I see that you are from Australia and thus [8D]have a strange view of the world. Well, I sympathize because I am from Texas and my view of the world is thought strange by many. [:-] (By the by, on another forum, someone said Australia is an island off the coast of Texas. I doubt that is correct, but with plate tectonics, one never knows.)

So far as moving right along with progress; there are still people who race horses rather than jet aircraft, people who hunt with bow and arrow rather than magnum rifle, people who paddle their canoe rather than using a motor, etc. It would really be a boring world if everyone was a clone of you (or of me for that matter, I suppose.)

Well, it is a fine day, and I am going to take a couple of control line airplanes down to our circle in the churchyard near my house. I'll fly them, and, believe it or not, I will have fun!

Well I am back from flying Frank Ehling EASY's designed in 1949, and I have a serious question.

It appears to me that many large cities in the USA have many more places you can get model train stuff, than places where you can get model airplane stuff. How come model trains are as popular as they are? How retro can you get?

Jim