I have Decalphobia, I dread having to apply decals to models as it's almost always an unmitigated disaster. :'(
I have a model to do now and I'm putting it off. Despite following all the advice and instructions I always seem to mess things up. Luckily in this case there are plenty of spares on the sheet but woe betide me if there are no spares.
I've got a 00 standard tank that has needed replacement decals for a few years now and I have the decals but nothing has been done as I haven't plucked up courage to tackle that.
I can't be the only one who dreads certain aspects of the hobby can I?
:NGaugersRule:
Ballastitis !
Every time I try it I get lumps and bumps.
Jerry
Electrolitis. Anything to do with wires and electricity. Don't really know what I'm doing and hate it.
Trackleanosis - fear of dirty track. Must get another bottle of IPA!!!
:)
Solderisis - every time I have had a try at it, nothing ever seems to hold for more than a few minutes! :'(
Quote from: Jerry Howlett on November 19, 2016, 12:46:55 PM
Ballastitis !
Ah, my particular diagnosis is Ballastitis Pointsiensis Notworkinganymorea.
I did find that one particular medication, Kato Pharmaceutical's Unitrackicillin, 20 mg/day, worked nicely. The only side-effect was a certain lack of respect from older modellers. :hmmm:
Cheers, NeMo
Quote from: port perran on November 19, 2016, 01:03:21 PM
Electrolitis. Anything to do with wires and electricity. Don't really know what I'm doing and hate it.
A fellow sufferer here. Having trembly hands and failing eyesight doesn't help either.*
Doddery I am :-[
*Anyone suggesting this may be down to my repetitive strain injury will be hearing from my solicitors - Teckitt & Runn
Intheredophobia - a fear of buying too many trains.
Quote from: daffy on November 19, 2016, 02:58:02 PM
Intheredophobia - a fear of buying too many trains.
Can't say I can understand that concept, though I am suffering from a bit of angst regarding packages arriving and the other half getting to the door first. Worryingly I seem to have 3 or 4 imminent, and there are only so many times one can say it was just the Jehovah's Witnesses.
They have 'em in Japan?
I'm with austinbob on the track cleaning. Hate it, and I always manage to break a telegraph pole or some other scenic piece in the process.
Quote from: railsquid on November 19, 2016, 03:35:59 PM
Quote from: daffy on November 19, 2016, 02:58:02 PM
Intheredophobia - a fear of buying too many trains.
Can't say I can understand that concept, though I am suffering from a bit of angst regarding packages arriving and the other half getting to the door first. Worryingly I seem to have 3 or 4 imminent, and there are only so many times one can say it was just the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Hi
I've never understood this, surely a marriage / partnership should be based on trust. I never hide any of my purchases from my wife.
Cheers
Paul
Quote from: daffy on November 19, 2016, 02:58:02 PM
Intheredophobia - a fear of buying too many trains.
Just in case there's any misunderstanding here I would like to state that other than a mortgage and one car loan, both long ago cleared and paid, I have never been in debt. All things model trains however has the power to be an addiction, hence the tongue-in-cheek phobia.
And I totally agree with Paul's last comment - without trust my wife and I would be broke, miserable, and living apart.
Perfect partnership?
Yes.
Curses, since writing that I've been rumbled by the Mrs and am now divorced and penniless living under a bridge.
Quote from: railsquid on November 19, 2016, 11:28:11 PM
Curses, since writing that I've been rumbled by the Mrs and am now divorced and penniless living under a bridge.
Now you have enough space to build that dream layout, pity about the lack of money though.
I bought an airbrush over 2 years ago for the weathering of my rolling stock. I have taken it out of the box a couple of times to marvel at the splendid engineering quality and even attached it to a mini compressor once to see how the two seamlessly fit together...
But as far as putting a grimy paint color into said equipment and wafting it over my expensive rolling stock... Complete paranoia I'm afraid :dighole:
Landscaping - I can build locos, coaches wagons and buildings, but have no feel at all for landscape at all
Regards,
Alex
Like Chetcombe I have an airbrush. I got it out last week to repaint a jinty. Time spent spraying model = 2 minutes. Time spent setting up, mixing paint, testing, cleaning and putting airbrush away = 1 hour.
I don't really have a phobia about using the airbrush it's just all the set up that gets me down. It's only worthwhile if you use it quite often. Weathering powders are so much easier to use.
