Railroad modelers on The Gauge

[P5se Camelback]

... Another forum ... Over there, people would tell you to pitch those 35 year old freight car kits instead of fooling with paint and detail. They'd discouraging you from using anything but the latest scenery product or track plan design. I don't see too much of that over here.

Those are the same people who buy speed parts for their car and pay someone else to put them on, or pay $200 for a double-slip switch mounted on a piece of ballasted roadbed rather that "take the time" to learn how to do it themselves or at least buy a Shinohara item, nail it down on some homosote (or even cork) roadbed and ballast it themselves! And taking the time is the key phrase there! They just don't want to be bothered with taking the time to actually do any of the "work" involved in the hobby ... they just want the "stuff" without having to bother to put it together.

In my youth, we would tag these clowns as "posers" and treat them with distain ... they're "wanna-be's!" I have no time for them. Let them think they are so superior ... they are not capable of accomplishing squat! And my guess is that when it come to life, they won't fare any better, because they don't want to be bothered to put in the effort! Morons!

Those who frequent Big Blue at The-Gauge are REAL model railroaders, real model builders, real hobbiests. We are the ones who are really having the fun that the hobby has to offer!

And furthermore ... what Sumpter250 said!