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1) Why do you model? I like doing anything with crafts, and RRing is the ultimate craft. I also feel I am an artist at heart and love creating. The joy of exhibition enters into it as I like showing off what I can do and enjoy the awe and wonder others show in something I created, but I would still model without the show. I also am fascinated by the power and show that a real train portrays as it roars through the country imposing fear in every other vehicle. It's no accident that trains always have the right-of way, though it may be because of accidents that it does. 2) When did you start? At 7 or 8 with a gift of an S gauge used three rail Marx. I destroyed it running it out of the upstairs windows imitating The Adams Family Train wrecks I so fondly remember. The next was an N gauge at 10 which is where I learned that n is not a good idea for kids. Did I start another argument with that comment? 3) What was your first train? S gauge three rail Marx steamer 4) Are you a railfan? If yes, what is it about trains that you like? The roar and size of the units. Even a little 50' boxcar is huge. I remember as a kid my dad worked at a steel mill and they moved metal in bottle cars from one point to another with Alco RS? Diesels. They weaved in and out of the buildings narrowly missing each other by inches it seemed. I loved it. They would speed across the road without slowing and cars and trucks would stop for them. What power and authority! 5) How much time a week do you spend entertaining your love for trains and model railroading? Too many for my wife and not enough for me. 6 to 8 hours would be a good average... no, counting all 20 maybe 96... it's hard to define because I am always looking at the world thinking, "could I model that?" 6) What part of the country do you live in? Born and raised in Indiana between Chicago and Indy. Last 20 years in SW Missouri.
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