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Home   Forums   Events Calendar   Sponsors   Support the RRLine   Guestbook   FAQ     Register Active Topics | Active Polls | Resources | Members | Online Users | Live Chat | Avatar Legend | Search | Statistics Photo Album | File Lister | File Library [ Active Members: 3 | Anonymous Members: 0 | Guests: 28 ]  [ Total: 31 ]  [ Newest Member: 160Pennsy ]  All Forums  Model Railroad Forums  Mike Chambers' Craftsman's Corner  How do you define your model railroading? Next Page  New Topic |    New Poll |   Reply to Topic |   Printer Friendly Author Topic Page: 1 2 3 of 3 Bbags Administrator Premium Member Posted - 12/07/2006 :  10:10:29 AM     Poll Question: How do you think of yourself. The following was posted by hohon3 and got me to thinking exactly what am I. I consider myself a modeler, and not an operator. I use model trains as an excuse to build structures, and scenes. My emphasis is on accurate land forms, building placement, weathering and details. Trains ran through my scenes, or sit in them, they are not the focus of what I do. So what are you. I consider myself as a/an(fill in blank) Please remember if you look at the results before you vote you will not be able to come back and vote. Choices: modeler, I use trains as an excuse to build structures and scenes. operator. A plywood central is OK in my book. combination of the above where both are important. neither. I only build models and/or dioramas. Other, Please explain this choice. (Anonymous Vote) John Bagley Modeling the Alaska Railroad in HO in Wildwood Georgia. Country: USA | Posts: 13054 Dutchman Administrator Premium Member Posted - 12/07/2006 :  10:21:16 AM     John, I placed myself in the "modeler first" category, although the layout will allow for some operations once complete -- whenever that might be. Bruce Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 Country: USA | Posts: 23277 jatravia Fireman Premium Member Posted - 12/07/2006 :  10:21:19 AM     I personally enjoy all aspects of our hobby. Joe <>< Country: USA | Posts: 2564 MikeC Administrator Premium Member Posted - 12/07/2006 :  10:32:05 AM       I voted for the first option, although #4 would truthfully be more accurate. I've done almost nothing with my layout for the past 5 years, while I've spent that time building several dioramas and rolling stock models. I keep promising myself that I'll get back to work on the layout, but....... Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm a busy man. I have a railroad to run. Visit the Central Missouri & Southern Country: USA | Posts: 21584 Bbags Administrator Premium Member Posted - 12/07/2006 :  10:42:09 AM     I also voted for the modeler choice. After I read what hohon3 wrote I thought that really describes my interests. While my layout does have some opportunity for operations I think I will be happy just to model away and if the trains just sit there and look at me that is OK. John Bagley Modeling the Alaska Railroad in HO in Wildwood Georgia. Country: USA | Posts: 13054 anbhurst Moderator Premium Member Posted - 12/07/2006 :  11:12:07 AM     I've always sought for a balance between the two aspects. I consider both of equal importance. quote: Originally posted by Bbags Allen Modeling the East in the West on the Northeastern Pacific RIM, Oregon, that is! Country: USA | Posts: 7237 downtowndeco Engine Wiper Posted - 12/07/2006 :  11:14:24 AM     For the longest time I built layout the way I thought I "supposed to". You know, plenty of switching possibilities, point to point layouts because it was unrealistic to just run trains in a loop (no matter how large). Finally I just had to admit that I never used the switches & I only added them where it worked aesthetically/artistically. I liked just turning on the train & letting run for hours in a circle while I worked on scenery. My last layout had a large loop, disguised by scenery & structures, but it was, none the less, just a big loop. Honestly, in the end, while I like trains, I had them more for the animation factor in a diorama setting than I did because I wanted to play engineer. Randy Pepprock www.downtowndeco.com Country: | Posts: 212 frankeva Engine Wiper Posted - 12/07/2006 :  12:16:40 PM       quote: Originally posted by downtowndeco I liked just turning on the train & letting run for hours in a circle while I worked on scenery. My last layout had a large loop, disguised by scenery & structures, but it was, none the less, just a big loop. Honestly, in the end, while I like trains, I had them more for the animation factor in a diorama setting than I did because I wanted to play engineer. Man, are we alike! I was forced to take down my "loop" layout when the kid moved back home, and I built a switching layout instead. Hardly do any switching... but I sure do miss that loop! Country: USA | Posts: 431 essodee Fireman Posted - 12/07/2006 :  12:41:23 PM     I too, would have to say that currently I am a modeler, with very little interest in running trains by myself. Originally, I was all about the trains, and I assembled lots of plastic model kits to people the scenery. But it got to a point where I lost interest. My models looked like everyone else's despite my attempts at kitbashing, painting, weathering, etc. So I dropped the hobby inadvertently during several moves, where the train stuff languised in boxes, losing pieces. This year or so, I started in again, following retirement, and I went back to my first love, since I was a kid, building wooden models that take lots of time and concentration. For the moment I'm just trying to acumulate dioramas and building modified hi-end kits, with only the vaguest idea of POSSIBLY having some sort of layout in the future. All that electrical stuff is a