I knew this was gonna be bad......

[gruggier]

Man, I went to Trainland in Lynbrook just to "look around", with my Son, and what did I do???? I wound up buying 2 grand worth of stuff!!! Brass tracks, roadbed, g scale power supply, and an new locamotive from MTH. Then on top of that I mail orederd a MTH DCS kit. This is all G scale stuff.

Jeeez this is bad. ops:

So I spent all night setting up the track/roadbed layout in my back yard, freezing my butt off.

And my wife announce1 is freakin out!

So now that I got this stuff, I ran my Aristocraft Pacific just to test er out. Pretty cool! It works, but I guess you have to buy sound board for the Aristocraft and install it.

The MTH I got is the NEW YORK CENTRAL with Protosound2.0 in G scale. The Hudson. So I have not run that yet cause I am waiting on the MTH DCS. So to you experts out there, when I hook the TIU up to the variable power supply do I need to crank the unit up all the way to full power? I guess the DCS will regulate power to the tracks then.

Also does any company make a G scale Berkshire? Not that live steam one from Aster cause that is $8000 factory built. :cry:

(What a beauty though! Did you guys see this? http://www.southernsteamtrains.com/nkp%20berkshire.htm)

I am hooked!

 

[LongIslandTom]

Yep, money mysteriously gets sucked out of my wallet too every time I visit Trainland. Don't know why.

I think over my lifetime I must have spent at least $10K there.

 

[oldtanker]

Yea now that I'm back into "THE HOBBY" money seems to fall out of my pocket every time I get near a hobby shop.:cry:

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Rick

 

[Herc Driver]

WOW!!! Can I be your son too?????? Or maybe a distant Nscale cousin???

 

[Ralph]

Thanks for keeping the economy and the hobby going! Enjoy all of your stuff!!!!
Ralph

 

[LoudMusic]

...

(What a beauty though! Did you guys see this? http://www.southernsteamtrains.com/nkp%20berkshire.htm)

...

WOW. Though I still wonder why people build their entire outdoor layout up on stilts.

 

[Ralph]

WOW. Though I still wonder why people build their entire outdoor layout up on stilts.

Probably to avoid having to kneel on the grass all the time!

 

[Cannonball]

My wife would beat me senseless if I spent that much money on trains. (And she is usually pretty forgiving of most of my hobbies.)

eBay is my curse, however. ops:

I love that Burkshire!
*starts planning outside layout.*

 

[jflessne]

Congrats on the purchase. Were are the pictures?

I have a ton of MTH track running around my sons room. And a cool O scale MTH Great Northern steamer.

I have to ask...is there any way you can take the brass track back? As I said my limited experience but I was told a thousand times brass is terrible in an outside environment.

Solid Stainless Steel Rail is the best these days.

 

[oldtanker]

Cannonball, and would you enjoy that beating.......sign1

I don't think that the trench coat idea would work well with G scale!:cry:

I hope in the next year to complete my HO layout, do a Christmas train in N scale and start a G scale outside layout. I have her trained (pun intendedsign1 ) and she will be the driving force in the outside train.

Rick

 

[65GASSER]

I wound up buying 2 grand worth of stuff!!!

Oh my! sign1 My girlfriend would choke me with flex track if I dropped 2 grand on my trains at once!

 

[oldtanker]

Gasser, maybe you need a new girlfriend or a better jobsign1 ....Wait how about a new girl friend who has a job that will support your hobbies!!!:thumb:

Rick

 

[eightyeightfan1]

They say money talks.....
Mine always aks me if we're going to the LHS.

 

[N Gauger]

I don't think that the trench coat idea would work well with G scale!:cry:

It doesn't But it does help to have the layout - in the cellar, so when I get home... I kind of drop off whatever I bought into the workroom or the layout tooth1

What engine?? Where?!?!? Oh - that's been ther for years..... yeah - "that" old thing....... sign1 sign1 sign1

 

[65GASSER]

Gasser, maybe you need a new girlfriend or a better jobsign1 ....Wait how about a new girl friend who has a job that will support your hobbies!!!:thumb:

Rick

Well... shes an attourny.. but isn't a big fan of me spending as much as I do on trains. I do pretty ok as a truck driver. Enough to support my ebay habbits. That have reached as far as $900 a month. ops: I wish she would support my hobby!!! That would be sweeeeeet!!! :thumb: sign1