Model Rail Radio

Tom chats with Edward Traxler about new ways to make wild grass. Jim Gore is showing his layout. Tom and Jim talk about the NMRA. Ted Picraux calls in to talk rail podcasting and a substantial garden layout he's in the process of building. Chris Abbott has some advice to provide on the subject. Andy Dixson has a new train room and he has some substantial plans. Andy and Tom rap about Swiss model railroading. Mike Kenefeck is thinking of redesigning his layout. Roger Chrysler has some ideas for Mike's layout too. Roger has some updates for the show too. Sven Frank introduces German industrial narrow-gauge in 1:8 scale. Tom floats the Garage Layout contest. Jim Lincoln provides a Chocolate update. This is a live internet radio show recorded at 4pm Pacific on Saturday every-other-week. For more information, http://www.modelrailradio.com/

When you are going to leave the country, there's one thing you have to do first. Terry Terrance does his departure to London right by calling in to Model Rail Radio and getting the information he needs on what to visit thanks to Jim Lincoln. Marty is safe and well. Jim Lincoln gives his account of saving Marty's operating session. Mike Slater explains why there is high density of circus modelers in his part of the world. John Garaty has been all over North America. Ron Newby is quizzed by Lionel about Ron's interest in On30. Rod Hutchinson explains the Australian On30 true prototypes. Tim Shenton gives some of his larger layout design secrets. John Hunter gives an update on Tim's designed layout. Jim Gifford provides a Ros/Pam update on their behalf and what's been happening on his layout. BJ will soon have an operating session. Hoffy has been doing some LaunchPad work with Toni, Jim and Terry. Toni Ryan explains why it is good not to be fussy. Clark has been all over California. Peter Burr has some strong id

Terry Terrance kicks off the show talking about the O-Scale National and his time at the NMRA National. Jim Lincoln has been catching up with Terry too. Jim Lincoln discusses pealing painting techniques. Nigel Gartshore has enjoyed some painting DVDs recently too. Marty talks a little bit about removing paint from lettering. Marty invites Jim down for an operating session. (Editorial note: stay tuned for next episode where Jim and Marty jam on the operating session.) Jim Gore provides an update about the NMRA National. Terry Terrance has been converted to card thanks to Jim's clinic. YouTuber James Wright calls in to describe what it takes to produce a successful model rail review channel (youtube.com/jlwii2000). Mike Slater rounds out the chat with James. Dominic Fewver has attended his first operating session. Peter Burr has a new profession relating to model railroading. Toni Ryan has been to Mike Deverell's layout. Bob Dye forgot a workbench in his layout room. Peter Stempel, Toni and Tom rap about the sh

Terry Gaskin introduces his interests in three-rail O scale. Mike Slater chimes in on some traction midwest O scale and he's been depot measuring with the Rindt family. Ralph DeBlasi has been visited by model rail riffraff royalty. Dave Falkenburg introduces a regional NMRA show in San Francisco (now confirmed Janet Pomeroy Center, September 22). James Rindt lays down the law on modern children - they aren't dumb and they can be amazing model railroaders - and also what it takes to make a kit. Fritz Milhaupt talks about Grand Rapids' rail history in a layout he's planning. Marty and Bruce Wilson rap about World War One model railroading. Tom gives Marty a few methods of how to avoid being filmed. Jim Gifford provides a long anticipated update on the South Australian crew. Lawrence Eggering has some important information for people looking to add some new sound to old noisy locos. Hoffy provides an update. (Editorial note: I recommend you check out Hoffy's layout web cams. You may catch Hoffy working on his la

Favorite Part of the Show, Jim Lincoln, hosts an off-show chat with a surprising quantity of model railroading and prototype discussion. The audio quality is patchy in parts but well worth a listen.

