01-30-2009, 10:53 PM
I just wanted to add one other comment, as I don't want any of my rambling thoughts to come out the wrong way.
I don't think it's "wrong" to spend $1,200 to hire someone to build a layout. People spend that kind of money easily on all sorts of leisure items. And I've probably spent at least $1,000 on my layouts over the past 4-5 years. I just couldn't justify outlaying that amount of money on my hobby -- all at once -- when I already have all sorts of family expenses.
I also think it's OK for MR to run a story on this layout. There are other interesting modeling issues, i.e. how the layout is operated, its time period, what stock is run on it, etc.
Rob
I don't think it's "wrong" to spend $1,200 to hire someone to build a layout. People spend that kind of money easily on all sorts of leisure items. And I've probably spent at least $1,000 on my layouts over the past 4-5 years. I just couldn't justify outlaying that amount of money on my hobby -- all at once -- when I already have all sorts of family expenses.
I also think it's OK for MR to run a story on this layout. There are other interesting modeling issues, i.e. how the layout is operated, its time period, what stock is run on it, etc.
Rob
Rob
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