i have a problem and i am serious

[Tom]

I wonder then if I am in the minority now, because I *prefer* to super detail, paint, decal and re-power an Athearn Blue Box rather than open a box and set it on the tracks? I got an Athearn WP GP35 for Christmas, and the fact that I have to do NOTHING to it but weather it and add a large snow plow, M.U. hoses, cut levers and train line air hoses and angle cocks is driving me nuts. So, I'm thinking of stripping it and repainting it (even though it is already Perlman Green) and repainting it a really faded and weathered Perlman green, and modifying the number boards to WP style with the single large Pyle headlight and multiple orange stripes on teh nose versus the current W/P on the nose. I don't know what it is, I just like futzing around with Athearn Blue Box models. Once you add NWSL Nickle Silver wheels and Mashima, Sagami or Kato motors to them, they run as good as an Atlas or Kato (Just about every Proto engine I have initially ran like CRAP) anyway. Add a custom paint job, and details, and I like them much better. Am I the only one, or do *I* need a support group??