I am no exibitor,never have been and have never been a member of any railway club.I consider myself as a railway modeller,but at exhibitions I am basically Joe public. I can stand and watch small shunting operations for ages,appreciating all that it involves,but I equally enjoy seeing an express belting round a layout.In layman' terms,I generally have time to appreciate the former,while having to fight my way to view the latter. I think nowadays exibitors are interacting more with their audience compared to years ago,as has been pointed out,without them the show would not go on. In relation to the original topic,it is great that some modellers strive to make every aspect of the model prototypical,but somewhere along the line,a compromise will always have to be made