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Muddy Creek <br /> <br />Exactly! Over the years (maybe 30?) I've enjoyed seeing the work of folks that are 100% accurate in their modeling (well other than that electric motor inside a steam engine) and those that are pretty darn close to 100% unrealistic/implausable. As long as the person is having fun they are successful model railroaders in my opinion. <br /> <br />I'm not quite sure why modeler's license should only be used in "rare situations"? Modeler's license is used whenever someone uses less than a 10 foot radius curve on a HO mainline (or something extremely large), when there are less than 870 feet between towns (10 scale HO miles), when we power our "diesel" locomotives with electricity running through the rails, or when we use plastic instead of metal to build our boxcars. Even the hobby greats have used modelers license on more than "rare situations." Tony Koester? The Midland ever existed. John Allen? G&D never existed and no railroad had a dinosaur on its roster. Modeler's license is just that. Its the license a modeler uses to make his/her hobby more enjoyable for himself/herself.
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