01-04-2009, 01:39 PM
To each his own, but, fortunately for me, I've yet to see anything that's advertised as "ready-to-run" which truly is. 
The main drawback, in my opinion, is having to pay a premium to buy an otherwise unavailable model, then still have to upgrade it in some way - I do enjoy the work, but not the added expense for something I consider not truly ready to run. Consider: an Athearn blue box diesel is ready to run, too - just put it on the tracks and you can run it. Most, of course, won't settle for that, and, in that context, I'm sure that you can see why I won't settle for so-called r-t-r either. 
Wayne
The main drawback, in my opinion, is having to pay a premium to buy an otherwise unavailable model, then still have to upgrade it in some way - I do enjoy the work, but not the added expense for something I consider not truly ready to run. Consider: an Athearn blue box diesel is ready to run, too - just put it on the tracks and you can run it. Most, of course, won't settle for that, and, in that context, I'm sure that you can see why I won't settle for so-called r-t-r either. Wayne