Hi Jeff
I fully agree with what you have written above. My annoyance with the system is those that “open a box” plonk it on the track and get umpteen likes as opposed to a decent modeller who, renumbers, adds detail and weathering and gets a couple of likes. Or takes a model out of the box, adds no detail apart from a kaydee coupling, claims it’s just been cleaned and thinks it looks realistic.
I stopped adding images to my narrow gauge thread partly due to these reasons. RMWeb is a great resource of information, help, advice and tips from some very knowledgeable people. But my concept of realism is along way from others on here.