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    Collecting MÄRKLIN MODEL RAILROADS with Kevin McCarthy

    Aug 12, 2019 1 minute
    TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS DERICK KIRK

    A railroad enthusiast since receiving his first train set as a teenager, retired print and coating technologist Kevin McCarthy has building on his smallholding in Noordhoek on the Cape Peninsula. Set on a large table, tracks wind over model bridges through scenic villages and green countryside.

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