When I was first considering getting back into trains in the late 90s, I planned to use all my carefully packed away childhood accessories and other tinplate items. But as I saw how MTH engines and other manufacture rolling stock and accessories have evolved and wealth of realistic stuff out there, I changed my mind and went with scale items, even getting brave to make plaster cloth mountains and learning how to realistically paint and texture scenery, then really brave modifying buildings with add ons and structural changes.
Wondered if others have done the same or maybe changed direction after a few years. Or reversed course, removing most or all scenery and reverted to the the buzzing, clanking, clicking noisy Lionel/American Flyer accessories and Plasticville buildings we grew up with......
