Hi Gang;
Well here goes....after failing miserably in May...and with a Class 70 ordered, I'm going to try and be a good lad for once and rein in the spending for June.
Weakeniing point may be the availability of Farish Mk 2s!!!
Later;
STU from EGDL
So, what are the odds then? ;)
Not playing in June.
Got to get 5x Peco 10' 5 plank wagons for the brickworks and looking at another Marklin 0-6-0 Z gauge tank loco for the donor chassis.
Also waiting on a Shapeways project someone is doing to be finalised.
June has been nominated 'No Buying Month' for me too. I could do with a bit of a break in railway spending to save up for some of the forthcoming releases (Dapol's Western and West Country, Farish's City of Coventry) plus all the other items I'd like to buy at some point. Hope I can make it through the next few weeks, I can resist anything except temptation. :smiley-laughing:
I'm not planning to buy anything model railway related in June - but we do go on holiday next week for a couple of weeks, and aren't too far from Gaugemaster... :'(
Wigan show in June, i`ll see you next month :)
Quote from: Paul B on May 30, 2013, 07:18:13 PM
I'm not planning to buy anything model railway related in June - but we do go on holiday next week for a couple of weeks, and aren't too far from Gaugemaster... :'(
If you visit Gaugemaster big fail, I don't know anyone who has walked in there and not spent anything. :D
Quote from: bigbob on May 30, 2013, 07:23:57 PM
Wigan show in June, i`ll see you next month :)
Ditto :laugh:
Beat me to it bigbob.That one word should strike fear into anyones wallet.
Only two weeks to go though so theres a bit of time for abstaining from spending money on train stuff,then blow it in a matter of minutes.
My record is around five minutes upon entering the exhibition.This year though,I have no list of loco's or rolling stock that I want/need to buy,just what sound decoders do I want to fit next.I have loco's ready and waiting for them to be added as I have been beavering away doing all the necessary work on the chassis and mechanisms to ensure perfect running.
Pete
:Class31: :Class37: :NGaugersRule:
I have a budget and plan on using it :)
Quote from: bigbob on May 30, 2013, 09:27:05 PM
I have a budget and plan on using it :)
I'm the same, every month :angel:
then it starts, the slow trickle of parcels from Hattons .. :o
that's nice, I can use it for ...... :doh:
I need one of those ..... :drool:
etc
Then of course Tank lists a pile of stuff :veryangry:
still, maybe I'll manage to keep to both budget and plan one month :no:
Quote from: class37025 on May 30, 2013, 09:46:57 PM
Then of course Tank lists a pile of stuff :veryangry:
:laughabovepost:
Not planning on buying in June but, of course, still waiting for the pesky Class 22s.
With the Farish Horsebox and MK2's (lots on order!) Due, and the Dapol Western and LT/BR Panniers also apparently due as well this month Somehow i feel i will fail for June!!
Ollie
:NGaugersRule:
No buying for me, still have car stuff to pay for ;)
Plus the fact I have enough scenic materials to keep me occupied for the next six months at least :laugh:
Paul
Hi Gang;
Going well so far...no purchases in just over 9 hours....I do still have to pay for a couple of items agreed last month, so that doesn't count. :D
And my Class 70 ordered from Sheffield on the 29th has yet to arrive (once back in stock)...
Later;
STU from EGDL
Quote from: StufromEGDL on June 01, 2013, 09:30:04 AM
And my Class 70 ordered from Sheffield on the 29th has yet to arrive (once back in stock)...
Later;
STU from EGDL
Arrived back in stock this morning, picked your order about 9:15, will be leaving here Monday for you :)
Ollie
:NGaugersRule:
Great new Ollie,
Hope it is a runner....having heard of some dodgy examples out there...
Later,
Stu from EGDL.
ERG vinyls ordered
point motors to buy
and the question of are farish mk2's going to hit the shelves before the end of the month???
june is a spend month,,,,
Perth Model Railway Show on 29th/30th June ... but I'm counting anything bought there as July expenditure ( he said , grasping at straws ) !
Alex
NCE powercab
2 decoders
Metcalfe signal box, brewery and factory kits!
And seen a large logo grafar 47 for £60 on eBay :angel:
Maybe next month...............
Hahaha.
I made it through May (mainly due to 2 extended stays in Hotel NHS), mind you railway money went on the TV package.
Just had my commision money, and SWMBO is indicating Holiday spending money but a ECOS 50200 is calling.. :claphappy:
Items selling too high for my bids has helped so far, think I'd have been around £200 down if I'd won all the auctions this weekend. Instead, no packages to look forward to this week.
