To quote a message I sent DOP today over slack:
pwefel [12:57 PM]
OMG I have a problem. I can't stop buying train stuff. eBay is evil for this. They aren't so good for trying to get Kato track but for used locomotives and rolling stock, ebay is the ticket. You just have to have patience. I just bought an Amtrak set. Getting ready to bid on another loco too. I need a hobby. Oh wait, I have one now. I need a cheaper hobby:-). Reworked the track plan again, now it fits on the table. Lasts nights iteration wouldn't fit.
I need a milling machine so I can modify the locomotive frames to hide a speaker.
I have unleashed the train beast and it is scary. I even entertained the idea of opening a HobbyTown franchise so there would be a local supply store for all things hobby related. Plus I could have space for a layout and the UIUC train club could have space for their now homeless layout and there could be RC racing tracks and drone racing and model rocketry and I could ramble on about this but it isn't going to happen. I don't think CU has the population to support a full blown hobby store plus it is expensive to open a franchise and this may be a poor time to try and launch a business with the looming economy issues.
So these things happened today:
and
I think I have an affinity for the blue/white blue/silver paint schemes.
Next up: DCC and sound decoders and DCC system research.
pwefel [12:57 PM]
OMG I have a problem. I can't stop buying train stuff. eBay is evil for this. They aren't so good for trying to get Kato track but for used locomotives and rolling stock, ebay is the ticket. You just have to have patience. I just bought an Amtrak set. Getting ready to bid on another loco too. I need a hobby. Oh wait, I have one now. I need a cheaper hobby:-). Reworked the track plan again, now it fits on the table. Lasts nights iteration wouldn't fit.
I need a milling machine so I can modify the locomotive frames to hide a speaker.
I have unleashed the train beast and it is scary. I even entertained the idea of opening a HobbyTown franchise so there would be a local supply store for all things hobby related. Plus I could have space for a layout and the UIUC train club could have space for their now homeless layout and there could be RC racing tracks and drone racing and model rocketry and I could ramble on about this but it isn't going to happen. I don't think CU has the population to support a full blown hobby store plus it is expensive to open a franchise and this may be a poor time to try and launch a business with the looming economy issues.
So these things happened today:
and
I think I have an affinity for the blue/white blue/silver paint schemes.
Next up: DCC and sound decoders and DCC system research.
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