How much can we justify spending?

[Brakie]

Staying with the question of good blogs but getting back to the issue of budgeting resources, this blog is one of my favorites lately <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://newyorkcentrallayout.blogspot.com/">http://newyorkcentrallayout.blogspot.com/</a><!-- m --> -- I think Ralph liked it when I pointed it out on another forum. What I think is worthwhile is that the guy seems to be budgeting his overall resources -- not just the money, but the time and effort -- and coming up with a result that seems to be making him happy and is fun for other people to watch. I think a key to success is to have objectives -- maybe less conscious ones, but consistent -- and then orient your overall effort to satisfy them. It's worth pointing out that he's using a lot of older, less expensive stuff, but he's getting an overall good result with it.

But,but,how can that be? Everybody knows you need $40.00 cars,DCC/Sound, up to date highly detailed locomotives to enjoy the hobby..All the "experts" agree to that modeling philosophy.

Seriously that man is doing what the majority of the modelers I know are doing..
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John,I think you and I have ruin many "expert's" day by doing things our way..

We both know modeling doesn't require any bachelor degrees in modeling but,still the "experts" continue to overstate the obvious while complicating the simple...