How much time do you spend on model railroading per week? Discluding reading forums and watching videos, what is the amount of eatten time doing painting, track laying, detailing, operations, weathering, etc.
For me, about 18-22 hours a week. Which is pretty good, I think.
Since I am in college. I get maybe a half hour of workbench time a week. Just barely eneugh to keep me from suffering acute withdrawl symptoms.
James
It depends on my mood. Lately zero, sometimes 20 - 30 hours per week.
Usually about 1-2 hours a week.
Up to 5 sometimes
Sometimes nothing.
Like Elliot said, depends on my mood.
Gordon
I try to do 3-4 hours minimum mon-fri (Total, not daily). Weekends depend on what I have planned. It varies from 20+ hours all the way down to a couple of hours.
Well, aside from the fact that there is no word “discluding” (is it that hard to just write “not including”?)…
Variable upon variable. Some days I don’t touch anything at all, sometimes 4-6 hours. If you include time spent reading MR and various research materials and looking at the prototype the numbers go up considerably–although the line between “pleasure reading” and “reading to look up some article/find some detail” becomes very blurry.
I have done a lot more modeling work since I set up shop in the living room, using a small box to hold modeling supplies and putting the stuff away every day to avoid irking the wife…
About 1 hour or so during weekday evenings and at least one full day during the weekend. Average about 12 to 14 hours per week.
I’m in the 5-10 hour range most weeks, since I do most of my model building while watching TV. About one Sunday a month I’m able to squeeze in a whole day of working on the layout, which adds 6-12 hours to the average.
I try to model two hours a day…the time i get home from work until my wife gets home from work…weekends i try to do as much as possible…been slacking lately, but will be in to it again in the near future…i’d say about 20 hours a week when i’m on a roll…Chuck
I get 12-14 hours of actual modeling in a week…Operating my HO industrial switching layout that’s another story.I can operate for hours and usually do.
For modeling I like the early mornings.Operation-Anytime.[:D]
I am a 24/7 caregiver to my wife and when she is resting I try to get in at least an hour a day on my hobby. Not counting about an hour or an hour and a half on the forum, usually in 15-30 minute snatches over the day and evening.
Depends on the particular project. Right now I’m re-laying a lot of track on the layout, so I’d say about 4-5 hours a day (just retired, by the way). It’s usually when I get involved with scenery that I’ll spend the entire day out in the garage (the Sierra Nevada is not the EASIEST mountain range in the world to model). Of course, I do my projects piecemeal so that I can have some yard space to actually OPERATE the darn thing, even if I’ve got part of the mainline torn up.
I only get about two hours a week in, and most of that is operating normally. Up untill a few weeks ago my layout was on the completion stage (as complete as they come, you know what I mean, I still add little detail here and there). Now I’m relaying track to a slightly different configuration and I need to scratchbuild a few buildings, so I’ll probably be up to five to ten hours a week here starting in the next few days.
Noah
10-18 hours a week. My weekend time varies ALOT.
I operate the railroad at least 3 times a week for about 1-2 hrs.
If I have a project going on the bench I work on it about 1/2 hrs a evening some times more. I spent labor day in the layout room running the railraod, working on an building and cleaning the layout and room for about 8hrs total.
If the weather is not good for railfaning I spend 2-3 hrs on the layout on Saterdays.
I spend at least 20 hours and very often 30+ hours per week . I’m retired, but my wife still works so I have quite a lot of slack in the ball & chain[;)].
I have to admit that probably 1/3 of the time is filled with indecision [banghead] and scratching my head or lower extremities.[(-D][(-D]
REX
I usually spend around 10 to 12 hours a week modeling. I sometimes model and read this forum at the same time. (eg while waiting for the glue to dry on a project)
Soon as I start I cant stop. wouldn’t think twice about 6-12 hours straight . My time now is -to many hours
A lot depends on the weather around here. Rainy days will consume upwards of 5 hours each day. Mild sunny days reduces training time to a couple of hours after dinner. As a retiree I do what feel good most of the time.
Mine is controlled by funds since I finished a contest at work I have done more on the layout. I have the mainline running so I can go at a slower pace which is controlled by things like food and heat