You Know Your A Model Railroader if?

[chuck geiger]

You walk by a field and start lining up weed, shrub and bush branches to see if they will work as armatures. Please keep it going.

[JMaurer1]

You step on something in the carpet in your bare feet and instantly realize that you found that missing wheel set.

[basementcalling]

You spend an hour in the craft paint aisle in Michaels or hobby lobby hoping to find just the right shade of green or brown

[sd45elect2000]

Sex is limited to times when paint is drying.

[thomasjmdavis]

.007 board gaps, that you can only see at all when your bifocals are in perfect focus, are "wayyyy too big", "huge" or "ginormous".  And you spend an hour reading through an online thread where 123 people write 20+ pages of posts to express the same opinion about the board gaps.

[PRSL66]

You're traveling to a new state/area and begin a google search for MR stores near your visit.

[Kentuckian]

.007 board gaps, that you can only see at all when your bifocals are in perfect focus, are "wayyyy too big", "huge" or "ginormous".  And you spend an hour reading through an online thread where 123 people write 20+ pages of posts to express the same opinion about the board gaps.

That’s how you know you’re an N Scale model railroader!

[robert3985]

...you decide to get a new smartphone because your three year old one's battery is dying in under half an hour...and you take your digital calipers with you so you can make sure the center of the new phone's primary lens is no further than .450" from its edge....



Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore...an N Scale Model Railroader....

[wazzou]

That’s how you know you’re an N Scale model railroader!

...who goes by the online moniker "Peteski"   

[djconway]

You have 10 or more cans of dirt on a shelf in the basement.

"Yes deer I know it's dirt but its different shades and from different locations."

[chuck geiger]

 Or wife asks why there are chips of plaster in the kitchen sink.

[wm3798]

When your job involves going to construction sites, and every scrap of blue foam in the dumpster is singing your name in a breathy, seductive manner. 
And every oddly shaped cut of plywood suggests a track plan, perhaps a small yard, or a river crossing, or maybe an Inglenook...

[wm3798]

Or when you're working around the house, and a door needs adjusting or a window is stuck, and you decide that a jeweler's file or a Dremel is the best tool for the job.

[wm3798]

Or you tremble in horror when you come home and see the cat walking out of the train room through the door you left open...

[Englewood]

When airport security pulls you aside and gives you a full body cavity search and is asking you endless questions because you have a coffee can full of dirt in your luggage that you picked up from the area you model to use on your layout. ABQ