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Are we detail Snobs - feedback

On first reading the comment, Are we detail Snob's, as a home based modeller for over 50 years starting with Tri-ang, Hornby and Lima to today's super detailed models, I have to say the hobby has moved ahead leaps and bounds.

Growing up with early equipment on my Dad's layout in Wentworthville, I leant at an early age to handle and respect the models as

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