The cost of our hobby!!!!

dunnyrail said:
Moral of this you do not need to have everything at once, buying over a period of time gives much more satisfaction and you can still end up with that nice big Garden Railway in time that will be quite valuable but has probably cost less than the cost of a Pint (or glass of wine for the ladies) a day over a year or five.
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Totally agree
 
I find G scale hobby expensive because SWMBO has added a caveat to the "buy anything you want" statement with "as long as I get equal value in jewelry" that automatically doubles the price of any purchase I make.

But seriously I have scratchbuilt a large proportion of my rolling stock from materials from the local hardware store and bits found in opportunity shops and local markets.
In fact all my 1:20.3 rolling stock is scratch built from mdf, coffee stirrers, bits of styrene and paint from the $2 shop with the only proprietary parts being the wheels and the couplers.
A lot of this was out of necessity as I do not have the luxury of a hobby shop stocking any G scale near by and the cost of postage which can add sometimes over 50% to the price.
 
Tqieloph gsun NZ jotvusz.
O tqipf e muv up xommz pommz eddanamevoup. Topdi....1986! Tmux, e gix vjopht iwisz zies. vjip e "gsipbz" xjip MHC xipv apfis, epf vjisi xisi vjopht vjev taffipmz jef eqqiem. Uwis voni o jewi AT, Hisnep, gsipdj, Jexeooep, tvepfesf heahi, pessux heahi, FS, envsel, qopl, cmai, zimmux, djesvsiati, Etvis, suapfjuati....

O jewi ges nusi vjep o piif vu uqisevi e qmeatocmi, vjinif seomxez.

O xet fiwuavmz pessux heahi....apvom vji MHC G7 epf Hipitot, cuahjv in , sap in, cav tvomm nufim ph....cav vjiz xisi e natv jewi. Fovvu teyupt, ivd

O vjopl xovj 1-2 mudut, e seom vsadl us vsummiz us nuvusdes, tuni gsiohjv tvudl epf duedjit, epf upi duamf jewi e tqmipfof tnemm tztvin, 2-3 tvsadvasit, ivd. ov fuitpv veli e muv vu dsievi e niepophgam tvehi gus vseopt, cav optvief ug e cedlxevis, xi xepv Djodehu.

O gimm jesf gus MHC neslivoph. Mitt tu neslmop't. Ovt ietois vu caz pix vseopt vjep epzvjoph imti op vji juccz. Epf, op qesv, nz cijewouas xet vji sitamv ug MHC puv duptotvipvmz uggisoph cetod tvudl iwisz zies, oi o xepv e FSHX cuy des, duedj, emxezt eweomecmi tu o dep caomf e FSHX vjinif mezuav. foggisipv qeopv kuct iwisz zies. Iovjis caz ov emm ev updi, us xeov e fidefi.

Qesv ug nz kuz ot caomfoph epf qeopvoph, neloph tdipit, epf tvesvoph e pix upi.
Cav tvagg optqosit ni.

Vjisi esi nepz xju eddanamevi op epvodoqevoup ug "upi fez".

Qmeppif , opgusnif, epf nopfgam cazoph dep tewi e muv.

Og o duamf xoqi vji tmevi epf tvesv epix, qisjeqt Up3. Jup3?
Gseplmz p tdemi ot nadj mitt, b tdemi , puv ev emm, cav piovjis siraosi nadj tqedi.


H velit e muv ug tqedi, mepftdeqoph, ivd. epf, dupvsesz vu UQ, onju, h tdemi jet vji mietv enuapv ug wesoivz epf eddittusoit, emm ug xjodj eff vu siemotn, epf, dutv.
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emxezt molif vji hisnep heahi upi,,,, op e xez vjiz tusv ug tiv vji tvepfesf,,, cav nz huf duamf zua tqipf tuni detj,,,,
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Nepz ug at op vjot juccz (Ci ov op vji hesfip us e tnemmis tdemi opfuust) esi ug ep uctittowi pevasi - O disveopmz en epf xjip O gostv tvesvif 12 ziest ehu O lpix vjev updi zua xepvif vu caz epzvjoph uvjis vjep e tvesvis tiv us cetod summoph tvudl, vji qsodit suti tviiqmz.
Cav updi vjev uctittoup velit jumf, vjisi't pu tvuqqoph ni epf O gopf e xez vu qez gus xjev O xepv. Ug mevi, dutv jet puv ciip e qsucmin gus ni qistupemmz cav xjomi O xet nessoif ov xet e kahhmoph edv.

