06-30-2014, 03:45 AM
I don't think Lance is forcing everyone to line up with Dixie cups and drink the perverbial Kool-Aid. He's more making a suggestion on those who have limited space in which to model a paticular area, whether it be Florida, or the Great White North(eh).
Not everyone has an empty warehouse available to model their favorite prototype, or location. Some may only have room enough for a shelf layout. He's not forcing anyone to "Do it my way...or the highway."
Basing a small ISL, on Lance's designs, or anyone elses for that matter, is up to the modeller. Picking a paticular location, prototype, or era is left up to the modeller. That's what makes this hobby fun. Yeah, you have the rivet counters that tell you that that boxcar is wrong because that paticular car had twelve panels, instead of eleven. Thats fine. Maybe buliding or painting rolling stock, or scratch building a structure to the tenth of an inch is fun for him, but doesn't mean I have to strip and repaint rolling stock, or tear apart something I spent hours constructing cause a rivet counter told me it was wrong. My out look on this is: "If you don't like it...Don't look at it."
No one is forcing me on how I model. "Good enough" or "Close enough" is good enough for me. And that's what makes this hobby fun.
Not everyone has an empty warehouse available to model their favorite prototype, or location. Some may only have room enough for a shelf layout. He's not forcing anyone to "Do it my way...or the highway."
Basing a small ISL, on Lance's designs, or anyone elses for that matter, is up to the modeller. Picking a paticular location, prototype, or era is left up to the modeller. That's what makes this hobby fun. Yeah, you have the rivet counters that tell you that that boxcar is wrong because that paticular car had twelve panels, instead of eleven. Thats fine. Maybe buliding or painting rolling stock, or scratch building a structure to the tenth of an inch is fun for him, but doesn't mean I have to strip and repaint rolling stock, or tear apart something I spent hours constructing cause a rivet counter told me it was wrong. My out look on this is: "If you don't like it...Don't look at it."
No one is forcing me on how I model. "Good enough" or "Close enough" is good enough for me. And that's what makes this hobby fun.
Torrington, Ct.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.