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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by whitman500 I've been back in the hobby now for about 6 months and am a fairly regular reader of these forums. One topic that keeps popping up is whether the hobby has gotten more expensive and, if so, whether this is driving people away. One thought I have had is that many people are turned off from the hobby because of what they view as the impossible standards that the community seems to have set. I've detected in many places an attitude that says "a layout must have DCC, sound, be prototypically accurate with all the right equipment, buildings, etc." A question I would pose to those who have been involved in the hobby longer than I have is whether this attitude has gotten worse over time. For example, I recently bought two books on realistic model railroad design: one by John Armstrong (originally published in ~1960) and one by Tony Koester (published recently). I was struck by how different their attitudes were. Armstrong had a very relaxed view of how realistic your layout had to be while Koester repeatedly disparaged layouts that didn't live up to a certain high standard of quality/accuracy. . Thoughts? [/quote] Both men you talked about have done a lot for the hobby, but this is a hobby and not a living to us. If you enjoy your layout, large or small, simple or accurate, that is your business. I enjoy have a test track and running on a club now and then. I have never seen a layout that is perfect, and don't expect to soon. Just enjoy the whole thing about being able to create an illusion that you can never see in One to One scale.
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