I found it fun for a number of years. I have done commissioned work for others, resulting in most of my best work going to somebody else's house
I also sold airbrushes and painting equipment and did clinics for Iwata. Ultimately I found that an old warning I was given was true, at least for me. The best way to ruin a perfectly good hobby was to turn it into a business. Enjoy doing shows! It is good fun.
Well we have been at it for over 5 years now. I got bored with building my dream layout. You remember all of the switchers I built back in the day? Well I built a 6' X 20' layout. All 1 industry, JTEX. Jerry's Truck and Electric. My switcher junkyard, salvager, rebuilder. All 200 switchers fit on it.I found it fun for a number of years. I have done commissioned work for others, resulting in most of my best work going to somebody else's house
Yeah, people come and people go. we did shows for like ten years, but once I changed jobs and much travel was required, they became a problem. Plus by that time I had had enough. The combination clinic and sales program was brutal. We had good sales but were exhausted after every one. Did you sell off those switchers? That seems a natural fit.
I retired back in May at 62, so my time is mine again. Our season just started last month, 3 shows done got 5 more to go through May, then a couple more in the fall. we are always looking for more to go to.
Look into the Mad City show in Madison, Wi. One of the show organizers is a OPS session buddy and he says vendors tell him it’s a great show, It is in February. Another show is in Monroe, Wi. In September. My hobby shop guy says things really sell there and he brings his consignment stuff there. I sold my weathering there through him for 4 seasons and did ok, I’d have to check the records but like 10 sales each day trying to remember. It’s the 1st good sized show of the season in Wisconsin. I hear the upcoming show in Grren Bay is always a good vendor show.
But, we live in NC. We come up here maybe twice a year to visit family and holidays. It's an 850 mile trip, to Wisconsin add another 100 miles, I would be almost 1000 miles.
After I wrote that I realized you lived in NC. But if you can do a Wheaton show, what’s another 100 miles. I’ll buy lunch if you come up and we could meet Alan at his super wonderful club in Milwaukee area if he’s agreeable
That sounds like something we can make happen i think the better half is planning the next trip in June or July.
That's quite possible. Just let me know when!
That is how I would imagine them looking in the early to mid 1970s right before they dictated the roof walks be removed.
