Believe it or not, the favorite guitar I own is an Asian Squire Stratocaster. It is the most beautiful and sweetly toned guitar I own. I bought it used about 10 years ago, and it was the last guitar I bought. I love playing it.
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I am also toying with the idea of joining a railroad club again, but I probably will not.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
So, with the New Year comes now opportunities, and I got a few really big ones. For starters, I'm halting model railroading, for a bit anyways.
I've had a 1973 Fender Stratocaster burning a hole in my heart for a year now, so I want to finish it before I even think about leaking more money into trains. I'm almost done; I just need a few parts and a new paint job, but that's gonna run me at least $400, so all money is going towards that. I expect to finish it around the summertime, so that gives me about half a year for trains.
On the railroading side, my ultimate plan is to kitbash and detail at least 2 units in the California and Pacific colors, convert them to DCC, and get a railroad club membership to run them. I preordered a Highliner F3A shell kit, so that's one of them off the table, but I need another unit to detail up. I was thinking either a GP30 or GP9, with a heavier tilt on the GP9 (for the Gyralights I plan on adding). I have some time, though, so maybe I'll change my mind. The membership is really to compensate for not having any room at home to run trains.