Quote from: Chetcombe on November 20, 2016, 01:12:18 AM
I bought an airbrush over 2 years ago for the weathering of my rolling stock. I have taken it out of the box a couple of times to marvel at the splendid engineering quality and even attached it to a mini compressor once to see how the two seamlessly fit together...
But as far as putting a grimy paint color into said equipment and wafting it over my expensive rolling stock... Complete paranoia I'm afraid :dighole:
Yeah, that's something well down the list of things I could bear thinking about. Not that I have an airbrush anyway.
NARROW GAUGE - need I say any more :)
Quote from: Chetcombe on November 20, 2016, 01:12:18 AM
I bought an airbrush over 2 years ago for the weathering of my rolling stock. I have taken it out of the box a couple of times to marvel at the splendid engineering quality and even attached it to a mini compressor once to see how the two seamlessly fit together...
But as far as putting a grimy paint color into said equipment and wafting it over my expensive rolling stock... Complete paranoia I'm afraid :dighole:
Oh... Its not just me then.
Still it seems a shame to spoil the beautiful shine on my lovely airbrush. Its as pristine as the locos I'm supposed to be weathering!!
:) :beers:
Quote from: NeMo on November 19, 2016, 02:28:09 PM
Quote from: Jerry Howlett on November 19, 2016, 12:46:55 PM
Ballastitis !
Ah, my particular diagnosis is Ballastitis Pointsiensis Notworkinganymorea.
I did find that one particular medication, Kato Pharmaceutical's Unitrackicillin, 20 mg/day, worked nicely. The only side-effect was a certain lack of respect from older modellers. :hmmm:
Cheers, NeMo
I hadn't appreciated that whether one thinks Kato is the bee's knees or otherwise was an age thing. As an older person, I think respect should be earned rather than demanded and that applies to layouts as well. Certainly, there are many fine Kato layouts.
Webbo
Quote from: austinbob on November 20, 2016, 08:16:58 AM
Quote from: Chetcombe on November 20, 2016, 01:12:18 AM
I bought an airbrush over 2 years ago for the weathering of my rolling stock. I have taken it out of the box a couple of times to marvel at the splendid engineering quality and even attached it to a mini compressor once to see how the two seamlessly fit together...
But as far as putting a grimy paint color into said equipment and wafting it over my expensive rolling stock... Complete paranoia I'm afraid :dighole:
Oh... Its not just me then.
Still it seems a shame to spoil the beautiful shine on my lovely airbrush. Its as pristine as the locos I'm supposed to be weathering!!
:) :beers:
Go for it. Models look so plastic without weathering. Just use a thin mix of weathered black (or similar) and a few light coats. IMHO the best weathering is not noticed by viewers.
Airbrushtitus? I have to put a things in a box to paint when ready I do the lot still comes to 20 mins staying and and hour to get out set up clean and put away.
I am the exact opposite of Hailstone my phobia is buildings and wagon kits ,not the Peco type but the what I call complicated ones like chivers and mill lane or even the NGS kits, scenery I love doing .I seem to get on OK with that but mu buildings and wagons NEVER COME OUT SQUARE.
I don't have an airbrush either, but it has alway seemed to me that they'd be a right pain to clean up.
My weathering is just a dirtying of the roof and bogies which is fairly simple with an airbrush. I think it takes the plastic look away.
Before
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/45/3123-201116211912.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=45608)
After
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/45/3123-201116212022.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=45609)
Quote from: Chris Morris on November 20, 2016, 09:20:31 PM
My weathering is just a dirtying of the roof and bogies which is fairly simple with an airbrush. I think it takes the plastic look away.
Before
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/45/3123-201116211912.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=45608)
I have to try it - I can't believe how your weathering makes the detail on the bogies 'pop'. Thanks for the encouragement!
After
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/45/3123-201116212022.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=45609)
Quote from: railsquid on November 19, 2016, 11:28:11 PM
Curses, since writing that I've been rumbled by the Mrs and am now divorced and penniless living under a bridge.
Bridge? you're lucky, when I was a lad we only had a culvert :no: :P
Quote from: steve836 on November 21, 2016, 02:53:59 PM
Quote from: railsquid on November 19, 2016, 11:28:11 PM
Curses, since writing that I've been rumbled by the Mrs and am now divorced and penniless living under a bridge.
