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[quote user="Tracklayer"] I've always been an N scaler because I've always liked tiny stuff. But, at 43 my eyes aren't what they use to be... So, I'll probably auction all of my N scale stuff off on eBay eventually and move up to HO. This time around I'm going to put some strict limits on it though and try not to end up with dozens of locos and cars I never use.Tracklayer[/quote]Me too actually. I'm 43 and I've noticed the drop in eyesight quality. I was a jeweller for 20 years before going for this office job. It's only when one of the gals at work shows me some jewellery that I notice how much further away I hold things. I'll have to do what my old boss did. Go buy a magnifying "hat" or visor.   I built an N scale pike for my late Dad about 6 years ago.Just small enough for him to drive it back the 1100klms between Brisbane and Sydney in his '93 Corolla hatch. I had an HO layout at the time. Well the HO layout was going flat and I had begun dismantling it and cleaning up all the timber,track and as much scenery product as I could. I'm big into recycling modelling gear... I hate the term "tear up"  I've got some Peco small radius turnouts that must be about 5 layouts old dating from 1978! I've just relaid the last one btw..Unfortunately, Dear Ol' Dad passed away and I not only inherited his little red Corolla, but I also brought home his N scale pike I'd built him for Christmas few years earlier. (You wanna know what that 1100klm trip back to Brisbane was like? Crikey...)Anyway, I've built on this little pike ... I hope that I'll be able to publish a little article in MR about it all one day.   If and when my fingers ever seize up, I'll probably stick to my 1:20.3 in the backyard ! BHR
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