Please take a look and post your thoughts.


http://youtu.be/dIhSvp594zo

Mike

Having fun is what it's all about. There is no doubt that there are modellers out there who take it too seriously. Hobbies are supposed to be for relaxation, not stress.

I was a member of a large national model railway organisation for a number of years, but left because of the condescending attitude of some of the people in it. (Just one example: "Unless you model a real prototype location, you are just playing trains").

Well, I'm just playing trains, and having fun.

Quote from: Bealman on March 29, 2014, 03:02:29 AM
Having fun is what it's all about. There is no doubt that there are modellers out there who take it too seriously. Hobbies are supposed to be for relaxation, not stress.

I was a member of a large national model railway organisation for a number of years, but left because of the condescending attitude of some of the people in it. (Just one example: "Unless you model a real prototype location, you are just playing trains").

Well, I'm just playing trains, and having fun.

There you go , That is the part THEY missed.
Mike

I'm a big believer in Rule 1 in all aspects,

Not only will I run what I want, my layout will look like I want it too, and if I want my rocks to be pink and blue they will be. And I will have all the fun in the world doing it.

Great video Mike 

I do so agree.. it's a huge hobby, model making, with loads of different levels of skill and we all start somewhere. I have had endless hours of fun making kits painting and slowly improving. I now airbrush with confidence and have started my first scratch build. Pics will follow. Things I thought I might never achieve.

I am not worried about what people think to my skills and yes maybe I do envy others and their layouts/models at times.... after all I'm human.

But those three letters are the start and end of what all hobbies should be "FUN". 

Yeah, you have hit it on the head there, Colin.

I often splash out and buy the MRJ just because I am in awe of the photos and standards of modelling in there.

There's nowt wrong with attempting to achieve that standard of modelling excellence.

My beef is, and I would like to think I am agreeing with what Mike is saying here - it's all just fun. Unless I am an architectural modeller and my income depends on my work (which is all computerised these days? I haven't seen an actual project model on display in recent memory?), then it's just what Mike says.... a HOBBY.

In other words, an ENJOYABLE, RELAXING PASTIME.

George

Great video, thanks for sharing.

When I started off with my baseboard I didn't think it would end up looking as good as I think it does.  Some of it has been frustrating but it has been enjoyable and satisfying.  You don't know what you can do until you try.

I think it is easy to forget that even the best layouts didn't just spring into existence, they started with a bare board and some plans.  The journey from start to finish takes time and effort, but the work you put in is reflected in the standard of the finished layout and (hopefully) the pleasure you get from it.

A firm "Hear, hear" to that. 

Words of wisdom Mike 

As well as running trains I also fly r/c helicopters and now quadcopters, I am a member of a few r/c forums ans have regularly posted in them about having fun.  Some guys would post they were losing their tempers because they kept crashing and 99% of the time it was because they were trying to do the more complex aspects of flying rather than learn the basics which once mastered helps you get out of trouble.

I am about to start making some card buildings and don't expect perfection first time round but as you said about Gavin, you reassess the finished build and learn from your mistakes.  Strangely enough that is a lot like life 

cheers John.

Fully agree with Mike and all the other comments it is a hobby that should be fun. You should work at your own pace and when your in the mood. Doing that will reduce the number of mistakes made because you are doing what you want and not what you have to do.

We can all admire the work of the 'experts' who appear to have endless talent but they then tend to become so up themselves that they end up putting the less able off the hobby by making them think that everything has to be just so.

This Forum is also part of the hobby as far as I am concerned. Model railways tend to be solitary activities, except for local clubs - and not everyone has easy access to those - so it is good to share personal experiences and see what others are doing.

An expert is simply someone who has already made most of our mistakes

So very true Mike, what's a hobby it you don't enjoy it and have fun, albeit with a little frustration now and then as you make mistakes which hopefully you learn from. 

Your signature says it all, buddy! 

 
Thanks so so much , all of you. By the responses I have gotten I think that we all just needed a short refresh on the rules of the word HOBBY.
Thanks Guys , Mike & Robin

I loved that showed it to the wife that mocks me for playing with my train set I think she is jealous because when she goes to bed I go to the shed lol