by mike | May 1, 2013 | The Missing Conversation |
In this overhyped digital age, we were promised a revolution in model railroad magazines. I’m still waiting. Digital publishing tools have opened doors once sealed tight to all but a few, yet the promise of these new tools has yet to be fully realized. I’m...
by mike | Mar 20, 2013 | The Missing Conversation |
Volume 04 of The Missing Conversation is ready to go, featuring interviews with Tom Mix and Tony Sissons, who share their craftsman’s approach to the hobby. There are features about organizing your work space to simplify and improve your modeling and approaching...
by mike | Mar 13, 2013 | The Missing Conversation |
TMC 04 is almost here. The theme for this volume is craftsmanship and features interviews with two of the hobby’s finest craftsmen, Tom Mix and Tony Sissons. Tom Mix is well known in the P48 community for his scratchbuilt brass Burlington steam locomotives....
by mike | Feb 8, 2013 | General News |
That’s my day job here; creating and selling books that take a different approach to the hobby from the cookie-cutter norm. The blog isn’t going away, but it’s mainly for fun. Here is a short (less than a minute each) video I made about one of our...
by mike | Feb 6, 2013 | Pieces of The Puzzle |
Recent comments to my January 23, 2013 post titled: Your Layout is Finished, Now What? indicate that I’ve done a poor job of communicating the purpose and operations of my layout/railroad/empire/transportation system/whatever. After umpteen blog posts, a...
