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As a known Curmudgeon, i can discuss this topic; again, without fear of reprisal from the RTR crowd. Next April I will turn 69, a youngster compared to some of old timers. However, starting at age 6, I have been involved in Model Building of some sort; or, the other. Started with small-simple plastic airplanes. Got involved in plastic sailing ships, cars more bigger and sophisticated plastic airplanes, HO model trains, Balsa flying models. During my teens, i became involved in building Radio Controlled model airplanes although I could not afford R/C equipment, when I graduated high school and started working, one of the first things I bought was an R/C system. I have dabbled in the hobby of building and flying R/C airplanes ever since! Now I'm back into Model Railroading and love building kits of all the things needed for my layout. I have Athearn and MDC Roundhouse locomotives I have owned for 30 years which I still run on my layout and almost all of the 160-170 pieces of rolling stock on my layout have been built from kits. There are maybe 5 or so RTR freight cars on my layout and even when I buy a RTR car, it likely gets torn apart and modified, so that I feel it is more mine than the manufacturer's
What I am getting at is I love to build models and ready to use models are very low on my list of things I want! I know that many of you do not see any significance in using RTR; or, kits to represent freight, passenger; or, structures on your layout and that is fine! The hobby is what it is to each of us. I'm interested in making contact with those of you who are like minded about kits vs Ready to Run, Roll, Operate, Use! In other words: Do you love to build kits? If so, I would like to hear from you!
I will even talk to those of you firmly in the diesel era, if you love building kits!
What I am getting at is I love to build models and ready to use models are very low on my list of things I want! I know that many of you do not see any significance in using RTR; or, kits to represent freight, passenger; or, structures on your layout and that is fine! The hobby is what it is to each of us. I'm interested in making contact with those of you who are like minded about kits vs Ready to Run, Roll, Operate, Use! In other words: Do you love to build kits? If so, I would like to hear from you!
I will even talk to those of you firmly in the diesel era, if you love building kits!