Reply to "Does anyone have this problem of buying prewar items to restore then creating a backlogged in the restoration process?"

Standard Gauge is so rare around here on the left coast, that I buy most of what I come across at flea markets and Antique sales if it is cheap enough.

So I also have many "projects" waiting for spare time and parts.

I also tend to under-estimate the costs of repair parts.or the trouble in finding them.

The "The journey is the reward" they say.