Adriatic posted:IMO building things by hand was what made trains a "real" hobby vs another eccentric's collectable "toy" or model. I don't feel I do enough really.
I really admire you folks who, after spending good money for a model, have the guts and skill to modify it to make it unique or otherwise more interesting. My fear is that if I tried to do that, I would just turn it into a piece of junk.