Realization, Trains is number 1 with me.

Josef, I find myself in a similar place. I love music and have a small guitar collection, a slowly growing record collection (yeah, it’s a thing again), but my focus has been primarily on trains (after family and work of course). 3D printing also get attention but I use it mostly to augment the layout.

Models trains as a hobby just has so much to offer. It’s difficult not to want to put most of my focus on it.

I was into RC cars and trucks at one time. Thought about getting back into it but decided my funds were better off going to the trains. I also build car models. Thankfully I have a few kits to build but find myself giving more and more time to the trains. Like Brian had posted it's my magical place. I love the fact that it is so multifaceted. You're a carpenter,electrician,small appliance repair man,modeler,teacher and showman/socialite spreading the word of the awesome hobby.

The only thing that prevents me from doing that is that I still pick up a guitar when I am on one of many long work related conference calls. I work from him about 20% of the time and often get into late conferences. Strumming while muted on the call helps me to refocus. Otherwise, I rarely pick them up anymore.

It seems like everything today is associated with a guilt trip; here's mine.

Way back in the late 60s - early 70s, I was a really keen, geeky car modeler (1/24th or 1/25th scale). I built Kustoms in the great American tradition. I won contest prizes but never mastered either painting or metalwork. Still haven't. 

I have a booklet that I wrote for a particular project in or about 1971 that laments the lack of scale accuracy in car models as opposed to model railroads. I still have the car I built at that time. It's a project waiting to be revisited. 

I haven't because I am too much into trains - passenger cars in particular. I feel I am letting myself and my own tradition down. But the booklet comment is still valid.

And model railroads have an appeal that is very strong, particularly in my case because my Dad was into O gauge in a big way. 

My Dad was also into guitars and music but I don't play, never have and at this stage never will. As Adam has already said, "Models trains as a hobby just has so much to offer. It’s difficult not to want to put most of my focus on it." 

It is a tie- trains and motorcycles, summer more of the motorcycle than trains, winter all trains. I did think of buying a new motorcycle this year but decided against it. (if I had it would have cut into my train purchases )

I sold all my old cars and focused myself to one hobby. Even my boat only sees a the light for about 3 weeks a year.