What happens when…?

What happens when the hobby wins the race to the bottom?* *(What’s that? The relentless pursuit of turning it into something any idiot can do in his sleep.) What happens when modelers find content specific blogs, videos and podcasts more relevant than general...

It’s Time to Start a Ruckus

Issue #67 of O Scale Trains Magazine contains a fine editorial by Joe Giannovario.* In his “Observations” column, he outlines the situation brewing around the current and likely future of various O scale freight and passenger car trucks. It seems that...

The Making of a hobby.

Imagine you are browsing an online library for freight and passenger cars. This library consists of detailed CAD files for each car type. You can access the files individually for a fee or pay an annual subscription that allows for multiple or unlimited access....

Managing Expectations

As loyal readers of this blog, you deserve a better post than to hear about the whine and cheese party with my computer. So here’s a bonus for this week. Managing Expectations I listened to The Model Railway Show podcast this morning featuring well known modeler Marty...