ngauger Wrote:This would be a good use for the Equipment and Supply sources Thread: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=51">viewforum.php?f=51</a><!-- l -->
If you guys think it would help and we get a few members involved, this could turn out to be a great resource for those hard to find parts..... Of course, then there's the matter of shipping the parts, unless they can be ordered directly from the hobby store and shipped to the buyer(s)...
Hmmmm.... I didn't even notice that part of the site! A requests thread would certainly be a reasonable solution to this particular problem!
Sumpter250 Wrote:Years back, when I was maintaining Microfiche printers, duplicators, readers, and reader/printers, I started a list of all my rolling stock, and was able to update it, and print it to fiche, as a test program for the printer I had just completed repairs on.
I spent more time updating that list than I did building models.
Every time I flipped the coin, it came up "building models is more fun", I never saw it land "building databases is fun".
I stopped flipping that coin.
I am having more fun, building models - - - - - - - - - and re------searching ! 
the hobby shop one might be impractical, but other personal data bases have some value. The way i figure it, the initial set up is a one-time pain. Once everything is up to date, you're set. I imagine that computer programs designed for this sort of thing, such as RRTrains2000, make the job easier and faster. in the end, i just take my time, and if i get bored, i'll go do something else.
Quote::o :o a n d... by the way....., yes, I reached "old fossil status" a couple of years ago, and I'm sure my comments here reflect that. 
Nah, you don't sound like a fossil yet. You're still making your own parts!
Quote:ambitious one who would build that database? If that makes you happy, go for it ! I will be happy to use it. 
As Ngauger put it: "and then there's the inevitable.....While I'm Re-Searching for "that"... I always stumble upon "this" one item that I was looking for previously and did not find... Therefore, now I know where it is"
and next time, and there will most likely be a next time, I'll remember what I learned, and go right to where I can find it.
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Again, i feel this is easier said than done, but thats me. Personally, i am very easily distracted, so if i have to dig through multiple old magazines to find one article, I'll never make it! I'll inevitably end up reading a random article on ATSF U30CGs or Erie Builts or something, and never end up at my goal.