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Dkelly: What is your enjoyment in the hobby? I have probably 3/4's of all the Silver Streak and Huff-N-Puff series. One half of them are built and running. I have one or two of every Central Valley car on my layout. I own several BLI's, Proto 2K's, Stewarts, and a lot of brass but I enjoy building and tweekin'. I get a satisfaction from the Bowser that I don't get from the RTR. And as Kbfcsme stated "Ahh, but in 20 years, your Bowser will still be running. I can't say I feel the same about BLI." When I sit down to build an engine I'm not in a hurry, It might take me a month or two because I'm having fun. There is, to me, more fun in the building then in the operation. Don't get me wrong, I like operation but I like building more. My Bowsers don't look as good as the RTR and I wouldn't put them in a picture to be picked apart by those darn "rivit counters" but when my club has an open house, more people follow the Bowsers around more then any other engine except "Thomas". I just took a vacation and I didn't take any of my Bowsers to show but I did take a BLI, two Protos, and a Spectrum. I also have four 0-6-0T's by Mantua. These are the old ones with the brass bearings for the drive wheels and they'll probably be running when I'm six feet under. I've got two of them decodered but no sound. I do buy RTR if something strikes my fancy like Yesteryears WP with the big feather, it looks a lot better that my old Varney and Globe kits. I have several Kadee Rutland box cars because of the pretty paint, but don't tell me about the identical numbers because I LIKE IT AS IT IS. The RTR is nice if you want immediate gradification and fast operation. I think that every modeler should try a loco kit just for the satisification of being able to say "I BUILT THAT AND IT RUNS". But reality has come back to me and I know that a lot of people won't even try a craftsman car kit because "they can't" and they never even tried. John Allen's first car kit was probably a disaster but look at what he went on to do, and the same for George Selois (SP). Well, let me get off this soap box Ya'll have a blessed day and remember SANTA FE ALL THE WAY Bob
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