I've failed miserably. Over the weekend I bought three railway books and a 'City of Hereford' in LMS livery going cheap... oh and I just bought a house. :o
Still, at least I'll have somewhere to build a layout now. :thumbsup:
I've spent £30 already. Not railway related, but I managed to grab 2 amazingly rare star trek model kits for £15 each! They normally go for over £150! Now I have at least 20 kits to build...
Definate fail :)
Just put in an order to shapeways. More Nn3 stuff.
Ordering more stacks from Unit Models next week.
5 plank wagons on temp hold. :hmmm:
Quote from: Christina on June 03, 2013, 06:21:53 PM
I've spent £30 already. Not railway related, but I managed to grab 2 amazingly rare star trek model kits for £15 each! They normally go for over £150! Now I have at least 20 kits to build...
Surely buying glue counts too :D
I didn't need to buy any glue, I have a massive stash of everything I need to make model kits :D
(If only I could stash away time)
I shall definitely be buying as I had notification today that the parts I need to finish the track came in today :D, so I'll collect and pay for them on Saturday. Busy week after that then getting the rest of the track laid and starting to solder droppers *groan*
failed at the N Gauge society AGM and came home with a Dapol 56 for 60 notes and a total bargain 150/2 for 35!
My 318 takes a step nearer!
My bank balance takes a step the other way. Just seen Mk11's have arrived.......ooh bugger....
Quote from: dr deltic on June 06, 2013, 02:55:45 PM
Just seen Mk11's have arrived.......ooh bugger....
I'm still buying Mk1's - when did the MK11's come along :confused1:
Well this is my last bit of spending this weekend until the N gauge show in September.
I really hope I can last that long.. :worried:
Cudders
Well I'm back from my holiday on the south coast. SWMBO and I visited Arundel twice - once was to visit the castle and the other was to visit the cathedral and Gaugemaster!
Now, I didn't plan to spend too much there, as we were on holiday and I needed money for other things - but people here were right; visit Gaugemaster and you won't come out without spending something! I have to admit that I could've spent more than I did, but spent just over £50, on some more buildings for my eventual Polish layout. I now have the engine shed, a coaling stage and some station platforms - all by Faller, which pushed the price up, but they are perfect and just what I was after!
So, although I spent more than I wanted, I am happy with what I have got! :)
...Oh yes - we also ended up visiting a Hobbycraft shop nearby our camp site too, and I got a spray can of airbrush cleaner; I have been given a DeVilbis Sprite airbrush by my MIL, and I want to give it a good clean and see if it works! So a little more spent there too! :doh:
Having bought this month so far;
Mk2a FO x2
Mk2a TSO x4
Mk2a BSO x1
Mk1 Buffet x1
Mk2 Buffet x1
Mk1 BG x1
Lyddle End Buildings x3
Pre ordered GF Clay Hoods x3 boxes of 3
And on the verge of ordering loads of stuff for TMD, workers, fuel tanks, pump house etc etc. :-\
With hope that the next batch of GF 37's are on the way from China... :hmmm: I'm not even going to think about "No Spend July"
Is there such a thing as NGSA (N Gauge Spenders Anonymous)? I might need some :help: . ;D
So far I've managed to avoid spending and my bank balance has felt the benefit. Problem is that I've just been paid so, technically, I'm now in July and I feel like I deserve a treat! I'll see if I can hold out until it is officially July but it is going to be tough! :sorrysign:
I'll attempt a no buying month next month and because of that in 2 days I've bought.....
Dapol coal sector 58 AND 56
2 decoders for above
Peco diesel depot
2 metcalfe platform kits and finally some wire ;)
Hello all.
For me, May and June look like the “buy everything months”. Many things were released at the same time and I had also more time to think of what I needed for my projects.
Here’s my list. (Take your breath.)
British side:
• Wickham railbus and its Tomix chassis
• Union Mills, Adams in BR black livery
• Graham Farish, Mk1 horse box in maroon
• Graham Farish, Mk1 first corridor in maroon
• Graham Farish, Mk1 RFO in SR green
• Dapol, blue spot fish van
• Graham Farish, PCA wagon “Lever Brothers” in purple (it doesn’t fit my era, but I couldn’t resist)
• Graham Farish, lamp huts
• Graham Farish, Georgian townhouse
US side:
• Fox Valley Models, Baltimore and Ohio’s wagontop boxcar
• Intermountain, 3-Bay Covered Hopper, Grain Train
• a church from American Model Builders
French side:
• a train station from MKD
• Arnold, SNCF round-sided hopper in Soufflet livery
Accessories:
• sheep from Preiser
• trees
• roof and pavement from Redutex
Z scale:
• Intermountain, 2 cylindrical hoppers
• Red fire truck
I can’t believe I’ve bought so much... :o
Hopefully the coming months should be quiet.