Ed Traxler has been pranking the Facebook group. Tom and Ed rap on the Civil War and computer history too. Peter Burr introduces his lifetime of model rail interests and his plans to integrate craftsman structures on his new layout. Dave Falkenburg calls in for the first time to talk about a layout he is planning and discusses a number of the south San Francisco Bay Area model rail clubs and causal get togethers. Clark Kooning provides an overview of the NMRA National Convention. Lawerence Eggering has an interesting freelance New York Central layout featuring strange meat-like substances with a little organized crime and a dinosaur thrown in for good measure. Ralph DeBlasi has been making some changes to his layout. Mike Slater has lost a rail-fanning friend and appears to be the godfather of all things model rail in Racine. Mike Deverell calls in to discuss the philosophy of the HO Railroad that Grows and his layout, the Colorado and Coyote Creek. Scotty Mason provides a layout vision featuring HOn3. Barry

Tom and Jim start the show talking about what Jim's taking to Atlanta for the NMRA National. Mike has been using Shapeways. Ben Rechel is heading to Canada and he's visiting Chris Abbott. Chris gives an update associated with a recent show attended by a number of Model Rail Radio's prior guests. Tom gives Chris the rapid fire topic challenge. Rod has been dabbling in precious metals and miniature wargaming. Dan has been playing with miniature bricks. Terry's layout has been operated on recently. Tim Warris has been outed as a model rail philosopher. Toni Ryan has a lot to say to Tim Warris. Tim Harrison has some real estate tips. Tim Harrison floats a topic idea. John Hunter raps with Tim Warris. Tom throws down a challenge that John Hunter jumps on 100%. Jim Rindt is getting into G scale. Murray and Tom rap about interesting areas in Australia and teaching history through model railroading. David Loman introduces his interests in the model railroading hobby. Toni Ryan asks a question on behalf of Jim Gifford

Tom starts the show with Andy Dixson who introduces how he got interested in model rail and his current plans for multiple layouts. Dave Frary calls in to talk about BBQ, lobster fishing secrets and his early experiences with trains. Somehow Tom sways the conversation to magazines: Dave gives his insight. Tom congratulates Terry for his Bertie win and they talk about his clinics in Canada (reviewed by Bryan Schilling) on the Launchpad and some discussions of Shapeways too. Terry thinks model railroaders should occupy hackerspaces too. Tom predicts a revolutionary Terry Terrance scenery clinic coming to a trainshow near you shortly (with the next two years at least). Tom asks if John Armstrong's layout sections ever get updated scenery. Tom starts the ongoing discussion associated with setting up an operating session clearing the air with Lionel on the previous show's discussion. Clark Kooning provides his own perspective on number of layouts in a lifetime. Tom asks Clark Kooning how he is going to educate the

Mike and Tom chat the Bertie winners this year starting with Mike's particular passion, O scale. Mike talks about an operating session with the Rindts. Ralph is trying to teach himself weathering. Jim Gore jumps in to talk about his weathering techniques and his latest passions in the hobby. Clark gets a little wacky on weathering and don't show him a boxcar fresh from the box either. Tom chats with Clark about a few emails he has received through the week. Vera has been working on a shelf for the shelf layout contest. Tom Wilson calls in for the first time (although his layout has featured in a previous show) to introduce his model railroading interests. Tom wanted to ask the important questions. Jim Rindt calls in to confirm Tom's suspicion on an operating session long overdue. Peter Rindt provides an update on his perspective of the operating session too. Marty provides an update on his layout. Marty asks about organizing an operating session with particular questioning to Lionel and Bruce Wilson. From pic

Tom chats with Marshall Stull about his two winning entries in the Shelf Layout Design contest. The Professor calls in from the Australian Narrow Gauge Convention. Murray is the first punter to the mic to talk about his experience at the Convention. Gavin Hince introduces his model railroading interests and talks about his magazine, Narrow Gauge Down Under. John Hunter delivers his highlights of the Convention. The Professor gives his update from the Convention. Dan Pickard had a fantastic show. Ian Hodgkiss Modeller's Warehouse introduces his model railroading interests. Tom asks the Prof about the growing volume of micro layout information online. Brian Wong provides his plans for a layout starting with a small footprint. Brian chats with Ben Sutton and Gordon about color matching. 'N-Scale' Jim introduces his Ntrak club and his home layout. Rob Hinkle calls in the show for the first time and discusses his 1970s Redding layout featuring a sweet factory with a lot of detail. Chip Anderson calls back in to g

Tom presents the 2012 Bertie Awards. Congratulations to all the winners!

