Mark,
As Grizz said you posts are very inspirational. Seeing you button making brought back some memories for me. My grandmother had an upholstery shop and always had me making buttons for her. She had about 10 different dyes. And huge boxes of the the buttons. I still remember running my hands threw them.
Your scale models and diorama look awesome. I too love scale cars but haven't built any in the last few years. I have all of the different 60-66 models they have. I even built a replica of my father in laws truck before he passed. I also started a scale hot rod garage.
Sorry to hear about your hands but as you said at least you are still capable.
Look forward to your next post.
Bret