Keith, I spent most of 35 years building and flying free flight, control line and R/C electric and IC model airplanes. It was not unusual to spend 100 hours + to construct one from plans. I was never a total scratch builder, always using someone else's drawings. So these car and scenery kits seem to go together pretty quickly for me, compared to model airplanes. I have even had some success putting together Plasticville structures and then massively kit bashing. Most of them just snap together in minutes, but of course require lots and lots of work to make them look good enough for a scale layout. I personally enjoy the challenge of adding details, interior and exterior lights, etc. As you probably know, there are some terrific glues available these days that speed up the building process by light years. I use several types of CA, Hold-Tite white glue, and others. But you are sure correct in assuming that a guy or gal can accumulate lots more kits than can be built in the average lifetime. Good luck :) Roy Inman > > Since I still have to plan and build a layout, I am reluctant to >> start ordering kits such as the Kaslo Budd cars and the CNR caboose. >> Are these kits time consuming and tedious to build? I've never built >> a kit from any supplier. I see so many old kits for sale on ebay, I >> wonder how many actually get turned into finished models. I don't >> want to buy something that will be sitting in a box 5 years from now.
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