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There may be quite a number of us who deem rivet counting as evil, albeit a necessary one. Without those among us, who count the rivets, our model locos still would look like this: <img src="http://tischbahn.de/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/dsc04509b.JPG" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /> instead of this: <img src="http://img.schienendampf.com/forumimages/2009/2009121726_0796.jpg" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /> IMOH, we have to attribute today´s presence of well-detailed and excellently performing models to a large degree to the rivet counters, pushing the industry to improve the quality. Above example shows Marklin´s class 44 of Deutsche Bundesbahn, the first model built in the 1950´s, the second picture showing today´s execution. Marklin, for many years, has shown a strong resistance to re-design and improve their models - only the loss of marketshare at the advent of new brands like Roco in the 1980´s facilitated their change of mind. I am not praising the RC´s, but where would be without their strive towards even better models?
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