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What part of this hobby do you dislike the most?

For me its got to be electrics because I am totally useless at anything electronic, even the most simple electrical circuits baffle me!

pauly wrote:What part of this hobby do you dislike the most?

For me its got to be electrics because I am totally useless at anything electronic, even the most simple electrical circuits baffle me!

plastic

the price

andysleigh wrote:
the price

Same

What i dont get is why accucraft discontinued the edrig. Personally i dont like the large size of these locos but it was a good start for the beginner. Now this has been discontinued the Ragleth is hitting just £20 off the price of a Roundhouse Bertie. Surely they have lost a market there and many people will shill out the extra £20 for a british engineered loco.
That is what i hate about it at the moment. Not that it effects me, It was just nice to see the hobby a little more attainable for those with a little less cash.

I dislike the fact there isn't a L&B 2-6-2 or a quarry hunslet on the market at a price can afford.

got to be the price mainly

and I also dont like using brass. I can make things quite easily out of wood but dont like working with brass.

If we're talking 16mm, then probably the size for me, I'm prefering bigger things at the mo.

the price is a big stopper for me....may be i should go my grandads way......and build my own

plewsy2105

Know- it- alls and people with illogical bias (be it to manufacturer, scale, gauge, whatever) who take people to task over it. Fine to have your favourites, less fine to try and force your ideas on others. Bit like religion really

SillyBilly wrote:If we're talking 16mm, then probably the size for me, I'm prefering  bigger things at the mo.

you're not going 45mm are you

more 600mm

I can't really think of any dislikes, as for price well these days we are very well off compared to many years ago,endless suppliers of models etc now, then you could only dream of a live steam engine as they were not so afordable relative to wages, it only seemed like the older generation had them (I am now in the older generation and now have a steam engine )

Endless, Nameless wrote:Know- it- alls and people with illogical bias (be it to manufacturer, scale, gauge, whatever) who take people to task over it. Fine to have your favourites, less fine to try and force your ideas on others. Bit like religion really

Couldn't agree more!

Also, people who dislike Mamods. They still have a place.

I can sympathise with the younger members for whom price is a factor.

My pet hate is LGB with SOUND......... Hearing that stuff at an exhibition sets my teeth on edge!

A story: when I exhibited at my first model railway exhibition, my layout was situated in the same room as a BBC computer on which somebody had spent a great deal of time writing a display program which told the punters all about the exhibition. When it got to the part about refreshments, the programmer had really excelled himself, as the computer played "Polly put the kettle on, we'll all have tea."

This happened every 48 seconds (we timed it).

At the end of the Friday night session, when the proud programmer came to turn is computer off, he nearly got strangled!

On Saturday morning, all was blissfully quiet...............

I don't like LGB with sound either. At every KMRC model show the LGB layout is next to the one i operate. It annoys me loads, and it cost's to much.

The wait when building kits and model i want it done now!!!!

Buildings, or more specifically Building's kits, they really do bore me to death, although another pet hate is painting stuff

Probably same as laalratty here. I don't like painting stuff and making buildings - hence why I always go for the ready made, hefty pottery or concrete stuff (cus they last much longer here too!). I also hate it when stuff breaks - hence the MAMODS too.

I also hate the fact there's so much stuff that I like and want, but can't afford

laalratty wrote:Buildings, or more specifically Building's kits, they really do bore me to death, although another pet hate is painting stuff

I actually sort of enjoy the painting, its something you can do whilst sat in your front room watching tv! simples!

and the buildings kits I quite enjoy, especially the lineside delight kits, altho the prospect of painting all the detail onto my two signal boxs that I am making at the minute is something I am putting off!