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I would like to make a note here about scratchbuilding... It is true that you can do everything by "scratch"...but sometimes you shouldn't always use a method just because it can be done. For example, indoors I have a layout and I buy tree kits. I can assemble quite a few of these trees within a couple of hours. But although I feel I am a real passionate model railroader, I don't enjoy 4 straight hours of making these trees, however "easy" it is. I need to break up the monotony after a couple hours or so. Sure, some nights I can go for much longer at a stretch. But most the time 2 hours for one specific job is enough for me. Lets take that .02 advice and apply it to scratchbuilding for outdoors. Outdoor structures need to be robust and look good with proper paint and weathering. If you do everything by "scratch" it will take some serious time to get it right. Probably more time than money, true, but---if are employed for a living---we all know that "TIME *is* money". Making doors and window frames as well as building the building itself, painting it all, weathering, detailing...all this has to be done the right way or it won't be successful, and that will take lots of time away from your other activities. I meet the job half-way: build the structure frame/main parts from scratch (wood, styrene, veneer) and then purchase the detail parts like doors and window frames, sidings,etc. You still got to paint the whole thing, and I'm not retired with loads of time to spend at my leisure, so it becomes necessary to me to see "progress" (completion of structure) without months and months of "investment" (time). True, there are many G scalers outdoors who are so passionate that they need to build it all themselves, but I don't think that most G users are in this category, having familys and jobs. Just a little cautionary statement about starting a project and end up frustrated because it never is "done". Cheers, Tom M.
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