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I was talking to an older guy a while back that was in his late 70s, and model railroading entered the conversation. He was telling me that when he was into it back in the 1940s and 50s that he had to make just about everything except the train and track. He said he built a typical 4 X 8 layout, made trees, telephone poles, buildings, signs, etc out of wood, poster board or what ever worked, and that he would buy lead cowboys and soldiers and trim them with a hot knife and paint them to use as people. When I told him what all was available today, he just shook his head, laughed and said "you guys are spoiled"... He went on to say that he really admired how far the hobby has come since his day. <br /> <br />trainluver1
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