Hi Ed;
True enough, although you can clearly build a large
layout without resorting to the Amtrak consist one
track over from the 20th Century with streamlined
Hudson and next to that the 4-4-0 with the open
platform coaches...
I would add that the more reasonable models of common
or distinctive prototype cars available commercially,
the less compromise needed in building a layout. In
case someone is wondering, "common" means ars like the
PS-1 or X29 or NYC-USRA steel boxcar which ran in the
10,000s. "Distinctive" can be cars like the B&O wagon
top or Milw rib sided boxcars. You need both types to
have a layout representative of real railroading.
Pieter
--- ed_loizeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is another possible explanation for the 'near
> enough is good
> enough' mindset: Those with extreme interest in
> rivets and
> prototypical authenticity do not, as a general rule,
> have large
> layouts. Those of us with sizeable layouts are
> forced to make lots
> of compromises simply in order to get their layout
> to a state of near
> completion before they pass on to the great
> roundhouse in the sky.
> Thus, the willingness to compromise on details is
> much greater among
> those who actually build and operate layouts when
> compared to those
> who only collect fine perfect models. Nothing wrong
> with either
> approach to the hobby, but certainly a different
> emphasis on what is
> important to an individual.
>
> I am sure there are some exceptions to that
> generalization, but I
> think is has a ring of truth for many of us.
>
> Cheers....Ed L.
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