01-28-2009, 10:02 AM
My opinions on custom designed or custom built layouts in Model Railroader Magazine ?
1) I can learn something about how to do things on my own layout from seeing how others do things on other layouts.
2) I don't really care who that did the thing I admire and want to emulate.
3) It is none of my business whether someone else did their own e.g backdrops, benchwork, wiring, engine painting or whatever on their layout.
Your mileage may vary
Smile,
Steinjr
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Whatever blows your skirt up, but I see a very big difference between "getting some help" and hiring a contractor. I imagine other modelers do, to. Where I do agree with you is in the instances where "help" with a layout comes from professionals such as electricians, computer experts, artists and others of that caliber. When that happens, I would require it to be labeled and presented as a "professional group build", not the work or layout of the owner/operator.
1) I can learn something about how to do things on my own layout from seeing how others do things on other layouts.
2) I don't really care who that did the thing I admire and want to emulate.
3) It is none of my business whether someone else did their own e.g backdrops, benchwork, wiring, engine painting or whatever on their layout.
Your mileage may vary
Smile,
Steinjr
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Whatever blows your skirt up, but I see a very big difference between "getting some help" and hiring a contractor. I imagine other modelers do, to. Where I do agree with you is in the instances where "help" with a layout comes from professionals such as electricians, computer experts, artists and others of that caliber. When that happens, I would require it to be labeled and presented as a "professional group build", not the work or layout of the owner/operator.