Chasing the UP Big Boy in Iowa
Had a pretty nice day yesterday. Drove the Miata down I-35 to Ames, IA, then West on Hwy 30 to get a look at the Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive that was touri...
Author: Timothy Foreman
New Blog for my Model Railroad
I setup a new blog for my model railroad posts and forgot to post about it here. My model railroad is named The Blackwing and Western. Go checkout my new blog! ...
Setting Max Message Size in Mailman 3
This is more a personal note to myself, but it might be useful if others could find this answer more easily. The web UI for mailman 3 (postorius) does not corre...
Building the STS Freight House
I made the mistake of visiting Scale Model Supplies a few weeks ago. Scale Model Supplies is an old-style hobby shop in St. Paul. It’s been around for a l...
Blucher Glue Works
For my second laser kit I decided to go with something a bit larger. I bought a copy of GC Lasers Blucher Glue Works. I bought it because it’s visually in...
Building Earl’s Oil
I’ve started building some laser cut buildings for my model railroad. I figured that I could get a head start buy assembling some buildings in the winter,...
Built a Spray Booth
The best way to paint models, rail road or other, is with an air brush. Second best is to “rattle can” it with cans of spray paint. Neither of these...
Model Railroading – Time to Start Again
When I was a teen I was crazy about Model Railroading. I loved (and still do) steam engines and I started to build this huge layout in my bedroom.
Building Marceline the Vampire Queen’s Axe Bass
My friend VK approached me about helping her build a working bass as a prop for going to conventions as Marceline the Vampire Queen from Adventure Time. I had n...
Miata Brakes and other Misc
This weekend I put new front brake pads and rotors on the Miata. The old pads were pretty worn.