Category: Opinion

Why We Should Create In Miniature

I’ve always been curious about the psychology of model building. Why do we do it? What is the underlying compulsion that drives us to create in miniature? Yesterday I stumbled on an interesting perspective on the subject by author Martha Beck. Her article starts by addressing the subject of long term satisfaction versus euphoric highs […]

The Structure Quandary

Over the past decade I’ve had a hard time ignoring the similarity between model railroader’s penchant for impulse buying/indiscriminate accumulation as compared to the same issue in any other retail setting.  I’m not sure there is a difference between purchasing more shoes than there are days in the week as opposed to buying dozens of […]