I was doing some "armchair modelling" last night with a glass of wine and the December copy of Railway Modeller. After going through all the ad pages I could find nothing that is the model railway equivalent of a ready-to-fly model airplane or a ready-to-sail model boat.
All of the model railway stuff on sale consists of bits and pieces for a model railway - locomotives, track, buildings, baseboards etc etc. OK, one of the ads mentioned Hornby and Bachman train sets, but AFAIK, they are just an oval of track plus a train (or maybe they have a point and siding) and would need a lot of extra parts before they could be presented as a complete "adult" model railway.
Why is nobody marketing a complete (if limited) model railway "package" that comes complete with trains, track, buildings and scenery, needs very little assembly and which the proud owner could immediately show to his/her family and friends.?
...R