Bridge? you're lucky, when I was a lad we only had a culvert :no: :P
Yeah, well back when I was a kid the people who lived in culverts were the posh ones. We used to dream about a culvert, living in as we did a pothole in the middle of an A road.
Quote from: railsquid on November 21, 2016, 03:09:18 PM
Quote from: steve836 on November 21, 2016, 02:53:59 PM
Quote from: railsquid on November 19, 2016, 11:28:11 PM
Curses, since writing that I've been rumbled by the Mrs and am now divorced and penniless living under a bridge.
Bridge? you're lucky, when I was a lad we only had a culvert :no: :P
Yeah, well back when I was a kid the people who lived in culverts were the posh ones. We used to dream about a culvert, living in as we did a pothole in the middle of an A road.
I also used to live in a pothole when I was a kid but the Council filled it in.... but I don't think they do that any more!! :no: :)
Quote from: Bealman on November 20, 2016, 08:06:44 PM
I don't have an airbrush either, but it has alway seemed to me that they'd be a right pain to clean up.
I second that great tool love the finish but hate cleaning stripping down all the tiny fiddly bits lot to be said for spray cans
Really though I hate ballasting only done about 6ft or so horrible job
Grr, NGF search does not recognise the word "phobia" so it took some trawling to find this again.
I have some nervousness -ballasting I really enjoy now I have a ballast spreader. It works 1000% better than a teaspoon etc whilst still needs allot of dressing afterwards I gave up on dilluted PVA also -WS scenic glue for me all the way plus a pre-soaking using an eyeglass cleaner bottle etc. But it never looks as good afterwards as when it's freshly laid :doh:
My N gauge phobia is DCC ready locomotives (I'm a diesel era modeller and DCC user). I think reliability peaked at China split chassis, they are serviceable very easy-enough, body detail better than Poole era but they have no lights and may be a compromise to some but they seem to keep working -so easy to convert though. Newer stuff may be more accurate, fancy working lights (which usually stop working), the electrical side of it is much more complicated, fewer axle pick-ups, more complicated internal pick-ups, PCB's and copper spring strips to motors rather than soldered wires. Even good runners out of the box seem to suffer after 6 months. It's gone backwards for me and I can't tell enough difference between old and new at 4' viewing distance. I'm not happy with triple figure price tags for reduced raliability and user-serviceability so purchasing any new loco is a real big deal for me now -don't want the extra detail if it doesn't work as well as it used to! I think I bought one new locomotive this year and luckily it works out of the box. I'd love a new class 25, 31 and 33 but seeing as my old China split chassis ones work great I can't justify risking buying another on a whim at the price they are now :telloff:
Rich
Quote from: RST on November 22, 2016, 08:43:28 PM
Grr, NGF search does not recognise the word "phobia" so it took some trawling to find this again.
Strange. I put "phobia" into the Search and ticked the box for "Search in topic subjects only" and this thread was the second result in the list ???
Paul
Rich:
Interesting points in your post, and very valid, I feel. It does sometimes seem to me that reliability has been sacrificed for detail!
Breaking the fragile connections between coaches. Particularly, farish voyager and Arnold ICE 3
Quote from: silly moo on November 20, 2016, 05:32:24 AM
Like Chetcombe I have an airbrush. I got it out last week to repaint a jinty. Time spent spraying model = 2 minutes. Time spent setting up, mixing paint, testing, cleaning and putting airbrush away = 1 hour.
I don't really have a phobia about using the airbrush it's just all the set up that gets me down. It's only worthwhile if you use it quite often. Weathering powders are so much easier to use.
I'm thinking I might be trying hand painting for some livery changes. I've realised now that unless you've got a whole batch to do, hopefully in the same colour like a rake of stock or a few locos, it does seem a lot of effort.
I've heard somewhere that a 50/50 mix paint /thinners can give a good finish, and I'd be using gloss as a colour base to accept transfers, then maybe buying a spray can of matt sealer to top it all off.
In fact, can somebody please direct me to the painting topics on these boards?
Taking Dapol locos apart and reassembly makes my toes curl!
I took one look under the bodyshell of my 52 western (2D-003-006) which just needs its lights fixing to work in both directions, and it was a 'nope!'
