There used to be a social group that promoted model train building that was more whimsical than realistic. It used the acronym AWNUTS as an identity. Its meaning is Always Whimsical, Not Usually To Scale. It was model trains on a non-scale whimsical theme. It was all about having fun with imaginative model trains, with nothing sacred or necessarily realistic. Google “awnuts model trains” and the remnants of the group can be discovered. A bunch...
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Model Railroading Hobby
A hobby interest that has been in my blood since my age was in the single digits. My parents bought me an American Flyer (brand) train set at that age. I still have that train set today. I like it because it had two rails rather than the non-prototype 3 rail (and larger size) popular Lionel (brand) train sets of that era. Much later I discovered it is considered “S” scale and gage. That was...
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This photo was created by my daughter Shelley (Shel), who as you can see is a very creative photographer. Yes, she is a professional and I am very proud of her and the work she does. So the photograph is me but it isn’t about me. Shel shot at least 50 photos I assume. Some were kind of silly, some intense, and some are what I would call studio normal. This is not in a photo studio,...
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The last few blog articles look like I have become momentarily obsessed with freedom. I can’t deny what I have written but I will give it a rest for awhile. Just one more little poke Pure freedom is Chaos. I once built a model radio control airplane with that name. That was about 40 years ago. This is a picture of what it looked like. I finished mine in a blue and metallic green color....
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