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Things I learned about myself is that I was more creative and imaginative that I would have ever thought. Since I retired 2 years ago, I have pretty much buried myself in my miniature world and found it to be ever changing just as the real thing. Now I am planning to replace it with a "bigger and better" world. I have found immense pleasure in taking ordinary items and converting them to believable model representations of real life items. It is fun to create detailing parts from "junk." I use pieces of plastic sprues to model electric meters, electronic parts from dead circuit boards to model breaker boxes, transformers, relay cabinets, etc. I make my trees out of weeds, ground foam and spray adhesive. I have made all my own street lights using mico bulbs, brass tubing, steel washers and liquid electical tape! Although these items are not "exact" replicas of the real thing, they have proven to be believable representations, just like our locomotives and rolling stock. I have also learned patience and when to walk away from a frustrating project. The power lines on my layout, after many hours of trial and error and frustration are finally done. This latest installation taking about 40 hours all together. I have experimented with lighting my cabooses, locos and passenger cars using generally no kits except in my newest Rivarossi's. I have made all the parts myself other than the bulbs and leds. What I learned, in short, is to free my mind and accept different ways to do things.
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