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  1. woodenhead

    It's interesting which locos you have an affectionate bond to one day and will toss into the sale pile the next.

     

    As I move into DCC I now look at a pile of N gauge locos from the pre-DCC period and recognise I will likely never run them again if I keep them.

     

    Even some of my OO stuff is now going into the pile as regretted purchases and things that I wouldn't run if I did another OO gauge layout need to go.

     

    My very first railway from the 1970s is in the pile too, it hasn't seen proper use since I was a child, I kept hold of it whilst my dad was alive, but it has no chance of being used, it was mostly second hand when I received it.  It's sad but what can you do, you can't keep everything forever.

     

    No point keeping stuff you're not going to use only for your family to find it when you're gone and have to dispose of it.

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      I've a couple of cardboard boxes of old Hornby stuff that are worth peanuts and not in a condition to attract a collector of curiosities.  Ok, I could Ebay them and given the current climate, I might get something from them after fees and postage, but perhaps the best would be to donate them to a charity shop so they do some good elsewhere.

       

      As for current stuff, I'm fighting off "change of gauge" scenarios!  :jester:

       

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      No point keeping stuff you're not going to use only for your family to find it when you're gone and have to dispose of it.

       

      I'm not thinking that far ahead, but for the "good" stuff I'm maintaining a list of what is there and what the going rate at time of compilation is as a starting point.  If it leaves the collection, it leaves the list...

       

    2. woodenhead

      woodenhead

      Change of gauge, tell me about it, I am considering how I will resist an Accurscale 37/0 when they get around to the centre headcode version.

       

      And then I look at Geeps and shunting puzzles.

       

      I really must reduce my stock first.

       

      Whilst I am making a first foray into reducing my OO fleet a little around the edges I am wondering when I will actually use what I have left - if the N takes off and if I am seriously putting money into the layout with DCC then I don't see an OO layout beyond a plank.  I noted the class 128 Digitrains sound file whilst looking for a 40 sound project and that makes me smile for running a RevolutioN 128 when it arrives.  My heart seems to calling me back to N proper.

    3. mike morley

      mike morley

      Interests evolve and tastes change. 

      I realised some time ago that at my usual rate of construction (a loco a year?) I wasn't going to live long enough to build even half the kits in my stash.  The obvious ones to move on were those that no longer fitted in with my current tastes and interests.  Trouble was, those were the ones that I'd already part-built and - as we all know - part-built kits are those that are hardest to shift.

      I suppose the moral of this tale is to buy any kit that takes your fancy while it is available (because it might not be available any more by the time you actually have use for it) but dont even think about starting it until you actually have use for it and, once started, dont stop until it's finished.

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