Posted on January 15th,2009So my son loves trains. All trains. Loves…LOVES…them. His personal railroad is one of those wooden sets with Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Actually I was completely psyched he took to this stuff –I can be a little railfan-y myself. I wanted,however,to tie in a little nautical thing. Brio makes a train ferry,but its a little lame seeming. I began to think:“Tim,you can do better.”So voila,boatbuilding,micro-size. I am pretty pleased,actually. They may be rumors that some defective maple kitchen drawers were harmed in the making of this boat. I can neither confirm nor deny this.
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