pelago, that's great. Honoring your wife, family and history... and with a church! Amen.
THIS is what the hobby used to be about. It's ironic how many people cite failing eyesight as a reason to be in O. And yet there's so much more kitbashing and scratch building in HO scale, which is why the detail parts and decals are STILL readily available. Still on top of the vastly greater variety in HO.
Anyone can buy a building (nothing against those that do), but it's a special thing to determine yourself to the task of scratch building one yourself, and to do it for a reasonable material cost. We see so many threads with complaining about "why don't they make this," so it's quite refreshing to see a post like this one.
pelago, I could say, more power to you. It'd probably be more accurate in this case to say God speed, may the Spirit be with you.
