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Hey all... new poster, but longtime follower of the hobby. There seems to be some nice people here
, and I think it's time for the metal to hit the rails, so here goes.
My parents got me an LGB starter set in 1986. (Insert side comments about the age of the poster here.
) A hodgepodge of cars and about fifty feet of sectional track later, I set up a trial run outside. It worked, although for the record, glue sticks don't weather gracefully.
In the ten years since I've last touched the things (except for a scavenger hunt last year... it was the centerpiece of a puzzle), I've graduated, gotten a real job (to fund said hobby - reasonably), bought a house (most important), LGB went bankrupt (uh oh) and I learned how to garden. Now that I know how the house functions and that the trees drop a foot of leaves on the whole backyard, I think it's time to start moving some dirt.
Of course, the research comes first. So the all important question - how did you guys start? Obviously, there's no one prescribed way to begin, or a model railroading school, but I'd like to hear from the crowd and pick out some ideas I might want to try. And I promise I'll try to post answers to any questions (but not this weekend, I'll be in Fort Wayne).
On a related note, how does LGB going bankrupt affect the direction I'd go in terms of track and stock?
My parents got me an LGB starter set in 1986. (Insert side comments about the age of the poster here.
In the ten years since I've last touched the things (except for a scavenger hunt last year... it was the centerpiece of a puzzle), I've graduated, gotten a real job (to fund said hobby - reasonably), bought a house (most important), LGB went bankrupt (uh oh) and I learned how to garden. Now that I know how the house functions and that the trees drop a foot of leaves on the whole backyard, I think it's time to start moving some dirt.
Of course, the research comes first. So the all important question - how did you guys start? Obviously, there's no one prescribed way to begin, or a model railroading school, but I'd like to hear from the crowd and pick out some ideas I might want to try. And I promise I'll try to post answers to any questions (but not this weekend, I'll be in Fort Wayne).
On a related note, how does LGB going bankrupt affect the direction I'd go in terms of track and stock?