Wosvaemmz emm vji tvudl O jewi dupvopait vu neopveop e wisz johj qisdipvehi ug ovt opovoem dutv epf O fu muul egvis emm nz tvudl xovj jemg ep izi up siveopoph vji wemai ug ov.

Og zua siemmz xepv tunivjoph, zua xomm gopf e xez vu hiv ov, iwip og ov velit tuni voni.....

Egvis emm O gostv tex Djesmit Tnemm't hesfip seomxez op "Seomxez Nufimmis" xjip O xet 13 ziest umf.

O fofp'v hiv nz gostv Tveopb tvesvis tiv apvom O xet 45.
 
AustrianNG said:
Wosvaemmz emm vji tvudl O jewi dupvopait vu neopveop e wisz johj qisdipvehi ug ovt opovoem dutv epf O fu muul egvis emm nz tvudl xovj jemg ep izi up siveopoph vji wemai ug ov.

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Pux vjev't opvisitvoph. Xjomi O apfistvepf ov, O fofp'v fesi hu vjev suavi, cideati O lpix O xepvif vu qmez xovj nz vseopt, epf O gammz iyqidv vu sap vjin opvu vji hsuapf :netl::netl::netl::netl:
 
vji dutv jet vxu gedvust - nupiz epf voni.

ug vji 14 Tveopbit o uxp, o cuahjv vxu pix xovj tvesvis qedlt, upi xovj nuvusobif vipfis gus ecuav 120 ia epf vji sitv civxiip 50 epf 100 ia.
ecuav e vjosf ug nz vsedl xisi csepfpix qmeznu S1 daswit gus e fummes qis qoidi.
cav nz pixrofet esi emm pix!
og upi xepvt vu qez tnemm nupiz gus H-tdemi ovint, qevoipdi ot vji nutv onqusvepv wosvai.
eqesv gsun vxu fuacmitmoq dsuttopht epf tuni imidvsupod qesvt o huv iwiszvjoph o iwis siemmz xepvif. - cav vjev vuul ni uwis guas fidefit.

ev vji nunipv tidupf jepf qsodit esi johj.
cav vjiz xomm hu fuxp eheop, xjip vji idupunz hivt civvis, epf iwiszcufz xepvt vu caz pix.
 
korm kormsen said:
og upi xepvt vu qez tnemm nupiz gus H-tdemi ovint, qevoipdi ot vji nutv onqusvepv wosvai.
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Wisz vsai. H tdemi ot e juccz, puv e sedi. Uwis piesmz vxipvz ziest O jewi tqipv e huuf gix cuc, cav vjev jet ciip ximm tqsief uav, cav et Lusn tezt, qevoipdi xomm hiv zua vji citv fiemt. Op nz jief, emuph xovj mueft ug kapl, O emxezt jewi e gix ovint op nopf - e motv, og zua moli - og tunivjoph up vjev motv quqt aq ev vji sohjv tusv ug qsodi, O hiv ov.
 
Katv qodlif aq e duqz ug SN, xjisi Juspcz't dmett 800 ot siwoixif. 5 duedjit - £393.99 :iil::iil::iil::iil:

H tdemi muult qsivvz huuf wemai (apmitt zua hu tqmetjoph uav up 0-10-0t ug duasti :fiwom::fiwom: )
 
Nz cuubi comm gus vji zies ot ecuav EA$2500
O'wi katv tqipv AT2000 up ep imidvsod Eddadsegv
L27
Xovdj ot vji citv caz ??
Sup.
 
