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Yes, speaking from that "same boat"...it's getting tougher as the years go by. It's HO in my case, and I'm 60. Bifocals for last 10 years or so. Not to be too contrary on the magnifying devices, but I find it a bit difficult to do fine work with any kind of magnifier, if it's to take more than about 30 seconds. Why ?...because one's fingers and tools are also magnified to the same degree. So if you want to paint an HO figure, you magnify it nice and big, then try to paint it with a broom, [ fine brush], holding on to it with two redwood tree trunks [ your fingers ], or with an excavator grapple [ your smallest pliers ].[:p] Not fun ! As my eyes go, my fingers also are losing dexterity, especially when applying small detail, trying to apply decals or transfers, or installing specialized Kadee coil-spring couplers and truck springs....really I'm at the point of giving up even trying most of those things. On the plus side, I don't see the detail that well now, either.[;)] I'm hoping to help out a friend, who's 78, this winter as he starts over again...this time he's going with Lionel O tinplate. If I help him build his new layout, I might get hooked on the big stuff. Too bad it's so costly.[:(]..."Golden Years" my foot ![xx(] Merry Christmas, Mike
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