Mike D posted:I don't know if the craftsman/DIY modeler days will ever come back. Most folks these days seem to want to buy something and run it. It's getting difficult to find an LHS for many. The options for railroad color hobby paint is getting worse also. Most young people I know, my kids included, aren't into making things. I also agree with the hobby becoming too expensive. I think that combined with the fact that a lot of young people don't seem interested in trains these days means that we may be entering a downturn in the model train hobby. It was a ghost town at the local train show last month. There were a couple of dealers that came from several hours away that pulled the plug early and bailed just an hour into the second day of the show.
I agree that the difficulty is finding a LHS for paint, glue and stripwood. Reasonably priced plastic trucks would be nice also.
Last weekend there was the local NMRA show at the county fairgrounds (Cleveland). I did not go but was told there was no paint to be had.
Lou N
