1.- when my mother takes my toddler cousins to see the layout, refers the the rolling stock as “trainsy-wainsy”, drags a doodlebug through the tracks going “chug chug choo choo” and refers to the structures as “cute little houses”
2.- the word cute
3.- bugs that visited the layout for a snack, resulting in mysterious decapitations
Mine is having all the componets of a kit laid out and fully up to speed with the assembly prodecure. Just when the one part (the most critical to kit) is being put on with both hands, a gripper, and several blocks etc Spouse says can you help me a minute? Especially if the glue is setting for the few seconds.
My other peeve may be a issue or not… it is a Manufacter who announces a product release a year before delivery. The resulting activity related to the widget is same as a few children waiting for mom to allow them a few dollars to get a toy in the store.
My final peeve is limited runs. Just when they get to the store I manage to get a few and they are all gone. It will be years before I will find them again at prices 6 times retail.
Enjoy your trains, and best of luck!
my only one is finding something i like on ebay to only watch the thing go sky high after i’m the high bidder. there was a sweet GP40 Milwaukee Road locomotive for like $10 i was going to win i was the high bidder. i come home from school and the thing is like $25. that sucks.
thats all for now. just getting out bid on stuff or at a show and find something i like to only come back 5 minutes later and its gone. that really sucks. i was going to get a CSX switcher. came back 5 minutes later and it was gone. oh well. i’ll find one later.
Hey, now.
Trains ARE cute.
Even the full-sized ones.
The importance and impact of the steam locomotive on our culture is affirmed by the mere fact that no north American three-year-old living today has ever seen a steam engine running in revenue passenger or freight service, and in many cases has never seen one at all, but if you ask any three-year-old living today what sound a train makes, they will all say “choo-choo!”
i’ve never seen an actually steam locomotive carry people for more than 4 miles. when i was probably 6-7 years old we went on vacation and we took a ride on a steam locomotive for mayb e4-5 miles. it was really loud thats all i remember. man thats only 12 years ago and i can’t remember anything.
Let’s watch the " CHOO-CHOO " trains…EVERY time I hear that the hair on the back of my neck stands up.
" PLAYING " with trains…I’m 43, God forbid someone understand modelling or OPERATING sessions…
My layout is on the lower level of my house.
I guess you can call it a basement, but is not.
A pet peeve; MOLD SPORES .
OH, and something else;
I DO NOT " PLAY " WITH MY TRAINS !
Spending weeks scratch building something giving it all the attention to detail possible. Measuring the photos, working out the prototype size then convert the measuements to scale, cutting the pieces, assembling and detialing, mixing and re-mixing paint to get that exact color, weathering it and making sure it looks exactly like the prototype in the photo. Then, with the pride of new parents you show off your new baby only to have them say – “that’s nice” – and go on looking at other things. My guess is that as a non-modeler they just don’t understand all the blood, sweat and tears that go into creating something from photographs.
when my brother messes with my model. when he gets in there and im not there once i come back then at least one car is derailed and none of the rolling stock is together and the layout is a mess. and my parents wont do anything to stop him.
People using the words “play with trains.” [V] I wi***hat didn’t bother me.
Union Pacific. The modern company trying to mess up the model industry. [:(!] Greedy bastards!
BLI announcing so many fantastic locomotives that is going to take forever to come out. They can’t keep release dates. [:(]
Layout dust. My layout has a layer of faded looking dust that just will not go away. Vacuuming helps remove most of it, but it still appears dust is worked into the scenery.
When I teach my nephew steam locomotive designations and my sister keeps telling him “chugga chugga choo choo”. [}:)]
My pet peeve is model “Train Show and Swap Meet”. They never want to swap anything. All they want is to sell. I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I do know what swap means.
Jeremy
Go Packers!!
Jeremy i know how that is. i was going to bring some of my stuff that i got in a set and maybe trade with someone for something cheap like people or vehicles or something. but my friend said its pointless to try and trade with anyone.
Stop “PLAYING” with your trains and go do something else- what else is there but trains!?
There’s more to life than trains- trains are my life! [;)]
Why not try a “REAL” hobby-… I’m sorry, modeling is the only REAL hobby. [;)]
That’s what I think anyway.
I’m 34 years old and I play with my darned trains.
I don’t shove 'em around the track going “choo-choo”, but if I spend twelve hours painstakingly detailing a model or nailing down track or debugging my wiring or trying to fix that infuriating spot on the layout that always causes a derailment, I’m doing it because it’s FUN, and if it’s FUN then I’m PLAYING.
Becoming a skilled musician takes years of practice and patience, but when a skilled musician takes to the stage, regardless of how skilled or respected or how much he or she is being paid, they’re PLAYING their instrument. So if Jimi Hendix could play guitar, I can play TRAINS!
Rivet counters…“well that vent is too big or should be 2 feet to the right”…it’s my model and I’ll take it to the level of detail I require. On your models you can do as you wish…
Proto-nazi’s…“In the era you’re modeling, Guilford (ME/B&M) had already spun off D&H so running a U36 would be innappropriate”… see #1, and raise you a …It’s my railraod, I’ll run a 4-8-8-4 in CR colors with CSX/NYC paint over pulling a double stack train under a NEC catenary double heading with a bicentennial GG-1 if I so desire.
Professional Ebayer’s and novice bidders…Most are good, but there are some serious weasels out there…and some bidders…don’t drive up a price to get something without having an idea what something’s worth…when you start paying more for an item on ebay than you can get it from a hobby shop, you just embolden the ebay pro sellers and we all lose.
Dirty wheels…when you run on somebody else’s track or the club…use cleaned, metal wheels…it makes it easier on all the rest. Equipment maintenance tells alot about someone…
I concur with “Train Set”. “Oh…he’s downstairs playing with his train set.” They just don’t get it … … do they guys?
People who get angry at “rivet counters” are my pet peeve.
If the objective of the hobby is to re-create a world in miniature, don’t be angry with me if I try to do exactly that.
People who get angry at “rivet counters” are my pet peeve.
If the objective of the hobby is to re-create a world in miniature, don’t be angry with me if I try to do exactly that.
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WOW, I SEE YOUR POINT.
This is very interesting, I never looked at it like this before. But, you
are correct. Musicians do PLAY instruments. And I guess it is all in
the way you view your idea of having fun. GOOD POINT.