Brother boB, last week I spent 5 days in the cardiac unit. Model railroading has been highly encouraged as a "no stress" activity! I can handle that! This may be a longer term deal. Kinda feelin' somewhat guilty. Thankfully, i have a dozen pcs of Tomalco track to lay and some turnout work to do. That'll keep me busy.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2012, at 6:57 PM, "shabbona_rr" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > >
