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So, a little while ago, I somehow ended up reading an article online about people who make models. Which reminded me that I have always been really intrigued by model-building, as a hobby, because I enjoy puzzles and putting things with small parts together. The reasons I've never gotten into model building are a) I don't really have room for them, b) it is a spendy hobby, and c) I don't much care about cars or planes.

Well, the other day I realized that I could just start making paper models, which would elimate most of those problems. Paper is not very expensive, there are lots of paper models of things that aren't cars or planes, and, well. I often enjoy making things like this more than I enjoy having them and, if they're made of paper, they'll be easy to get rid of once I get tired of them. And then I can make more!

So right now, I am making a locomotive. (Eventually, I hope to make a whole train.) It was perhaps not the best choice for a first project, as there are a lot of parts and all the instructions are in French, but it is such a pretty train!

And then, I will make a bunch of houses, so my train has a village to stop in.