: ; was reading another article in Modellers : Backtrack where although rivet counters are not criticised as that is their : preference the author felt that having a good overall impression of a real : railway was more important than the fine detail (true they are not : incompatible). :
I've seen some bloody great "OO" gauge model layouts in my time that stopped me in my tracks (no pun intended) in the same way as a rivet counting 18.83 gauge scale model has, what was the common factor between each of these - scenery, the trains actually ran though a landscape, be that countryside or urban.
A good model railway is like a good oil painting from one of the great "masters", it doesn't need to be 'realistic' just convincing, for example both Buckingham GC" and "Eastbourne" (are) were never /true scale models/ but both were as convincing as Heckmonwick or Bodmin were even though the latter two were 'scale models' (one an actual location).
On the other hand I've also seen some very good - box opening - "Train Sets", were the concept of the layout is not to be 'convincing', just to have as much fun (operation) in the space available, in which they excelled - go figure, I guess, if it works for you then it works, f*ck what others think!...
...and Seasons Greeting to all!
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