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Those are excellent points Geek and WR. Replacement tracks, PE and the like are great for that favourite type you want to stand out but is it necessary to go to the expense and time fro everything you build ? Probably not. Part of the fun for me sometimes is to make a little something to go here or there rather than buy it.

I do admire Kunihito's dedication to realism as he cuts and solders brass but again Shep Paine and others have done some unbelievable work over the years without access to all this stuff - it still looks just as good and to me a lot of that is in the same class as the old masters and their paintings.

Each to their own I suppose.