How Much!?

[47033]

Oh I dread to think.  I've been constructing this layout for 2 years and am nowhere near complete. I do have most of my loco's, around 70 currently and will be looking to have close to 100 by the time I'm finished. Some new Farish 40's, Dapol 33's and 50's will be added as they become available.

I have many rakes of passenger stock but need 1 more rake of MK2a's and 2 rakes of Mk2f's (when Farish release them).

I have many freight wagons but need 2 rakes of coal wagons and a few other mixed wagons to add to the collection. Also looking for a complete breakdown crane train when it's released. Other than that I think I'm done. With all the price increases lately I'm glad I focused on this part so early on. My main costs from here on will be track and scenery. I think if I knew what I had spent and what I will be spending in future I would scare myself to death.

I run and maintain older vehicles and the wife is fine with me spending money on this hobby rather than new vehicles so that's cool.

I have a major expense coming up that is split between vehicles and model railways. I'm going to be spending around $50,000 on a dual purpose garage that's insulated and climate controlled. Half will be a car workshop and half a model railway room, I'm currently getting estimates for it now.  Here's the kicker, I had one estimate for $26,000 and the wife said is there something wrong with it, it sounds too cheap.......

Jamie

[Newportnobby]

If I said I have nearly 100 locos without even counting anything else I believe you can draw your own conclusions.

I wish you hadn't posted this - it makes you realise just how expensive our hobby can be.... And if SWMBO gets a view of this, parts of my layout and personal anatomy could be seriously curtailed !!
:'(

In this instance, it certainly helps being single

With 100 locos you have either got a big house, a big shed, or you have taken over the Leyland Motors Factory - where do you keep them all?

Obviously in a smaller place than JBQFC

[javlinfaw7]

I have 11 each of green diesels and br steamers 2 101 green dmus plus a wide variety rolling stock I have no idea what it cost but most was bought locally second hand .After a recent trip to DTM in Berlin I added a V200 that I got for a SNP and four wagons a a price that would make you Green with envy

[MalcolmInN]

I got for a SNP and four wagons a a price that would make you Green with envy

a Scottish National Pound ? Is that legal Tender in Germany now ?

[Newportnobby]

I got for a SNP and four wagons a a price that would make you Green with envy

a Scottish National Pound ? Is that legal Tender in Germany now ?

That's gonna leave a mark (see what I did there.............OK, hat,coat, gloves and scarf at the ready )

[railsquid]

I got for a SNP and four wagons a a price that would make you Green with envy

a Scottish National Pound ? Is that legal Tender in Germany now ?

That's gonna leave a mark (see what I did there.............OK, hat,coat, gloves and scarf at the ready )

Your jokes are getting wurst and wurst (hat, coat and gloves pre-donned and fleeing out of the door)

[talisman56]

I had a complaint from SWMBO, oh ho , , , she said "but they are both black, cant we have something a bit more interesting "
Wot you recon, a Princess Coronation for her as well ?

London Underground map Class 66...

http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/web/wp-content/uploads/blogger/-EcP0FOGLd3E/UnjmRNWIM3I/AAAAAAAAYJc/mdMkGxdjf7c/s1600/harry%2Bbeck.jpg

[MalcolmInN]

London Underground map Class 66...

Hehee, nice one

I've just called her in to look and she said
" blank , blank, nope it's gotta be steam "

[painbrook]

That's in old money before the price hike, same with my other hobby, £40plus for a1/35 scale model AFV.
Hope you guys have it all insured, by the by can I have all your addresses, need to get your Christmas cards sorted. .
Cheers john.

[5944]

Hmmm, I shouldn't have looked at this thread. 50 locos (roughly £70 each), 60 coaches (roughly £12 each), 150 wagons (£6 each). Not far off £5000 as well. Whoops! The vast majority of it, 90% or so, all fits in one cardboard box.

Oh, and that's only the N gauge stuff. Add in HO, OO and O gauge.... Oh dear!

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Quote from: newportnobby on April 13, 2015, 03:42:16 pm

    Quote from: MalcolmAL on April 13, 2015, 03:37:25 pm

        Quote from: javlinfaw7 on April 13, 2015, 03:19:29 pm

            I got for a SNP and four wagons a a price that would make you Green with envy

       
        a Scottish National Pound ? Is that legal Tender in Germany now ?


     
    That's gonna leave a mark (see what I did there.............OK, hat,coat, gloves and scarf at the ready )


Your jokes are getting wurst and wurst (hat, coat and gloves pre-donned and fleeing out of the door)

The Poond will probably be worth even less now they have to re-tool all the presses for Nic now...



...Seriously though I don't count now.  Used to when I was into cars, but would never share that with anyone because someone else comes along and says "I spent more", and that's not really what it's about.

[railsquid]

Spread over the past 25 years, on average I've been buying 2~3 powered N-gauge units (locos, multiple units/railcars/trams etc.) per year.

The problem is I only started out in N-gauge last year...

Mind you very little of what I have was bought new at normal retail prices, and much of it is Japanese anyway which is generally pretty cheap. I think I've scratched most of the backlog of "want" itches now (famous last words)...

[railsquid]

Spread over the past 25 years,
The problem is I only started out in N-gauge last year...

Now there is an interesting subject that you raise !

How to equate what one's Dad spent on Frank Hornby's products way back then for your birthday or Chrissy
and what I am now about to spend (maybe) in my second childhood ! ?

25 years ago was approximately when I gave up trying to acquire Hornby, Lima and co (actually more like 28). I did work out (possibly on this very forum) that the Hornby Class 25 I bought around 1986 costed - taking inflation and the N-gauge loco premimum into account - roughly the same as the BachFar 25 I bought last year. Disposable income is somewhat higher, luckily, though if I were concentrating solely on British stuff I'd probably have much smaller quantities of stock.

[Greybags]

I used to restore classic cars for a hobby until an old neck/back injury made moving big lumps of metal too much of a problem. So at the wife's suggestion (Lovely girl) I converted half my garage into a railway room, and a lump of the proceeds from selling my last classic went into the "Train Set & Layout" pot..
Been working on the layout for about 18 months, have about 20 loco's a few rakes and lots of scenery stuff, and glad to say there is still a nice sized kitty left to buy more with and to complete the layout.

Used to keep a spreadsheet when doing the cars, but only as a record for when I sold them to make room for the next one, but never totalled them as it would have been depressing..

But will go so far as to say, I made a good profit when I did have to sell them. 

[Tdm]

Talking of old money, I have attached below a copy of the Invoice I received when I bought a new sports car back in the 70's.

What I forked out then would only buy me about 4 or 5 new N gauge locomotives at today's prices. Notice on the invoice a full tank of petrol was just £3 97pence!