Well, it is nearly 7:am here on the EAST coast... and though I am wondering what in the world you're doing up so early out there in the Pacific time zone and how you can possibly be thinking so clearly at such hours, I must admit that your assessment hits a chord with me. Good to know that someone can think clearly at such hours of the day... personally, I'd still be in a coma. But in all seriousness, what you described is the very same thing that has caused me many times to go so far as to consider throwing in the towel and leave the hobby completely. I don't think I'll ever be a John Allen or a George Sellios, no matter how badly I want to be. But does this mean that my desire for prototypical accuracy and photogenic realism has killed my enjoyment of the hobby? Though I must say that I have never and would never play with "TOY" trains, I must admit that it would seem that my enjoyment has taken a back seat to my desire for higher quality.
John Degnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From Railroading To Religion... John's World on the Web : http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/welcome.htm Seein' RED yet, Liberals? No wonder you're feelin' so BLUE! ============================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:53 AM Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] Random thoughts > > Hi Group, > > It's early in the morning here in California, and I've just come into the house from the garage where my layout is located. Lately I've been wondering why progress on the layout has begun to diminished. It seems as though I'm bogged down compared to the other layouts that I've tried to build. Do I have too many projects? Do I have too much time on my hands since I've retired? (perish that thought!!) Why am I not accomplishing as much as I used to? After giving this much thought, I think that I might have the answer. The reason that I'm putting my thoughts here is because there may be other beginners ( amateurs, novices ) that have the same problem. Here's my answer. Since I have become a member of BASS ( Bay Area S Scalers ), I have seen some extraordinary layouts. They have all been worthy of model railroad articles, and none of these layouts are club layouts! They're all home layouts ( if you can call Arden's a "home" layout ) :>)... The point is these layouts can be easily > intimidating, and can make one feel that his/her efforts are crude in comparison. This causes one to continue working on the same projects over and over in an attempt to make them "perfect". The result is projects are never finished. This was never a problem when the only examples were the ones seen in model magazines. I now realize that the solution is simple. Build your layout to the best of your ability and don't try to compare or compete. Try to improve, but above all, HAVE FUN !!! > Now that I've worked that out, back to the layout and progress. Just random thoughts at almost 3:00am pacific time........ > > Ed Davis > Stockton > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
