02-20-2021, 12:09 PM
(02-20-2021, 09:48 AM)ezdays Wrote: ...It's insane how prices can jump over the smallest of things....
You're not kidding: I went to the only hobbyshop left in this area (about a 45 minute drive), to pick-up some longer static grass. While I was there, I decided that I might as well pick up a sheet of Evergreen passenger car siding, as I'm about to embark on building some head-end passenger equipment (17 cars) to finally finish that portion of my rolling stock.
This particular store is well-stocked, but there are no price tags on anything, so check-out can be "interesting". The static grass, a small packet, which I expected to be expensive, was a bit over $8.00, a little less than my estimate, but one sheet of scribed styrene (they used to come as two sheets per pack, for around $4.00) was over $10.00.
A couple of days ago, I ordered some detail parts for those cars, from Precision Scale...over $100.00 for brake gear and clerestory vents.
I will probably need another 3 or 4 sheets to fulfill my plans. While I usually enjoy projects like this, it's starting to become onerous, and I'm looking forward to just working on my layout, using-up what I have on-hand. It's not like I really "need" any more stuff...if I did, chances are that I'd simply opt out.
Wayne