By Deb Kroon
Staff writer
Set up at the Nobles County Fair, was the culmination of years of labor for twin brothers, Jerry and Jimmy DeKam, lifelong members of the farming community near Ruthton, MN. They brought their hobby to proudly display at the fair. Set up on a table that was at least eight feet long was a replica of a farm totally built by these two men as a hobby.
“When we were 12 or 13 years old, we were each given a 1/25 scale model car kit. That was the beginning of this forty-two year hobby,” Jerry explained. Over the years the two brothers began collecting different model car kits and when in 1976, Ertl came out with the first tractor model kit, they began to collect them as well, starting to build for the display they have today.
Carpenters by trade, the brothers earn their living by light construction work-building cabinets, doing remodels and even working on new homes. At night and on weekends, they spend hours working on what is a passion for them, the farm replica. The attention to detail in their work shows the love they have for working with wood.
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