This past Sunday I had the privilege of taking part in a birthday celebration for Jimmy Deignan of craftsmankits.com. The plan was to "lower" Jimmy in his wheelchair, down into Dick Elwell's basement to see his amazing Hoosac Valley RR layout. Along for the ride were Scott Mason, Dick Elwell, Bob Van Gelder & Carl Lasky. Additonally my wife Anna Maria, as well as Pat Mason, Jacynta Deignan, Elaine Van Gelder, Sandy Lasky and Sandy Elwell were there as well. Thanks to Carl and his expert rigging, a few hundred feet of rope and two jeeps to which all was tied to, the operation went smoothly. Not only did Jimmy get to see Dick's great layout, Dick was kind enough to host a full operating session , with everone participating. For the most part all went well, save for one head on collision...We've been both busy and not busy here, after dealing with two weeks of bronchitis. All is well now, but if you can avoid bronchitis, do so, it's a real bummer. But during that time we solidified designs for some of our upcoming kits and also announced our latest kit, the Ludlow Building.
Please take note also that will be breifly closing our shop for vacation from May 5th to May 22nd. Any orders placed during this time will ship after May 22nd.
