the Scouts who were not at the tables, and checking the
final product.
Surprisingly, we only had two glue incidents and NO knife
incidents. Both glue incidents were caught early enough
that no lasting damage was done. Two kits were used as
parts birds, and a couple were left over due to the slots not
used. Seven or eight different Scouts offered to take the
extra kits home to work on.
I had to help with a couple of upside down couplers and other
problems, but in an hour and a half we had about 27 runnable
cars ready to go.
Early on, I told the Scouts that my train club invited each Scout
to come run their car on the club layout, and handed out a
location and hours page. What makes your day is the one Scout
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4. Fitting in a floor.
Railroading Merit Badge - 4
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5. Keeping those dads busy, too.
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6. One Scout’s finished car.
MRH-Mar 2014