Bye.
I've bought a Vollmer 7500 station (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4485621487_0eb8401b4a_o.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nscale.net/forums/showthread.php?17191-Combining-Kato-and-Vollmer-Stations&h=375&w=500&sz=30&tbnid=7KpZQp435JPOTM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&zoom=1&usg=__gFo7CltZL3I4_1gLFc5XRGn27rc=&docid=2m42EVQ_Rfr8uM&sa=X&ei=r5vQUd7BGu6X7Qa5goC4Bg&ved=0CDsQ9QEwAQ&dur=641#imgdii=7KpZQp435JPOTM%3A%3BD2Xfd6GJUgAimM%3B7KpZQp435JPOTM%3A) when I was supposed not to be buying :oopssign:
As I said at the begining of the month, this was a buying month for me.
Stuff from shapeways, flexitrack,glues and paint.
Next month will be a buying month as well.Backscenes to purchase, scalescenes lock keepers cottage and a few other bits and pieces.
I think I have a no buying for the rest of the year not just month, for the last few years I have spent every Saturday morning at my mates s/h model train shop and spent a small fortune.
It has been like dangling a carrot in front of a donkeys nose, I have spent all my spare cash on the hobby, in the meantime my car needed tyres which I got last week and I still havent fixed tthe broken front window in my caravan from last years accident.
Its amazing how much gets done when you stay away from shops like this one, I haven't been for a few weeks and have already accumulated enough money to go for a 4 to 6 week caravan holiday early next month
I had a big spend up before I stopped going to the shop so I have all my locos, rtolling stock and buildings that will keep me going for quite some time.
Hi Gang,
Failed miserably with Mk2 s, another Class 70 & 27... And a couple of bits from EBay!!
So....new thread for July soon!!!
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=14945.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=14945.0)
How do we think that's going to go?..
Later,
Stu from EGDL
Quote from: StufromEGDL on July 01, 2013, 08:06:59 AM
Hi Gang,
Failed miserably with Mk2 s, another Class 70 & 27... And a couple of bits from EBay!!
So....new thread for July soon!!!
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=14945.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=14945.0)
How do we think that's going to go?..
Later,
Stu from EGDL
I think I'm going to follow Dave's (longbridge) way of doing things.....
Quote from: longbridge on June 30, 2013, 10:56:23 PM
I had a big spend up before I stopped going to the shop so I have all my locos, rtolling stock and buildings that will keep me going for quite some time.
Although I've not set a time period yet. :laugh3:
Quote from: Oldman on June 30, 2013, 10:34:14 PM
As I said at the begining of the month, this was a buying month for me.
Stuff from shapeways, flexitrack,glues and paint.
Next month will be a buying month as well.Backscenes to purchase, scalescenes lock keepers cottage and a few other bits and pieces.
Hi Oldman,
BE WARNED!!!!
I am having a bit of a non - spending month, but only railway related.
However I bought the Lock keepers cottage, which then led me to the canal bridge and so I then HAD to buy the locks/canal boats to go with them. Now in the middle of building a flight of locks that I think will be used to cover the fiddle yard.... Well thats todays idea.
Mrs H meanwhile has got us to buy a £1000 wood burning stove/boiler including delivery from the UK :claphappy:.
Then we get to change our gas central heating over to wood fired at an additional cost of £1200. Its a good move as last year we were paying about £150 A MONTH for ONE HOUR of Gas heating.
So a couple of quids worth of scalescenes seemed a reasonable purchase.
Quote from: Jerry Howlett on July 04, 2013, 03:28:47 PM
However I bought the Lock keepers cottage, which then led me to the canal bridge and so I then HAD to buy the locks/canal boats to go with them. Now in the middle of building a flight of locks that I think will be used to cover the fiddle yard.... Well thats todays idea.
So a couple of quids worth of scalescenes seemed a reasonable purchase.
Already have the locks/canal boats, tempted with the bridge at some point.
And a canal side pub sounds good but it's a fair way to travel from here to find one..
I might be on the road to recovery. I just gave up following an LMS 2-8-0 that I really wanted because I shouldn't be spending any more. Does that mean I'm cured now? :help:
Quote from: Oldman on July 04, 2013, 04:35:51 PM
And a canal side pub sounds good but it's a fair way to travel from here to find one..
Its a darn site nearer than from here. PUB mmmmmmmmm.....
No bars etc on the canals in Venice that you know of?
I'll settle for one with a nice mountain view, a cool breeze and Ice Cold drinks if that is all you can offer.
As it is now July maybe we should end this thread.