--- In [email protected], "kenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (snipped) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/krborst/album?.dir=/38ea Note that there are no commercial parts,,,i have milled everything in > my shop including the seats and the steps.....If you are a rivit > counter you will be disappointed but i made them up to run,,,and i > dont think the lack of some details will be noticed,, The passenger cars by Kenn Borst are amazing work considering these are scratchbuilding projects. It should inspire all of us. I like his comment about the "rivit counter." We should remember that there is a limited amount of time in life for modeling and, unless a model is being built for contest entry, some equipment necessarily will be "operator grade." I like the way Lionel described equipment in the now orphan scale, American OO: scale and semi-scale. The semi-scale had the same fidelity to prototype in terms of dimensions but had less detail. Let's face it: in S scale, unless you're modeling one of the big (or favorite little roads), you will have built it yourself if you take a fancy to a prototype fleet of cars with individual variations. Another example: on a fleet of hoppers, would it matter if the hopper bay latches actually worked to dispense a load of 3/16 coal into the chutes of a coal trestle? Not unless you really want an operating coal trestle display. For most of us, semi-scale, so to speak, will be good enough to fill out a layout and provide operating fun, allowing the hobby budget to be spent on the things you really want. It may be more prudent to buy a B.T.S. Ma & Pa 2-8-0 in semi-kit portion and built a really spectacular locomotive and then scratch build the Ma & Pa cars and wayside structures that identify the road but with more limited detail. Model railroading, whether in S or any other scale, is a matter of budgeting time and money. You have to set priorities. Many modelers (or would-be layout operators) don't which is why we see so many interesting items on eBay that someone never got around to building. (I know what resin casting manufacturer, a "basement manufacturer," in another scale who said people in the 21st century just don't have time to build complex kits and that's why he focuses on ready to run.) So we need to be grateful to the S scale importers and manufacturers for making it possible to enjoy layout ready equipment, and to modelers like Kenn Borst who remind us that scratchbuilding can be a fun and economical way to get exactly what you want. Edward B. Havens Tucson, Ariz.
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