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I see a lot of attention paid to fine detailing locos, rolling stock, while so many layouts have cars that look plastic, unreal. A case in point is in Great Model RR 2003, with the undetailed Cherry Picker on the HO layout, no lights, license plate, etc. no attempt at detail of the molded bucket. I think we must ignore the lack of details we don't like, just as I used to try to do with my 3rd rail 027. I can ignore a duplicate number on my 2nd loco, better than I can the lack of a number on my other N scale SD35. I can ignore Rapido couplers better than I can the unreal HO couplers, but I do like my Kato or MT, Accumates better, the Kato switches look more real than the Atlas with the plastic "motor" section sticking out. I can even ignore the paint scheme of the EL F7AB better than not have any at all, and could wait for weathered rail while working elsewhere to get the right style, shape. My too long LL F7 in SP black widow paint bothers me more cause I don't have a matching B unit. Not having a Diesel loco bothered me more as a 10 y/o than not having steam now. The lack of lots of SP on my layout bothers me more than having locos after 1966. Just my thoughts, we tend to fill in the mental spaces, but it's the overall "feel" that is needed on a layout. Tom
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