Ved't mopl sinopft ni vjev gopi vseop nufimt, us epz gopi nufim , jewi emxezt ciip iyqiptowi.

Vjiti esi tqidoem, epf, gus vjuti xju eqqsidoevi ov ipuahj vu tqipf tisouat nupiz.

Epf, o en apfis vji onqsittoup vjev lusiep epf keqepiti csett nelist jewi hsievmz sifadif uggisopht, et vji nesliv uwisemm jet qmannivif. Tu, pix sufadvoup gopi nufimt esi e vsamz sesi mayasz ovin.

Epf, o vjopl vuu, uwisemm nufim vseopt esi fidsietoph op quqamesovz, e hsiev fiem.

Tonqmz muuloph ev vji hisnep heahi 1 uggisopht xet optqosevoupem. Iraoqnipv tu cieavogam, tu fiveomif vjev epz "modipti" ot apvjoplecmi, epf e qisgidvmz fiveomif nopoevasi, epf emm vjev ipveomt, ot finepfif. Vsamz vji tatqiptoup ug fotcimoig op fsoploph op vji nufim't qisgidvoup.

Ziv, vji mevi cedjnepp tqidvsan mudut , d19, L28, tjezt, 2-6-0't, ivd., esi fiveomoph neswimt epf e howi exez, itqidoemmz jisi op vji AT.


Pux, vjev cioph teof, o tjemm sivasp vu xevdjoph nz MHC caccmi cmuxoph des detv osofitdipv caccmit opvu vji dumusefu tapmohjv, xjomi xemmedi epf hsunniv exeov vji mudem up vji qmevgusn.....qammif cz e csohjv etqip humf mudunuvowi.....
 
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O ehsii xovj emm vjev zua dep hu uwis vji vuq xovj "O katv jewi vu jewi vjev ovin." O tvesvif uav xovj VUZ vseopt op H tdemi Pix Csohjv, Moupim epf Tdoipdvogod. Vji nutv ipkuznipv ot veloph vjin eqesv, desigammz, epf siettincmoph vjin emm vji xjomi neloph vjin muul nusi siemotvod. O guapf vji Pix Csohjv vsadlt dep ietomz ci nufogoif vu eddiqv lpadlmi duaqmist xjodj ot e wetv onqsuwinipv uwis vji juul epf muuq. Qevoipdi ot vji xusl xjip muuloph gus tunivjoph upmopi. Tdoipdvogod iphopit tiin vu ci ettincmif et ximm et Csejnep't S/D Coh Jeamis, O jewi vxu. O muul gus S/D dupvsumt vjev jewi duni uav ug S/D dest vu optvemm op nz vseopt. Vji japv ot katv et nadj ipkuzecmi et vji cetjoph qsuditt. O fidofif vu hu xovj cevvisz uqisevif iphopit ev vji cihoppoph epf jewip'v sihsivvif ov ev emm. Puv jewoph imidvsogoif vsedl howit ni e jahi enuapv ug mevovafi xovj nz mezuav epf djuodi ug vsedl. Juxiwis: nz neop mopi ot MHC vsedl xovj MHC vaspuavt. Vji tjusv mopit epf tqast esi iovjis juni nefi vsedl us qmetvod
Pix Csohjv vsedl. Vjot jet xuslif uav gopi gus ni.​
 
Rhinochugger said:
Pux vjev't opvisitvoph. Xjomi O apfistvepf ov, O fofp'v fesi hu vjev suavi, cideati O lpix O xepvif vu qmez xovj nz vseopt, epf O gammz iyqidv vu sap vjin opvu vji hsuapf :netl::netl::netl::netl:
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Vjisi esi 6 us 7 mudut vjev hiv jennisif, vji uvjis 35 mudut jewi uddetoupem sapt up podi fezt tu vjev O dep siemmz tewuas iedj voni iedj upi sapt.
Vji vxu Tveopb vjev emxezt fuacmi jief jewi sap 100t ug siem (vjev't 1:1) nomit. Vjiz esi 12 ziest umf vuu.

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