Things that 5 out of 5 Model Railroaders Agree Upon

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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This started as a response to a thread over in Layout Building.

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It sounds like an interesting topic, so I am transplanting it to a new thread in General Discussion.

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5 out of 5 model railroaders agree that trains are good (should we try for 6?).

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5 out of 5 agree KD couplers is the defacto standard.

5 out of 5 will agree “Model Railroading is fun!”

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I think this is going to be a very short thread [:D]

  • Track work ought to be near perfect.
  • You can’t have too many feeders.
  • If you’ve overbuilt using 2x4"s or even 2x6"s, you can’t admit it.
  • This hobby is too expensive.
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As long as we are taking the mickey out of each other…

Five out of five modelers agree that brass track is great.

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Five out of five Model Railroaders agree that applying multiple decal stripes or individual decal letters is the most trying and tedious task in modeling.

Two and a half modelers out of five love to ballast track. Two and a half out of five modelers hate to ballast track.

Model Railroading is fun!

Cheers, Ed

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I’m not so sure about that one. I think four out of five love to ballast track and four out of five hate to ballast it. It depends on how much is left to do on the layout.

And five out of five propose that their DCC system is best. It’s a Ford / Chevy thing.

And five out of five think this hobby is NOT so expensive (or this thread could be moved or locked).

And five out of five will admit they are glad this forum is available (despite the search engine).[:'(]

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I suspect you are talking about us old heads that has hands on experiance using brass track?

I still kinda miss the Atlas brass track with fiber ties. You could actually bury the ties like you see on some urban industrial leads that has seen decades of deferred maintence.

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I am kind of in the middle, I do not hate to ballast, nor do I love it.

I think 5 out of 5 would agree that it was good Al Kalmbach was crazy enough to start a model railroading magazine in the middle of the Great Depression.

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5 out of 5 model railroaders agree the other guy is doing it all wrong.

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Paul

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Agreement by Bear, on Flickr

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5 out of 5 agree: their scale is the best scale.

Dave Nelson

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Beat me to it!

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I think 5 out of 5 would probably agree that there’s no such thing as having too many locomotives or too much rolling stock.

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5 out of 5 model railroaders agree that your perfect running layout will go all to hell when company comes over …

Mark.

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Oh, vey! What a fun topic. 5 out of 5 would also agree with the following:

  • They learn something new on the forums;

  • The forum search tool is somewhat clunky;

  • They felt warm and gushy helping someone with trains;

  • They spend too much time here;

  • They have projects that they’ve put off for one (or more of the following reasons): too expensive, too time-consuming, changed mind;

  • They were asked “why do you still play with choo-choos?”

  • They have changed part (or all of their layout) after adding scenery

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might be more interesting to list what 5 outa 5 modelers disagree on

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[:$]I disagree! Kidding. I think that would be fun and interesting.

Should it be a new thread / would starting that here be “hijacking”?

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5 out 5 agree that non MR people wonder why adults still play with “toy trains”.

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Works great if you are battery powered!

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4.75 out of 5 single male model railroaders know NOT to mention model railroading on the first meet-up with a lady you’d like to know better as there is a less than 5% chance that will end well, so go the preferred route of easing her into that knowledge over time.