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I pretty much come from the same place as orson and others. I am looking for cars that match my era and that could possibly have run on the road. I am not too picky about this, but I try to be as close as I can What I am looking for in a car is fine detail. Fine detail to me means (among other things) separately applied grab irons, correct size strirrups, separately applied ladders, finely detailed brake gear, delicately cast rivets boards etc. To my eye these aspects improve a model's realism enormously. I started out by shaving off the grabs and ladders on Athearn and MDC cars and drilling and appling wire grabs, new ladders and strirrups. This was more work than assembling a craftsman style car kit. I now buy the high detail kits on sale and on Ebay and build them instead of detailing old stuff. I have been replacing my Athearn and MDC cars with Red Caboose, P2k, Intermountain, RGM, Westerfield and scratchbuilt cars. While craftsaman stock cars and tank cars can take a long time to build, the boxcars (prepainted) don't take that much extra time and they do look great. I am also not above buying RTR, but only if it is a deal. I have picked some ERTL RTR boxcars for a good price as well as their flats (4.00 each on the flats). I see RTR P2K stock cars at pretty good prices on Ebay as well. I realize that not everyone cares about the detail and certainly I would not be buying these cars for little kids, but I happen to think the extra time and expense is worth it. MY 2 cents,
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