Marshall,
I think you're right on when it comes to new people interested in the hobby.
I've talked with at least one potential model railroader that wrote off the
hobby because he couldn't understand what one would do with a layout once it
was finished.
Ken Thompson
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From: "Marshall Thayer" <zephyr9903@e...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Real time or Fast clock
> >>> It all takes time. Newbies to rr and modellling are going to have
questions as your operating so using a fast clock just might put you on O.T.
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> This is all just advanced planning, Leo -
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> (Waaaay advanced - I haven't even torn out the partitions yet to make room
for construction) . . . but my idea is that the crew would be experienced
enough before a show to handled things pretty well. One person would be
designated to visit with the folks while everyone else kept the show on the
road.
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> >>> Also will the audience really stick around for a full shift(even on a
fast clock)? <<<
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> Of *course* they wouldn't hang around . . . but they don't hang around the
"round & round she goes" modular loops, either - but I *would* expect some
folks to check back by - as the time of day changed - as major trains rolled
through - as the crew shifted from switching the bottoms to switching the
bluffs, etc.
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> I'm not sure the "traditional" trainshow appearance is a service to the
hobby, anyway - Assume you have a casually interested visitor. He hasn't
really read up on the hobby, hasn't visited a hobby shop yet, etc. - he just
goes to a show & looks at the layouts. With the "keep 'em running & show
'em off" attitude one often sees, what is there to tell this potential new
railroader that there's anything more to it than a much larger Christmas
tree loop with longer Lionel trains than most kids had . . .
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> I think we'd have a chance to interest more future hobbyists if we took
more varied approaches to introducing them to it.
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> Marshall Thayer
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