regains his sight
BY JESSICA DAITCH
ONCE BLIND, DEVOTED N SCALE
HOBBYIST RETURNS TO HIS CRAFT
EVEN THOUGH HIS SIGHT STARTED TO DETERIORATE
gradually, Dan Dunbar, now 82, from Costa Mesa, CA was reluc-
tant to give up building the N gauge trains he enjoyed working
with his entire adult life. His wife kindly donated a large section of
the basement to his hobby. But as he aged, his eyesight began to
deteriorate, to the point that he had to switch from working with
N gauge to O gauge just he could see proper connections.
In November 2004, Dan was diagnosed with geographic atrophy,
the most advanced form of dry macular degeneration (AMD),
the leading cause of blindness in older Americans over the age
