D500 posted:TedW posted:When it gets down to it the whole model railroad hobby is fantasy, isn’t it?
No.
Well, let’s see.
We’re pretending that we are moving vital freight to distant destinations, but we’re not.
We’re pretending we’re transporting people from station to station, but we’re not.
Our people are plastic or pewter and stand absolutely still while the trains travel short distances.
Our buildings are usually plastic and largely vacant. Those with ground-floor details almost never have any in the floor above.
The grass and trees never grow, it never snows or rains and the sunlight comes from all directions.
The diesels have plastic bodies and don’t use diesel fuel, the steam locomotives usually are electrically powered, and the electric locomotives usually take their power from the rails, not from a catenary.
Oh yeah, and there are three rails.
Yep, I would say that’s a fantasy world. Paint can’t change that.
