Dorsetmike
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On model railway and probably other hobby forums, people keep moaning along the lines of "Why don't the manufacturers make XYZ" even if it's only a particular variant of an existing model. I decided to post the following on one such forum, do others agree with such a statement?
[grumpy old fart] (in full whinge mode)
The problem I see these days is that there appear to be too many "collectors" and ones who "play trains" and not enough modellers. If you must have a particular loco which isn't readily available, get on and hack or kit bash or even scratch build ( read modify it yourself to suit), don't just sit there whingeing about manufacturers not doing everything for you; next you'll be moaning about there being no ready built, ready to run, layout of Waterloo in nineteenumptywhen - complete with all relevant stock for the period and with fully working signalling! Special offer - comes with fully insulated air conditioned garden building fully erected on site.
There are parallels in many facets of "modern living" prime example being ready meals instead of home cooked prepared from raw ingredients. Many will raise the "we don't have enough time for XYZ" to which my answer is "make time" - would the world come to an end if you missed an episode of some mindless soap on the box? (Or anything on the box come to that) Do you really need to spend hours on farcebook or twatter? Or endlessly texting every Tom Dick and Harriet? [/grumpy old fart]