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This has nothing to do with hobby shops closing, but I have an interesting story about father-son MRRs. My story is actually backwards to most, thats what makes it interesting. I had been racing slot cars for a couple years and I was getting really good at it. Winning races at the local track and all that. But it just started to get boring. So, I told my dad I wanted to try R/C airplanes. We went to a local plane club with thier own little airstrip and watched the members fly for a few hours. It was really neat. So we looked around in hobby shops for a couple of months at airplanes and lessons. We were finnally ready to buy our first plane. We went to Hobbytown USA where we had never been before, but had looked on the internet and they had the perfect plane. We walked in, and what do I see but a large HO scale layout! It had buttons that ran the trains and turned on lights and such and I played with it for about 20 mins before my dad tryed to get me to go buy the plane. But I said I wanted to do trains instead. Ever since that day I have been hooked. So we left, I had new ideas, and my dad had an extra $300 that he didnt have to spend on a plane[:D]. My dad supported my new hobby, but wasnt interested himself. We went to the LHS which we visit to this day and I bought an athearn GP38, a few cars and some EZ track. I played with that all week and the next weekend we started visiting local train clubs. We saw a nice G scale layout covering probably and acre. And a couple large HO layouts. Then we went to the last club in the area. They had a brand new building... with nothing in it... There were a couple of members sitting around talking and we asked where the trains were. It was a BRAND NEW building and the layout wasnt under construction yet. But they were willing to accept somebody my age (9 at the time) as a member. So we joined. The first thing we built were modules for the modular division of the club. I built two and I finnally convinced my dad to build one. He did and really enjoyed it. So, I brought my dad into the hobby. At this point Im working on my 3rd layout. I have 3 more modules, he has 2 more, the club has all of the benchwork done. About half of the track laid. And a little scenery done on the huge 40X100 foot layout. Just thought I would share my little story.[:D]
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