Who has a hobby related resolution?
Sure most of us need to lose a couple of pounds here or there, but what is your model railroading resolution?
Mine is to stop buying project engines and accessories....unless the deal is too good to pass up - no wait - that's how I got here in the first place. No new projects until the existing projects are done.
Let's hear yours.
I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2021!
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This year I am working on scenery and rolling stock. I will not buy anything with a motor.
1) Pay more attention to details on my layout. 2020 was all about getting my new layout up and running. That includes trains, streets and buildings. Now it’s time for the details I overlooked.
2) Have every engine and car that is in sick bay 100% operational.
3) Sell off all excess I am not using.
Gain some weight!
Keep selling.
Steve
@POTRZBE scenery is a good one...
@ChiTown Steve That's a great looking layout and nice "L". The details will take it over the top!
@dogdoc Certainly obtainable!
@Steve "Papa" Eastman What do you have for sale? 
No, don't tell me....
@JD2035RR posted:@POTRZBE scenery is a good one...
@ChiTown Steve That's a great looking layout and nice "L". The details will take it over the top!
@dogdoc Certainly obtainable!
@Steve "Papa" Eastman What do you have for sale?
Mostly selling tin. Some originals, some modern.
Steve
I echo the projects, I have way too many going at once before wanting to pursue others. I like the projects, but space becomes a challenge with multiple stagnant projects along with my recollection of how things go back together rotting as time goes on.
Top three priorities for 2021 are:
-Do a major dust cleaning of all my engines and rolling stock before it gets too difficult to remove Especially with Covid, the house has been extra dusty.
- Complete the craftsman caboose kits I started in 2020. Been on going for almost a year now. https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...aftsman-caboose-kits
- Either fix (resolve) or move my ps2 5v Dreyfus Hudson that I upgraded to a 3 volt board. To date, I have not been able to fix issues with the speed control when going down grades causing thrashing. Going on three years now sitting apart in pieces and tired of seeing it on my desk.
Mine is to try and complete more projects before moving on to the next one. I really like the ability to mix things up to keep things interesting but at this point I must have over 20 incomplete items going on in all different aspects - wiring, track laying, lots of scenery items, control panel - you name it. JP
I want to learn and be confident with installing Kadee couplers.
I really like the look of freight cars closer together.
(I think I already surpassed my 2020 posts in one day, so that is my fall back)
Okay, I’ll play.
1) Solder the components to bare constant current LED light PCB’s I purchased a few months ago.
2) Install the assembled boards and LED light strips into as many passenger cars as I can before spring.
3) Order a test batch of PCB’s after modifying the board to use JST XH connectors instead of screw connectors for the wires from the PCB output to the LED light strips. I found a good deal on Amazon for thirty 2-pin male & female (with attached wires) connectors.
4) Replace the incandescent headlight bulb with a LED in my Polar Express Berkshire engine before Christmas 2021.
no guarentee but mine is order a paper copy of both lionel catalogs , finally start the layout i've waited 18 plus years for with me turning 26 this year
aquire some strasburg and pittsburgh related items for my layout
This year I need to catalog everything and start thinning out the herd. I'll be 77 in March and not getting any younger.
@wild mary posted:This year I need to catalog everything and start thinning out the herd. I'll be 77 in March and not getting any younger.
That’s kinda what I’m doing. I’m only 72, but my Myasthenia Gravis has really slowed me down the past two years. Need to cut the pile down to something more manageable
Steve
I posted the following in the “What’s Your COVID Project” thread, but figured it applies here as well. Maybe the more times I say it, the more likely I am to actually do it! 
Working from home for a good portion of the pandemic has given me ample time to make some big decisions as to where I'm headed with this hobby...now I need to execute the plan!
So my resolution is to sell off a good portion of my personal collection (modern "O", almost exclusively new-in-the-box items), while simultaneously continuing to sell a large "O" (mostly post-war & a little MPC-era) & HO collection that I purchased several years ago...a project I started back near the beginning of the pandemic, but then put on hold around May as "train season" winded down.
I'm hoping to post some of my personal items for sale here on the Forum soon--to give fellow members an opportunity first before listing them elsewhere...while the post-war stuff will continue to be listed on that Big auction site as I've had pretty good luck there. Not sure what to do with the HO stuff...that will probably be last on my priority list. Stay tuned...
Don't buy anything new in 2021....Oh boy that didn't last long 
Maybe next year!! 
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