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I've been lurking here for well over a year. I was encouraged to look at RR-L by Mark R., who also encouraged me to get back into modeling by sending me a care package many months ago. And I have begun to do things again to a small extent. I've had RR models around since the mid-1950's. However,when I have serious time to spend on railroad interests it has always gone first to RR history, research and some writing on logging lines, geared locomotives, etc. My remaining energy for modeling has, therefore, always suffered. This has been true all my life; but I can't complain about the few things I've seen go to print and it has likely contributed to historic preservation in a small way.
So now my wife and I have moved away from my native NW Washington state Douglas Fir region to the more sensibly populated, though tree-less, baren prairies of Eastern Washington where my wife is from. I can see my nearest neighbor from my front window...he's a couple miles away. No trees whatsoever to block the view. I joke with the locals about their lack of logging railroads and for the most part they humor me. I am also more peaceful and content than I've been for many years.
It's now 25F outside, dropping, with a light snowfall. It's way too cold to go to the shop and work on the C7 speeder and I'm a bit burned out on history for a while. I walked by the basement cupboards where my RR models are safely stored and hear their whimpering that they have not seen the light-of-day for a long time. So here I am on this forum digging around to renew a project. I'll post a basic question or two elsewhere here.
I will say this is the most impressive RR forum system I've ever seen. Great stuff here and I appreciate all you folks have posted. I need to explore weathering again. Questions coming. Thanks for listening, Dennis B. Thompson, Odessa/Ritzville, WA state.
I've been lurking here for well over a year. I was encouraged to look at RR-L by Mark R., who also encouraged me to get back into modeling by sending me a care package many months ago. And I have begun to do things again to a small extent. I've had RR models around since the mid-1950's. However,when I have serious time to spend on railroad interests it has always gone first to RR history, research and some writing on logging lines, geared locomotives, etc. My remaining energy for modeling has, therefore, always suffered. This has been true all my life; but I can't complain about the few things I've seen go to print and it has likely contributed to historic preservation in a small way.
So now my wife and I have moved away from my native NW Washington state Douglas Fir region to the more sensibly populated, though tree-less, baren prairies of Eastern Washington where my wife is from. I can see my nearest neighbor from my front window...he's a couple miles away. No trees whatsoever to block the view. I joke with the locals about their lack of logging railroads and for the most part they humor me. I am also more peaceful and content than I've been for many years.
It's now 25F outside, dropping, with a light snowfall. It's way too cold to go to the shop and work on the C7 speeder and I'm a bit burned out on history for a while. I walked by the basement cupboards where my RR models are safely stored and hear their whimpering that they have not seen the light-of-day for a long time. So here I am on this forum digging around to renew a project. I'll post a basic question or two elsewhere here.
I will say this is the most impressive RR forum system I've ever seen. Great stuff here and I appreciate all you folks have posted. I need to explore weathering again. Questions coming. Thanks for listening, Dennis B. Thompson, Odessa/Ritzville, WA state.
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