12-24-2011, 07:33 PM
Sumpter250 Wrote:sailormatlac Wrote:The funny thing is that I can hardly find this kind of connection in my area, most people being collectors and not really modellers...Matt
The day I bought my Sunset Models, brass, B&O EL3a, 2-8-8-0 , I made a comment about painting, lettering, weathering, and correcting a couple of minor detail "mistakes" ( yeah I had been studying photos of the loco, and just about knew everything I needed to make the model a more accurate representation of the type, as used by the B&O, and didn't realize that I was standing amid a group of "collectors") and was rewarded by loud gasps, and extreme consternation over the fact that I would even begin to think about altering that "collectible". .....
it was a " good day "!
I guess there is a difference between Modelers, Model railraoders, and Collectors .
Ehehe!! You know what, in my eyes, the altered model would be a one-of-a-kind model, then more valuable! ;-)
Matt
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