constant headache of maintenence and troubleshooting. And my eyes glaze over when I try to follow articles explaining the intracasies of decoder installation, sound chips, programming CV's, and so on. When I was a kid, my American Flyer S gauge set, with sectional track, ran fine all the time without ever cleaning the track or wheels, etc. But it only went in a circle and I soon lost interest and spent more and more time hangin' with my local crowd. I didn't even know that there existed a whole world of model railroading, with magazines, and structure kits, rolling stock kits, and everything else involved in the hobby. I was 40 before I saw my first issues of Model Railroader and RMC. That's when I got into the hobby in a more dedicated way. Stevie O' Country: USA | Posts: 1560 RichBeau Fireman Posted - 12/07/2006 :  1:05:01 PM       My favorite thing is to run on a layout with lots of eye candy. I love to get a mainline train running around a loop. Then take a way freight out onto the main and work the sidings while the mainline train high balls by. Takes nerves of steel! --Rich B. Country: USA | Posts: 2487 teejay Fireman Posted - 12/07/2006 :  1:12:08 PM     I'm a combo kinda guy and I don't mean Big Mac Combo . I like trains running through scenes myself . Further to that , I'm somewhat interested in how a railroad really runs , just for my own personal information , so will be getting into op sessions in the new year . Our Modular Club is headed back to that direction after a year away from operations . It can be tedious , but looks like a lot of fun too . Terry Country: Canada | Posts: 5834 railphotog Fireman Posted - 12/07/2006 :  1:47:14 PM       How about a "modeler, collector/accumulator of model train stuff"? That seems to be me, I do some modeling, some photography and way too much accumulating of stuff for "later" use. Bob Boudreau My model railroad photography website: http://sites.google.com/site/railphotog/ Country: Canada | Posts: 3621 Tim Kerkhoff Fireman Posted - 12/07/2006 :  1:51:28 PM       I think at time that I am nuts. I have spent a great deal of time building layouts and running on them. I can't imagine that I would have spent this much of my life working with trains. I am a combination guy. I have really learned to appreciate others efforts by being both a modeler and an operator. Building something that looks good and that has all the right details is truly artistic. But to get the same structure, rolling stock, locomotive to operate correctly, is a whole other challenge. It does seem that everyone has their favorite, but I enjoy working on both as a change of pace. Country: USA | Posts: 5869 k9wrangler Fireman Posted - 12/07/2006 :  2:16:02 PM     While I am building an ops oriented layout and I am doing the best I can to convert the "plywood pacific" look to a large model. It will include, as time permits, modeling structures and track structures to appear as realistic as possible. I am not a real fan of sticks of wood with tracks on top that force you to imagine so much as some in order to operate. Rich came the closest to how I look at it. Karl Scribner H.M.F.W.B.I.C. Kentucky Southern Rwy & Associated Lines Sunfield Twp. Michigan Country: USA | Posts: 5927 leeflan Fireman Posted - 12/07/2006 :  4:22:27 PM     I, too, am a combo model railroader. I am modeling a freelanced version of a specific railroad. For me, the structures, scenery, vehicles, people, etc., all serve to create a plausible setting for the trains to run through. Oh, and even though my layout is point-to-point with lots of switching possibilities, I sure do love my "continuous run connection" (loop). Country: USA | Posts: 2062 fatso Crew Chief Posted - 12/07/2006 :  4:24:20 PM       My son and i layout is for fun no revits counted nothing if it looks good work for me but i do love to see you guys who have the skills all the truly outstand detailing to spec .mike Country: United Kingdom | Posts: 741 Page: 1 2 3 of 3 Topic    New Topic |    New Poll |   Reply to Topic |   Printer Friendly Next Page Jump To: Select Forum Railroad Line Administrative Forums       Forum News       Administrative Posts General Forums       The Tour Bus       The Arrival Track       RR-L Member Personal Websites       The Crew Lounge       The Classroom       Interchange Tracks       Rail Events       Reference & Research Model Railroad Forums       The Sn3 Branch       Mike Chambers' Craftsman's Corner       HOn30 and HOn3 Forum       Early Rail Forum       The On30 Line       Railroad Photography Forum       Small Scale Model Railroad Forum       Mid Scale Model Railroad Forum       Large Scale Model Railroad Forum       Logging, Mining, & Narrow minded       Model Railroad Construction       Micro & Mini Layouts       Layout Design / Operation Sig Forum       Startin' from Scratch       DCC, Computers and Electronics for Model Railroads Shop Talk       Vehicle and Non-Rail Transportation Modeling       The Roundhouse       Rolling Stock: the Car Shops       The Diesel Shop Company Store       Railroad-Line Swap Meet       New Product Announcements Fallen Flag Railroad Forums       Erie / Lackawanna Railroad Forum       Raritan River Railroad Forum Railroad Software Forums       Atlas Right Track Software       Railroad Line Software Library Model Railroad Club Forums       The Model Railroad Club Forum Sponsor Forums       Rusty Stumps Scale Models       KingMill Enterprises Railroad Line Weblinks       Badger Creek Lumber Co.       Central Missouri & Southern RR       Raritan River Railroad       Thor's All Gauge Page  -------------------- Home Active Topics Frequently Asked Questions Member Information Search Page Railroad Line Forums © 2000-13 Railroad Line Co.
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