my fathers been in it since he was young and when i was like 3 years old i had my first HO scale layout called "up and over" on a 4x6 then when i got older i took the same 4x6 and did alot of mountains and lakes. now i have a 4x8 running a N scale but there is nothing layed down yet. with moving, work and the other normal day stuff i dont have time anymore. but id like to get back into it. p/m me if u want to meet up sometime and b/s about trains. ive got over 23 years experiance with it.