model train, how hard can it be

Getting older has many advantages. Thinking about all the things you wanted to do but never did is one of them. And so, gone past 40, i have had some attempts at starting a great hobby that did not quite go to plan.

For instance, in my bedroom there is a beautiful looking guitar on a nice looking stand, gathering dust.

But there is also the so-far-successful career of golf, albeit this success is measured in actually getting round a golf course without upsetting the marshals too much.

A model train is my next challenge. As a young boy, i had this thing for trains (in particular the lego kind) and always thought i could build a proper model train but never got round to doing it. The start of fall means less golf and therefore more time for something else. I thought: "i know, i will build me a model train. how hard can it be?".

Well...i am about to find out....

Not being known for my handy man qualities and therefore making every mistake in the book, all i can say is: here goes nothing!

Hope you will enjoy my sequel (might be a short story though) of how the model train came to be in the next few months.