YFD R-1 Replica-Work In Progress

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Is that Jamie's gear hanging on the front bumper? Really cool, you're a very gifted model maker. It must be a very relaxing hobby.

Years ago I loved HO trains. When I lived on Allapartus Road off of Route 134, we used to visit "The Roundhouse" in Croton-on-Hudson. It was formerly a train station along the tracks, that had been turned into a HO Trains hobby shop. Who here remembers the place? They had the most incredible locomotives, made of brass with incredible detail and selling for incredible prices (like $1,000).

I was about 13 years old, and could only rely on my $5 a week allowance to fund my hobby. Helping a friend Ned Brewster deliver newspapers down Grace Lane, we split the tips and that added about another $5 a week. Then of course out of that money I had to buy Hostess Twinkies at Anne M. Dorner Middle School during lunch....needless to say I never was able to buy the locomotive that I wanted! lol

Sorry for digressing, but this model made me think back to those days. Thanks for the memories.