A few years ago, I was taking an interest in railway modelling, to give me a break from wargames miniature painting at weekend, and I noticed that you'd find 'serious' (are there any other type?) railway buffs, running trains which were totally inappropriate for the layout they were on. Now without boring you as to reasons why this was sometimes OK, the general statement was 'RULE 1 applies": RULE 1 My Layout My Money My Toys Now this was a surprising yet excellent sentiment to have. Alas, it seems to be a standard we 'serious' wargamers often fail to grasp firmly by the staff and wave enthusiastically. Alas, we are generally more likely to become so focussed on button counting, that we lose sight of those things which drew so many of us. Our collective functional autism kicks in and we often build a collection which in most cases will never be used for a display game, depicting a specific battle, during which time period, some of the more aestheticaly sat