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I guess I agree and disagree with you (is that possible?). There are some things that I definately do not want ready to run. Structures for one. I love building them, painting them and bashing them every now and then. Rolling stock also. I'm in love with the "shake the box" kits. They are inexpensive which allows me to "play" with them ie: kitbash, repaint, detail etc and if I mess it up - hey, no big deal. RTR. Track. I've tried handlaying and can't get the hang of it. Give me flex track and ready made turnouts. (Of course there are some that say flex track isn't RTR as you have to make a roadbed and ballast - hmmmmmm interesting thought). Locomotives? I go both ways with that, I enjoy putting together a kit as well as placing it right out of the box onto the layout. I don't think there is anything as a strickly RTR or "model making" hobbyist out there. I'm sure there are folks that will say that anything other than cutting your own ties and laying rail is "not modeling." Is kit building assembling a "shake the box" which takes only a few minutes, a knife and a screwdriver or a LaBelle craftsman kit which is basically scratchbuilding with a plan? There are still some diehard hobbyiest out there that think that a computer isn't really yours unless you build it component by component (remember Heathkit?) Not to start a war, but I think that each person not only has to establish what they want to spend more time on, what they want RTR and what they want to build. For me the joy of having some RTR stuff (DC powerpacks, DCC, track) is that it allows me to spend more of my hobby time building other things (structures, painting rolling stock or whatever). I will agree that the joy is in doing. The question is what one enjoys doing.
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