Frist time builder, long time modeler
Long Time Modeler I started getting into model railroading back in 2011. After stopping by a local club in the spring of that year, I was hooked. For the next several years I participated in a few clubs mostly running trains and making plans for future club layouts. Unfortunately in my many years of being in clubs, we never got to do a lot of layout building. I was part of one club that had been established for 30+ years and had pretty much filled their club space to the brim (and was an hour's drive one-way). The other club was facing an uncertain future with the club space they were in, which made most projects hard to commit to. As a result, I did learn a lot about running trains, programming decoders, and doing general layout maintenance. However, I never got the chance to do benchwork, layout wiring, and very little scenery. Space in my tiny 650sq foot apartment was tight and doing any real layout building there was not very practical. However, I did my best to stay engaged wi