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I'm not buying anything new unless it is to complete a project I've already started Smile

Although... some new freight cars sound tempting!
My goal for 2012 is to complete scenery from backdrop to front on at least 12' of layout. I have partial scenery along 60+ feet, just none complete. So yesterday I started the project at the LHS and returned with six new freight cars!!!!
willie
LOL, willie. I specifically did not go to the LHS this morning for that very reason!
Sounds like a good plan! Not sure if I could stick to it! Misngth
The best laid plans of mice and men...are trampled all over by the feet of well-intentioned modelers. Thumbsup
My goal for 2012 is to get the Bigger staging yard completed, this has been under construction for the last 4 years.There are gust 6 switch machines left to install and wire, 18 are already done. Although we have been operating on it for the last two years using manual control. Since Christmas I have gotten 4 machines installed and wired up, also built and wired the second control panel for it. Big Grin Then decide on the next step, the Watrous staging yard or maybe some more scenery. :mrgreen:
I've developed a bit of a hierarchy for them:

1) Is it for my 1930s-40's Oahu Railway?
2) Would completing it be relatively simple and could it be used on the above Railway?
3) Can a take it to an upcoming NMRA meet contest?

My active projects right now are the 3 cars I mentioned in the narrow gauge forum...a C&S Reefer as well as a SJCC Boxcar and an ex-C&S boxcar (these last two will be for Pearl Harbor...2 of the 87 ex-Colorado cars). I also have my first OR&L 2-8-0 bash continuing. So far, the frame has been lengthened, new rod blanks prepared, and some cosmetic changes (counter weights cut off the crank pins, the rear of the cab opened). The lengthened frame (driver WB is about 10" scale longer now) and with the rod blanks made its maiden voyage a couple nights ago under power.

I do not allow myself to start a new freight car of any given type so long as I currently have one of that type under construction. Once I start my first OR&L boxcar, flatcar, or gondola, I won't allow myself to start another one until the first one is in service. The same applies to the locomotives. I won't start converting another 2-8-0 unless it will be a sister to this one...and I won't start the 0-6-0s until all other OR&L locomotive projects are wrapped up.