Merl H.

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #999980;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="f6b8dfe1egerdp.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>  </B><A HREF="cary_f.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cary F."><B><IMG SRC="17b50e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="f6b8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Merl H.</I></div> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Merl H.</FONT><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="members_hobbies.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members Hobbies"><IMG SRC="1ad869670.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="103" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></FONT>    </div> <div>  <B>Click on Picture to return home!</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Merl H.</U></B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><U> has several hobbies with some under construction.  While in high school </U></B></FONT></div> <div> <B><U>Merl got interested in slot car racing.  His favorite hobby is racing slot cars on a track which </U></B></div> <div> <B><U>is 43'x 2', plus 2 curves, making a total of 100 feet of 8 slot car tracks. Merl has controllers for each track and his grandkids</U></B></div> <div> <B><U>love playing with them.  Most of the cars are from the 1960 & '70 era, and the cars are metal and heavy.  He has a few</U></B></div> <div> <B><U> modern ones made of plastic and very light in weight.  One of the curves is large and steep banked  and the other curve is narrow and with very little bank.  The track is based on the Nascar Track in Martinsville, VA.</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Merl  is also in the process of building a toy train setup by the race track.  The train is 0 gauge tracks and he has a lot</U></B></div> <div> <B><U> of tank cars, box cars and engines, track,bridges, etc.  He plans to have two trains on two outside tracks</U></B></div> <div> <B><U> going around the track which will be approximately 75' in length and various other tracks and towns, etc</U></B></div> <div> <B><U>He also likes playing pinball machines (3) and foosball game.</U></B></div> <bR> <div>       </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>         <IMG SRC="1b415e690.jpg" border=0 width="1118" height="873" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >           </FONT></div> <div> This end of track has a steep bank</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >           </FONT><U><IMG SRC="1b427f840.jpg" border=0 width="1151" height="900" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>                                                                                                                                                                                        </div> <div>             Control Center   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>        </div> <div> <IMG SRC="1b44b3ac0.jpg" border=0 width="1203" height="940" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >             </FONT></div> <bR> <div>           Cars lined up ready to go</div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="1b45aaa40.jpg" border=0 width="1194" height="932" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B><B>        </B></div> <div>  Old Number "7"</div> <bR> <div> <B>        </B><B><U><IMG SRC="1b463db10.jpg" border=0 width="1085" height="945" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div>                                       </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>      </B><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B><U><IMG SRC="1b49df060.jpg" border=0 width="991" height="774" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></FONT><B>   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>               </B><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="1b4853600.jpg" border=0 width="1107" height="864" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div>                                       Looks a long way to the other end</div> <bR> <bR> <div>   <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><U><IMG SRC="1b4bf2dd0.jpg" border=0 width="1266" height="989" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></FONT></div> <div> <B><U>This end of track does not have the steep curve as the other end</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>TRAINS</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="1b4ce80f0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="1295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>     </div> <bR> <bR> <div>        </div> <div>                 <U><IMG SRC="1b4d42540.jpg" border=0 width="1090" height="852" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Train platform under construction</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="1b4e47890.jpg" border=0 width="1095" height="1417" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>   </div> <div>  </div> <div>                               </div> <div>                      <U> </U><U><IMG SRC="1b50c1270.jpg" border=0 width="1217" height="1575" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Two of the Train Engines he plans to use</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="1b5150960.jpg" border=0 width="848" height="662" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <div> <B><U>A few of the boxes with train cars, et</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>---------------------------------------------------------------------</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>OTHER FUN THINGS TO DO</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                <U><IMG SRC="1b52c57c0.jpg" border=0 width="965" height="1660" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>     </div> <div>                     <B>Pin Ball Machine from the 60's </B></div> <div>                                                                                                    </div> <div>            <B>He has two more older pin ball machines, which need working on.</B></div> <div> <B>            </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                              </div> <div>                    <U><IMG SRC="1b53fc280.jpg" border=0 width="1020" height="1320" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div>     <B> </B><B> Foosball</B> </div> </td> </tr></table></body>