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using the number of hobby shops as a yardstick of the hobby's health is not a reliable method. I lament the slow death of LHS, but much of this trade has merely shifted.....the loss of the shops and the death of the hobby may be intertwined, but not not necessarily in a proportional way. I do see a decline coming, because of the factors many have mentioned.........I just feel it will be much slower than some of us seem to fear. Also the hobby is changing..less scratchbuiding more ready to run...........there will still be awesome scratchbuilt models by master builders, but easy access to decent models expands the hobby base.
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