Mike, I took your advice and rested my eyes today. I am taking Mom for a drive through the Cleveland Metroparks to Berea Station to see the NS and CSX tracks and hopefully some trains. Mom has been very patient with my detailing of the passenger cars. She will sit and watch me work, but not for long. The cure for cabin fever is a nice car ride and a hotdog and hot fudge sundae from Dairy Queen.
Carl, I honestly have lost track of the number of people I painted. The total was at 3,500 a year ago. I bought 15 more boxes of 36 Preiser 65602 seated people in 2019 to go with five I already owned, but had not painted. I also had some boxes from the previous painting sessions. I stocked up on the Preiser 65602 people because they had been unavailable for a year or so in 2016.
Larry, I like your passenger cars. The layout at night looks very good. I like to watch my passenger trains snake their way around my Valley of Bridges layout in the dark. I may never finish my layout, but at least I have a place to run my trains.
Mark, I am doing my caregiver duties today with a ride in the park for Mom. She deserves some fun at age 93. Trains and ice cream, at least the ice cream and a hot dog, make her happy.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
