01-31-2009, 11:48 AM
MountainMan Wrote:...
You might also want to actually read the initial entry that started this discussion, the specific subject of which is whether or not a contractor-built layout should be a feature layout in a magazine allegedly aimed at hobbyists.
Once again, you limit the ability of members here to participate. You have used the term "hobbyists" as your generalized ideal that includes only people who build things, and excludes all those who must hire someone else to either assemble RTR items or actually construct a functional layout for them.
Your apparent definition of "hobbyists" seems to be exclusive to those who merely want to play trains, and getting them to the point of playing is irrelevant. It's not for you, that is clear, but to make what I feel are false distinctions, as I pointed out in my last post to you, is merely divisive. I have seen it before, and had hoped not to see it here.