You are right there are two markets.
Modelers who want accurate models and those that are happy with anything that is produced.
This post is in the 2 rail forum, and the OP asked "Has anyone 2 railed one of these, and are they scale?"
The OP deserves to know if the model is scale or what "deficiencies" it might have.
It might be within that modeler's skill set to correct those "deficiencies" or the "deficiencies" might not matter to them.
That is a question for each and every modeler. The answer to that question is different for each and every modeler.
There is no wrong answer here, if you are happy with the model that is all that should matter.
I owned one of these a long time ago. I can say the hoods are too wide and too tall.
I took the time to measure the model and check it.
I only wish someone would have been brave enough to review the model critically before I bought mine.
For me, the effort to correct the hood width and height would have cost too much in both time and energy.
I chose to sell off my model. That began my hunt to find more accurate Baldwin models.
I have seen one excellent example of a modeler correcting the hoods and making an accurate scale model out of one of these.
When I asked him about his model, he said it was "A LOT of work" and "it would have been easier to scratchbuilt the model."
