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This thread is doomed to be locked/deleted....[:-^]I agree with that statement, WM. Taking a paintbrush, sandpaper, chalk, and paint, weathering a commerical vehicle with them, then gluing them to the layout isn't MY idea of a project. I respect the staff of MR, most have layouts of their own, and probably do the kinds of projects that you're discussing, but might not do write ups of them.I think MR could be trying not to scare the newer modelers out of the hobby, because "the hobby is dying" and we need more modelers. Then again, they might just be trying not to scare off new potential subscribers. That might work, but do they realize they are losing a lot of the older, more expirianced subscribers that might submit the more advanced articles?I also enjoyed the "step by step" feature by David Popp, and was saddened when they ended. The new "scenery step by step" doesn't measure up to the standards of the old column most issues. Sometimes they can measure up, but many of the more recent articles don't.I like this WSOR project layout, and it was a small spot of hope in the project layout, after the complete ready-to-run layout that was previous, that B&O/NYC layout, the name eludes me, KATO unitrack, and mostly built up structures. That layout just looked....wrong. Not that unitrack layouts are bad, on the contrary, one of my favorite project layouts was the Cripple Creek Central back in the 90s. I have a book compiling all the articles in it, and it has provided me with quite a lot of insperation for my own layout.Just my [2c]
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