01-29-2011, 02:25 PM
"Kit bashing" is an interesting concept, because it implies that there are kits out there for modelers to work on in the first place.
Before there were kits, there was "scratch building", which I have done my fair share of, but I don't think the majority of railroad modelers want to have to build everything from scratch, an incredibly time consuming process that isn't for everyone.
OTH, if we go back to the "good old days" of building everything from the ground up ourselves, we won't even need the modeling industry at all. I guess then we can rant about the miniature tool industry failing to meet our needs. 8-)
Before there were kits, there was "scratch building", which I have done my fair share of, but I don't think the majority of railroad modelers want to have to build everything from scratch, an incredibly time consuming process that isn't for everyone.
OTH, if we go back to the "good old days" of building everything from the ground up ourselves, we won't even need the modeling industry at all. I guess then we can rant about the miniature tool industry failing to meet our needs. 8-)