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 We're getting into the same old thread of what modeling railroading is supposed to be and who is or isn't a model railroader. RTR fans claim modeling their railroad and running trains is enough. Kit builders claim the RTR crowd are ruining their hobby by decreasing the kit supply and the real old-timers, who turned their own wheels on lathes and, like the Professor, built transformers from two coconuts and Gilligan's hat, scoff at the wimps who buy kits and call themselves "modelers." It's all too funny and all too unnecessary. While most get their feet wet with RTR, those who become serious about the hobby eventually get involved with some kits or perhaps scratchbuilding anyway. This is a hobby of people of varying interests and skills, served by manufacturers who are more than pleased to meet the marketplace accordingly. I agree when CNJ831 says the ranks of the hobby would be depleted if every locomotive involved building from raw materials and machine tools. I don't believe fewer people in the hobby serves anyone. And I wouldn't presume to have the authority to pronounce who is or who isn't a model railroader. Wayne
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