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I've found that the older I get (and I just turned 30) the more interested I am in scratchbuilding. When I was younger I was happy to have a working layout at all but now I find that I'm more interested in creating a "slice of life" so to speak and I can't do that with generic kits. Besides building things is fun! I don't have a layout in the conventional sense right now but I have been hard at work on a small amusement park diaroma. And because of my interest in older traditional parks as opposed to the big "theme parks" and my penchant for antique amusement park equipment I had to scratchbuild about 80% of it.(very few of the available amusement ride kits fit my theme or are realistic enough). I currently have 9 rides along with a host of supporting structures and I'm working on motorizing everything right now (which is quite a project all by itself). And leighant, I plan to eventually build a wooden roller coaster as well so please keep us updated on your project! Check out my efforts so far at: http://community.webshots.com/album/81927695RCObhy And be sure to check out what may be the ultimate in a scratchbuilt wooden roller coaster: http://community.webshots.com/album/124266002bOUWQJ
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