>>1436756It's give and take. Even the most immaculate crafted model isn't going to be 100% accurate. You have to make certain compromises for running performance and whatnot.
After spending lots of time around the real thing, my Broadway Limited #261 looks half-assed to me.
>>1436792>some individual locos being just as pricey as a full setWelcome to 2020 where scale model trains have sound and fancy electronics and shit. My aforementioned steamer was $300, and that's factory refurb prices.
The good thing there though is that the many hundreds are usually worth it in terms of quality and performance. Usually.
