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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 Good statements from Rooster and Joe, Guys, with all due respect........some of you are indeed "Doom and Gloom". I heard similar comments waaaayyyyyyyyyyy back in the early 80s....."The hobby is dying! Young people want to play Pac-man and run RC cars and planes......." With DCC, Sound, ultra realistic signaling systemes, beautiful trackwork from Shinohara and Peco, gorgeous highly detailed locomotives out of the box, more scenery options than ever, DPM and Cornerstone kits........ Sorry. I'm not going to pay attention to the doom and gloom "statistics". Ten years from now we'll be hearing them. I hope to have a huge layout in the attic section of my house where I'll be able to run 15 car versions of SCL varnish and New Haven commuter sprinters. PEACE! [/quote] I remember the 60's when some pundits (even on the network news, IIRC) were claiming that the slot car hobby was going to doom model railroading. Because of costs, space, and the differences in people, our hobby is always going to be more of a niche than a mainstream passtime. Get used to it. One of the big changes that I have noticed is that kit building seems to be less prominent in the hobby than in the past. The built-up structures offered today were much less common than in the 60's. Of course, today we have some much better kits than back then. We still can find Athern Blue Box kits (good for beginners and younger modelers) but now we also have plastic kits with much better detail. Back in the 60's, if you wanted the level of detail on some modern kits, you had to buy a wood-and-metal kit and do a ton of super-detailing. On the whole, we have a better selection of product than in the past.
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