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 Posted - November 23 2017 : 11:52:15 AM
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My friend Jimmy James is getting back into the hobby after focusing on his career for forty
years. What's especially fun is going back into a trove of AHM and Tyco from the 1970's
that he packed away- much of it's busted up, a lot of snapped off couplers, and repairing
it piece by piece.
Jimmy, like Rumplestiltskin, emerged into a world were a lot had changed in model railroading,
and got a bit lost between good old Atlas snap track, preformed EZ track, foam, cork, and
Kadees vs. X24's. Fortunately, we were able to consolidate what he had on hand and find
a plan that works for his interests and salvages a lot of his great memories.
I am having a blast, neglecting my own projects.
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Posted - November 23 2017 : 11:53:33 AM
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Neat, Chops! That layout is looking great! Nice teamwork. :)
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Posted - November 23 2017 : 1:19:39 PM
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Thanks, RP. One of the great pleasures of model railroading is that it is like
recreating great memories and experiences in 3D. It is a total gas sharing
in Jimmy's memories and experiences. A lot of his stuff was from when he
was 11. It's like getting a time machine.
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