All five of my Grandson's have trains and I have made sure of that. Tim andI belong to a Facebook group that would send the "old man's hobby" statsin the round file as we are definitely the minority

Tim wondered: I watched a Netflix documentary today on 3-D printing, and I wondered -- Who will produce the first 3-D copier? I mean, you just put the car (or 1:1 part) into the copier and out pops a

Tim wondered: I watched a Netflix documentary today on 3-D printing, and I wondered -- Who will produce the first 3-D copier? I mean, you just put the car (or 1:1 part) into the copier and out pops a

Looking for 500-sellers in the resin biz I would first check with Al Westerfield. That his kits were distributed by Walthers and were a stock item in the hobby shop heyday before the names like

Are there any "must visit" model railroad friendly hobby shops in the Nashville, TN area? Thanks- TJ TJ Stratton Maumee, OH."Modeling the 1950's branch lines of the Michigan Central Railroad in

The tinplate train set was the humble beginning of this hobby. Am I correct on this assumption? I believe one reason kids wanted trains was the larger roles that railroads played in the communities at

Oh wow, now we're looking for "evidence"....stick a fork in this thread, it's done. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"riverman_vt@... [STMFC]" Date:Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:43

Tim, Clever Models has an HO or O-scale Clyde Puffer paper model: http://clevermodels.squarespace.com/models-gallery/ . Admittedly, this is a European design, but the superstructure

I've seen lots of youth railroad model videos on YouTube (even one weathering freight cars that fit this list) and someone contacted me from my rail history website asking for proto info to design

Mike There's some really cool stuff there -- I'm a real believer in paperfor building structures and I see from this web site there are SHIP MODELStoo! Paper is ideal IMO for a lot of applications

David And people are living longer. And the world as a whole is becoming much wealthier, with lots more leisure and hobby spending. These are macro trends, as is the decline of unskilled or low-skill

I was afraid I'd scare too many with that one. Its very complex. But it sure shows how complex curved surfaces can be done in materials one wouldn't expect to work. Best to ya, Mike Bauers Milwaukee,

I slipped on a word............ Here is what it was meant to be.... " Maybe I'm too optimistic about the pre-decorated aspect. But look at carbon3d.com and see how the newest 3d printers make prints

There's a GG1` paper kit as well. http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/2027/gg1/index.html Scott Haycock Here..... try something different.... download and consider building this per the

In the day, model trains were the analog of todays personal computers. Let's put it this way...... In Europe and Japan model railroading is still a vibrant hobby of both the old and the young. We

Actually, I am listening. I had been separating brick and mortar sales from Internet sales................. With an eye on those that now only buy from hobby swap meets because retail and discount

But the trains under the Christmas tree that kids played with are NOT the hobby, not now and not then. Of course it may get kids intrigued, but the hobby we are talking about is, one might say,

Tim O'Connor wrote: Thanks, Tim, some of the same points I made in my recent blog post on this topic. If you're interested, and didn't see it, here's a

I have to agree somewhat that that it's an "old man's hobby". Back in the early 50's just about every kid had a Lionel or American Flyer train set under the Christmas tree. Now, the kids want computer

lol, Bill! To say nothing of 3D printing! The number and variety of skillfully designed HO scale items on Shapeways et al is just astounding! People are applying a whole new set of skills (or