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Michael, one of the nice things of our hobby is that it has so many different aspects to it and people with different interest can participate in it. Each "category" has its own justification and right and there is no need to look down on someone who enjoys the hobby in a different way. Questions like yours do have a lot of potential to start a flame war on who is the better modeler, which we should, in any case, avoid. I used to be a builder/operator, with an emphasize on operation. Since my childhood days, I always wanted to be an engineer, and model railroading was my way of living this dream. Due to the global economical crisis, I now don´t have the means to build and operate my own layout anymore, condemning me to armchairing. I have thus converted into a planner, developing elaborate plans for a future layout, when times improve. Over the last year, I have developed a number of layout ideas that I could fill a book on small layouts. Although this is also fun, it is not as rewarding to me as operating a layout. But it is all I can do...
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