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I certainly agree that John Allen and George Sellios were/are a tad lead-footed in filling their layouts with the unusual (and especially for Allen – exaggerated), as opposed to typical scenes. Call that a caricature if you want… but it definitely makes for a lot of WOW factor which is very important to attracting people to the hobby. Allen McClellan and Tony Koester are, of course excellent modelers, and have carried the Armstrong torch of operations-oriented railroading to new dimensions. However as I remember back to articles about their layouts… impressive – definitely; more than most of will ever dream of accomplishing in our lifetimes - absolutely; but big time WOW factor? Not really, and especially not to a potential newbie. As Terry Thompson so eloquently stated in a recent editorial “It was easy to point to pictures of John Allen’s work and claim to be a model railroader.”
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