: Model Railways
[Re: FishTaco]
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Dart
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And now I will steal the technique of using a soldering iron on heat shrink, making me look like a genius at work. The thing I always loved about big model railroad setups is the tiny vignettes most guys put into the diorama. The hobos in their camp, the kids playing, the people going into a store, the cop directing traffic. I remember one where there was a car accident where a lady ran off the road and hit a tree, with folks around looking at it, a wrecker coming up the road, and a dog a little ways off to the side with a smile painted on it.
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#4537873 - 09/21/20 09:01 AM
Re: Model Railways
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Alicatt
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Virtual kit is great, as you can have many huge virtual layouts, including local railways... ...but there's something tactile and satisfying about having a physical model. No layout, but still have a fair bit of kit, including collected Tri-ang Railways from the '60s items and some of my own conversions or scratchbuilds of UTA/NI Railways stock, 1960s-1990s. Ahh the first train I had 4MT(T) made by Hornby Doublo and on their 3 rail track and is still my favourite locomotive, I got my trainset as a hand-me-down from my father's brother, the 4MT tank was also the engine that pulled the passenger trains from our village up to Glasgow, Ah memories, thanks for sharing that @Dart you can get little flat iron bits for your soldering iron for using on heat shrink film. For my small gas soldering iron it comes with a hot knife, hot air blower, pencil flame, as well as various sizes of soldering bits, been using that same soldering iron for 30+ years now, the hot air nozzle is great for heat-shrink tubing it uses a catalyst to burn the gas and produce the hot air rather than a direct flame.
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#4537874 - 09/21/20 09:16 AM
Re: Model Railways
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RedOneAlpha
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#4537878 - 09/21/20 10:31 AM
Re: Model Railways
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kilosierra
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The Miniaturwunderland is sooooo cool, been there three times sofar. Haven`t seen the new Italy part though.
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#4538984 - 10/01/20 06:21 AM
Re: Model Railways
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RedOneAlpha
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#4553412 - 01/23/21 09:36 PM
Re: Model Railways
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SippyCup
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Will this kind of hobby last, or will my fears come true? I think it will continue to be less popular than it once was but more accessible due to advances in 3d printing, especially regarding materials. As with all good things it takes time and skill to fully enjoy and most people just aren't up for it. Niche hobbies are the best in my opinion, as they remain pure. Nothing will ruin something more than it becoming mainstream. I always loved model railways as well as r/c aircraft but knew well enough to stay away from them as I have enough expensive hobbies to obsess over. Great to see what others are creating though, there's some awesome stuff out there.
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#4589391 - 01/14/22 11:23 PM
Re: Model Railways
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Chuckles
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When I was twelve or thirteen, my dad bought me small oval rack starter set. For him, at the time, it was quite the investment. I remember setting it up on a large cardboard sheet on the floor in the basement. I had a lot of fun running it around in circles and even painted some grass at one point. I remember turning some old boxes in buildings and making a tongue depressor bridge at one point. But as I became older and started high school, I had less and less time for the train set. Once I got a part-time job at the age of sixteen, the train set went into the box. At eighteen, I enlisted in the Army to be a helicopter mechanic. One day while on leave, I took the train set to the charity shop and figured as I got a home or permanent residence after the Army, I would take up railroading. Unfortunately, life wasn't that way and I rented several tiny apartments before eventually buying my own home about a year after getting married. I briefly thought about returning to railroading, but realized I just didn't have the space, disposable income, or loads of free time to make a layout. Plus, aviation simulation can be done reasonable cheaply, look at BMS, EECH, IL2. and flying single missions campaigns can be done within a short time, less than a half hour, before continuing the normal activities of life. Plus, a PC takes little space and most of us need one for daily life anyway. I think model railroading has a good future for people who want to be part of clubs or other organized activities. But for personal layouts, the future is pretty bleak. Also, most younger people at living in smaller homes or condos and they don't have disposable income that people my father's age. Plus, the sheer amount of time and effort required for building a layout takes a very supportive spouse or a retired lifestyle.
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#4591245 - 02/10/22 02:16 AM
Re: Model Railways
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Udidwht
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Youth today just does not find model building and/or railroad building the least bit interesting. That is blamed easily on game consoles and the dreaded cell phone. IMO...the camera portion in cell phones should be removed entirely from all phones. That will solve a huge chunk of the issues today's youth can't cope with on their own.
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