12-10-2010, 09:22 PM
We all have different ends for our modelling. I think that the purpose is to run trains -- either around in circles or back and forth in yards. The trains need to be reasonably representational of something that ran or could have run.
It used to be that the only way to do this required a machine shop and a carpentry mill. So we spent years building the trains before we could run them.
Some, though, enjoy the building as end in itself (like the fellows that build plastic aircraft). They build and then either display it or sell it. I read one comment by someone who loses interest in a layout when the building is done and all that's left is to run it.
The unfortunate thing is that the unbelievably detailed RTR models we can buy today have somewhat discouraged those who can build, eliminated a lot of the midway kits where you could learn the techniques to be applied to scratchbuiding.
It used to be that the only way to do this required a machine shop and a carpentry mill. So we spent years building the trains before we could run them.
Some, though, enjoy the building as end in itself (like the fellows that build plastic aircraft). They build and then either display it or sell it. I read one comment by someone who loses interest in a layout when the building is done and all that's left is to run it.
The unfortunate thing is that the unbelievably detailed RTR models we can buy today have somewhat discouraged those who can build, eliminated a lot of the midway kits where you could learn the techniques to be applied to scratchbuiding.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.