I also have my 45xx (ND-014) in pieces now and she'll stay that way until I've done the BR late livery on her, but oh the smallness of all the fiddly bits and pieces! I was lucky enough at my club that I saw the pipework under the right hand cab steps come away and brought it home wrapped in paper. I've since discovered that it did actually snap because of how the remaining pipes look on the other side, mounted as they are on the rear underside of the internal tank weights.
The other thing I've found is the difference in the structural finish of the motion gear which is floppy in the middle of the right hand con rod, and how the left hand piston rod slips off the sliders as though the tolerances are way off- nightmare!
Spending MONEY :(
No seriously, its seeing BR Steam or Even worst BLUE buzz boxes pulling PO wagons and Pre Nat stock
Especially when I run my Prototype Deltic on my LMS layout :)
Quote from: LostBoy30A on January 23, 2017, 01:45:17 AM
Quote from: silly moo on November 20, 2016, 05:32:24 AM
Like Chetcombe I have an airbrush. I got it out last week to repaint a jinty. Time spent spraying model = 2 minutes. Time spent setting up, mixing paint, testing, cleaning and putting airbrush away = 1 hour.
I don't really have a phobia about using the airbrush it's just all the set up that gets me down. It's only worthwhile if you use it quite often. Weathering powders are so much easier to use.
I'm thinking I might be trying hand painting for some livery changes. I've realised now that unless you've got a whole batch to do, hopefully in the same colour like a rake of stock or a few locos, it does seem a lot of effort.
I've heard somewhere that a 50/50 mix paint /thinners can give a good finish, and I'd be using gloss as a colour base to accept transfers, then maybe buying a spray can of matt sealer to top it all off.
In fact, can somebody please direct me to the painting topics on these boards?
Like you for years I always painted in gloss for transfers, however I have now started to put this idea aside unless the model should be gloss and I now rely on decalfix decalsol and the mat and eggshell finishes from the same range.
I just find that gloss paint is very hard to get a very thin coat(s) to achieve an opaque enough coating - particularly yellow, where an eggshell or mat paints can do it in one coat.
Dismantlaphobia.
Meaning: Fear of having to dismantle a layout (Again!).
Cause: Fear of moving house.
Symptoms: Lack of incentive to build something permanent, creative block.
Remedies: Post suspect jokes on forum, drool over other members layouts/models, build Metcalfe kits on kitchen table.
Possible temporary solution: Build a small test track type layout I can carry off under my arm.
My phobia is fissuraphobia - a fear that a gap between the base of a building and the ground, or between a bridge and a road, or between one scenery module and the next, or between the backscene and the scenery, or at the corner of a building, inter alia - will spoil the whole illusion and scream "IT'S A FAKE!" :telloff:
I have recently discovered that I have developed a fear of my wife saying 'No!' when I mention another railway purchase may be in the offing. :(
She is the guru of the budget, a real master of the spreadsheets, and has all essential spending mapped out for many years to come, and makes budgetary allowances for practically everything, from birthdays to holidays, to replacements for stuff that will wear out or fail. She even has separate spreadsheets entitled 'Disaster Budget', such as major unexpected expenditure if we need a new car, or if any aspect of our finances should falter or fail.
Whenever a bill arrives, or something crops up, she will invariably say "It's in the budget", or "It's covered". She truly is a marvel.
So, my newly acquired taste for all things n-gauge might be considered something of a quirk in the budget. However, so far, not so.
But I have a fear..... :-\
Quote from: daffy on January 23, 2017, 12:33:22 PM
I have recently discovered that I have developed a fear of my wife saying 'No!' when I mention another railway purchase may be in the offing. :(
She is the guru of the budget, a real master of the spreadsheets, and has all essential spending mapped out for many years to come, and makes budgetary allowances for practically everything, from birthdays to holidays, to replacements for stuff that will wear out or fail. She even has separate spreadsheets entitled 'Disaster Budget', such as major unexpected expenditure if we need a new car, or if any aspect of our finances should falter or fail.
Whenever a bill arrives, or something crops up, she will invariably say "It's in the budget", or "It's covered". She truly is a marvel.
So, my newly acquired taste for all things n-gauge might be considered something of a quirk in the budget. However, so far, not so.
But I have a fear..... :-\
I have the same 'affliction' as your Wife and it's not a bad thing at all, I know what I've got/haven't got down to the last penny checking statements and balancing on a daily basis/planning ahead etc BUT my model railway interests do sometimes do battle with the 'spreadsheets' ! :'(