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We (I) am still a long ways from having our first layout done... it's really my 6-year-old's, but there's alot of things he can't help with (yet). What's the fun part (so far)?.... It's going to Caboose Hobby or browsing the Walther's Catalog and listening to the ideas on how he wants the (his layout) to look.... the buildings, the scenery, the figures, etc.... It's getting the tunnels enclosed and doing a "dry run" of the trains to check clearances on the portals, etc... and getting down at his eye-level and watching the trains from his perspective..... For me it's working late nights to get this thing done (trains were never my hobby...it's his).... and not minding, becuase when he "checks on my progress" in the mornings, I can see his face light up that we are getting "closer".... and I see the excitement and joy it brings him. So the project is taking 200 times longer than I thought, I'm learning through stumbling, and the project is costing about 1000% more than I planned, but listening to the little guy talk, watching him help (where he can), and seeing the make-believe world we are building emerge together makes every aspect of this fun. (and a little scotch doesn't hurt [;)])
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