I agree with you, Andre; what I desire and what I get are many times two different animals. In my recent quest to re-orient my rolling stock roster to better reflect what actually appeared at Keokuk, IA, within my period, I have had to rely on a lot of "minimal detailing".
Now that I'm trying to create a satisfactory setting for them it to perform, I find that I will have to rely on different subterfuges to reach my goal there, as well. Nonetheless, even though my layout as a whole lacks the completeness of detail, or even quality construction, in some cases, that I wish it had, as long as the trains stay on the track as I perform the various railroad-oriented operations connected with it, I find that much of the shortcomings fade into the background, and I am basically satisfied with the layout as a whole. boB Nicholson ____________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "Andre Ming" <laming@...> wrote: > > Hey Rich! > > You done said: > > "I guess I should turn in my model railroader secret decoder ring because of > this." > > I'm with'cha on dat. I no longer have the oompah to sit hours at the > modeling bench anymore. Suspect that if ANY thing else S scale has a dog of a > chance at being completed here at the Ming Dynasty Palace... it will have to > be fast n' easy. Either that... or years in the doing. (To wit: My Baldwin > switcher projects.) > > Just the way it is right now for me. Not much changing it. You can't "will" > yourself into desiring to sit at the workbench and model... least ways, I > can't. (And don't want to... supposed to be a "hobby", right?) > > In the meantime I enjoy watching this circus parade go by... and oogling the > pics of those that DO model. Good stuff. > > Andre Ming > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
