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Well i think your concern is well founded.I read an article in the nmra scale rails mag,about the number of contestants entering scratch built models at shows and conventions had dropped to an alarming rate.Time is allways the essence today most people don't want to wait on anything let alone take the time to plan design and build a true scratch built model.All my buildings on my layout are laser cut wood kits,with a few older cambells and gloor craft kits,as close to scratch building as my skill has allowed me to progress.I have attempted scratch building with not so great results where buildings are concerned.Of all the people i know here in my area only a few that actually scratch build anything. I have allways hoped that someday I would have enough skill and confidence to start scratchbuilding but again with my limited amout of time that i have to devote to my layout,buy the time i get to that point there might not be anyone left here where I can go see how they solved a perticular problem. Some of the most spectacular layouts i have ever seen where heavily scratchbuilt and their beauty was in their difference to all the regular run of the mill layouts that all look the same just arranged differently.To those of you who use rtr hey it's your layout,for those of you who scratchbuild i hope you continue to do so ,that why there's someone with the ability to answer questions when someone like me gets to that point.
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