01-08-2010, 08:32 AM
Ralph, I definitely appreciate the nice comments.
Catt, I am happy enough with them that I plan on keeping them, at least for awhile!
DocWayne, you are absolutely correct. I like the cars and they will serve my purposes just fine, and am anxious to see them on the layout again. On the other hand, I do realize that they are not as good as some of the fine examples I have seen on this forum and elsewhere. But "good" is relative. For example, I have seen some intricately detailed boxcars, built and weathered to a prototype photo, just fabulous stuff, where you have to look twice to determine if it is a model or the real thing. But the modeler has 20 or 30 hours or more in that one project. At that rate, I would never be able to have a complete layout and a large fleet of cars to run on it. So, I just go with "good enough".
Catt, I am happy enough with them that I plan on keeping them, at least for awhile!
DocWayne, you are absolutely correct. I like the cars and they will serve my purposes just fine, and am anxious to see them on the layout again. On the other hand, I do realize that they are not as good as some of the fine examples I have seen on this forum and elsewhere. But "good" is relative. For example, I have seen some intricately detailed boxcars, built and weathered to a prototype photo, just fabulous stuff, where you have to look twice to determine if it is a model or the real thing. But the modeler has 20 or 30 hours or more in that one project. At that rate, I would never be able to have a complete layout and a large fleet of cars to run on it. So, I just go with "good enough".
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