A HOBBY IS BORN

By Staff
Published on July 1, 1978
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Pictured is model of Minneapolis taking on water. The hose is automobile electric wire.
Pictured is model of Minneapolis taking on water. The hose is automobile electric wire.
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Model of Red River Special thresher.
Model of Red River Special thresher.

One day in 1975 Loren Butterfield, of Kearney, Nebraska was
messing around with his soldering iron and soldered toy pop cans
together, end to end.

He looked at this production and thought how easy it would be to
add a few pieces and have a model of a boiler.

Thus a hobby was born.

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