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I've never had this problem - the only criticism I've encountered was of my early efforts with couplers - before I bought a height gauge and proper Kadee magnets rather than the McHenry ones I was using. I'd already realised something was amiss, so this was very helpful criticism/advice! <br /> <br />I would never model a real location (probably for this reason). Unless you are amazingly thorough, there will always be someone (especially at shows and exhibitons for some reason) who will say "you got that wrong", or "it didn't look like that". As a result, I tend to attempt to achieve realism in locos/cars, but freelance my settings. The Lehigh Valley F7s on an excursion train (from the Athearn SE set) will have been super-detailed following photos of the prototype, but they will be running in a fictitious setting incorporating elements of various locations that I have seen. <br /> <br />Experts are a valuable part of any hobby, so long as they are approachable and helpful. My approach, when helping others, has been to offer advice if asked, but otherwise to keep quiet so as not to cause offence. I'm no rivet counter, though I respect the time and effort involved in building fully-detailed models, and try to emulate these. However, I still have time for those who, for whatever reason, don't bother to do this.
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