Those of you that read my other favorite publication, Car Craft, will recognize the 'In & Out List'... Here's my contribution, in N scale, of course! In: Intermountain's D&RGW tunnel motors! Out: Decaling numbers at long hood end above air intakes onto said locomotives In: Custom-painting and detailing Atlas Geep 40's for the fleet Out: Installing decoders into non-DCC-friendly mechs Out: Having many more non-DCC-friendly locos than the drop-in decoder versions In: Planning for the Secret Places Sub Out: Having no place to put it Out: Not being able to afford a house with a basement for the SPS Out: Not being able to afford much of anything that's livable in my price range In: Moving back to Great Northern country In: New (railfanning) opportunities in said locale Out: Leaving friends back here In: Making new friends in Montana Out: Moving hassles In: Contract movers doing all the real work! In: Kato's California Zephyr Out: No separately available cars for sale to complete a correct Rio Grande Zephyr without redecaling the current CZ cars Out: Missing out on Kato's D&RGW 4-stripe F3 release In: IM's F7's in Rio Grande 4-stripe livery!! What's your In & Out list??
In: Brand new Kato and Atlas Locos Out: Used crap from eBay In: Getting brave and starting on some buildings for my layout Out: Excuses In: Weathering Out: Shiny plastic
Dirk, that's rich! In: Dreaming of the future layout set in a huge basement Out: Getting caught daydreaming while at work Out: Getting told to get back to work, and the dream wasn't finished.... In: Superdetailing your new loco Out: Gluing your fingers to said model with CA Keep 'Em coming folks!!
In: getting my frame work & lighting done on the layout out: didn't leave enough room to move around back & sides with ease In: putting down temp track to run trains out: things didn't go as I thought when done In: started my control board out: big mess with wiring, In: A beautiful late era switcher MP-15 out: no High Hood GP-30 or bay window caboose or more modern industry structures In: a good selection of nice N-scale equipment out: continued medical problems don't allow hands to detail equipment. In: a lot of choices for dreaming about layout out: a $1,000 + increase in home owners insurance so most of extra funds have vaporized. Mike ST. Petersburg, Florida
In: upcoming layoff will give me lots of time to work on my layout. Out: upcoming layoff means I don't have any money to spend on my layout. In: I've got plenty of track to keep me going for awhile.
In: learning not to grab the soldering iron from the hot end. Out: !@@#$% that hurts! In: spend more time with my airbrush and compressor. Out: propellant cans. In: more scenery work. Out: freight cars falling through scenery holes to garage floor. In: winter daytime temps in the 70's. Out: wildfires across Texas. In: reading this forum at work. Out: work. Happy, safe and prosperous 2006 to all!
Hemi: A few more mishaps like this one and I may be in stitches, literally!! In: learning not to grab the soldering iron from the hot end . Checking blisters as I type, I remain, PJR
In: Having plenty of lights for the next layout Out: Finding that 50% of the lights don't work,a nd having to toss them out Out: Hearing a horrendous crash, and finding thousands of shards of glass everywhere when 3 of the 4' bulbs dropped from the closet shelf Out: Cleaning up said mess In: Anticipation of new projects, and having all the parts for the same Out: All of the modeling tools and parts are packed up Out: Having to wait a few weeks to get settled in a new place In: Microbrushes for painting small details, and handrail ends Out: Testor's style bristle brushes for the same job In: My new Paasche VL airbrush Out: My on-the-fritz Badger Model 150 airbrush In: Small air compressor for airbrushing Out: 'Propel' cans Ya'll are on a roll, keep it coming!!
IN: My new girlfriend who has taken to my trains. She impulsively ordered an undecorated Atlas corn syrup car to carry a fictitious product she is dreaming up. g/f applies power to a pair of SD26s at the head of a fast freight: Out: Wondering if I'll ever have a partner that liked trains IN: Getting the track work finished Out: Being intimidated by my lack of skills IN: Building my layout with a friend Out: No one to talk to while working on the layout. [ February 14, 2006, 07:17 AM: Message edited by: Grey One ]
In: Air purifier Out: Cat hair on the track In: Laser cut structure kits Out: Plastic structure kits with windows cast in walls In: MT couplers Out: Stock Kato couplers In: code 55 track Out: Pizza cutter wheels In: No budget Out: Budget
A Double-Double with grilled onions, an order of fries, and a vanilla shake. Oh, and I'll take a t-shirt and a bumper sticker also please
In: ford 5.0 v8 Out: Stock mazda rotary engine (sorry, no train related one from me - I'm in the middle another RX7 project)
Out: Layout on the dining room table. Out: Running unweathered equipment. In: Layout now in official Train Room. In: Skyboards. In: DCC. In: Selling all of my really cool, but useless-to-me-because-I'm-into-trains-now hobby stuff on eBay. Congrats to you chaps with the new train-friendly ladies, I married mine last year
IN: First laser cut caboose kit OUT: Plastic blob cars IN: Early BN era layout with lots of CB&Q. OUT: BNSF in Halloween paint. (Orange & Black) IN: New Job? OUT: Old Job! OUT: Crashing RC planes IN: Crashing RC Helicopters IN: 15 years without crashing my trains
