Interesting thread, but a little disingenuous on the part of those who claim to builders rather than buyers. Truth be told, we are all builders and buyers--it's just a question of degree. That is, unless somebody just buys a complete model railroad with a completely finished roster of motive power and rolling stock--or even less plausibly, at the other end of the spectrum, some brave soul constructs every structure, freight car, passenger car, and locomotive from scratch (did I mention casting the truck sideframes and turning the wheels?), then builds all the electrics and electronics with little tweezers and solder. Believe me, I'm not trying to belittle the scratchbuilders--I unfortunately have neither the time not the skill (not to mention the space and $) to do what I would really like in model railroading, and my hat's off to the contest winners. But, in fact, every one of us builds, and every one buys. Maybe we have more in common than might at first be apparent. Fred T Furiously buying and building in Tennessee--maybe I will eventually get around to attempting that caboose scratchbuilding project on of these days...
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