Tom starts the show talking with Vera about the part one winners of the Shelf Layout Design Contest and a few entries who didn't quite make the winner circle. Toni Ryan talks about his winning track plans. Mike Slater did not spend his gas or his lunch money thankfully at the Two Rail O Scale meet in Chicago. Tom catches up with Toni early in the show. Lionel Strang is the Barbara Walters of model railroading. Jimmy Simmons calls in to give an update and he brings a friend: some unknown guy called Scotty Mason. Tom jumps Scott into the Model Rail Radio fraternity with some hard questions. The crew discuss a favorite topic with Scott. Tom introduces the Silencer to the Professor. The Professor gives his general observations of the winners of the Shelf Layout Design Contest. Terry explains his speed matching introductory problem for potential operators. Ted Roy has discovered Backwoods Miniatures. (Note: this is a dangerous gateway to On30 - do not look up this site online.) Dave Ramos inhabits a different univ

Duncan McRee starts the show chatting with Tom and Terry about his new dead-rail module, some of his historical product line and a new device dubbed the Professor Silencer. John Hunter promises to demo the Silencer to the Professor and discusses the progress on his NYC harbor layout. Rod Hutchinson talks about a monorail he rode on recently. David Harris returns to talk about the latest open source technology in the hobby. Mike Slater discusses his home layout. Jim Gore and Mike explain the means to find well-loved model rail items. Jim and Terry explore paper bricks. Rick Devlin gives a detailed layout update. Edward Traxler gives some discussion on brickworks and an update on a project or two. James Rindt calls in to talk about extreme prototype layout design and an N scale layout he's planning with his son. Rod asks a question about water and Jim Lincoln is happy to help out. Jim also provides a chocolate update. Matt Goodman gives a long overdue update. Tom insists on a Toni Ryan update. This is a live in

Tom starts the show by saying sorry for the lack of shows through January and giving thanks to Mike Slater for filling in on the audio content. Tom continues discussing the Berties and the new Shelf Layout Contest with feedback from Vera and Chris. Terry and Tom chat about modeling the New York waterfront. Springfield purchases and show experiences are peppered through the show featuring Jim Lincoln, Chris Abbott, Terry Terrance, Ben Rechel, Clark Kooning and Lionel Strang. Richard St. Clair introduces a fantastic area to model turn of last century. Ralph DeBlasi talks about his Lehigh Valley layout. Tom welcomes fellow rail podcaster Tim Harrison on the show to talk about his layout and his hosting duties with the ModelRailCast Show. Brian Gilhuly, Mike Kenefeck and Tom chat about the distinctions between the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National in terms of structures and modeling big Canada in a small space. David Karkoski provides some feedback on Inglenook uncoupling. Andreas Kold Skensved has joine

Jim Gifford and Tom start the show talking about documenting an empire. Seth Neumann adds to the discussion on documentation. Clark Kooning talks about new folks entering the hobby through the holiday season and his aluminum layout building kits. Tom introduces the Shelf Layout Design contest (please check out the Model Rail Radio website for more information). John Hunter explains how his new layout is going. Rod Hutchinson gives a couple of updates on his island hopping and an update on what is on his workbench. Edward Traxler is planning a coal washer and discusses On18. Bob Richard talks about 'Old Sparky' (his 1930s Lionel train) that comes out for the holidays and Mike Slater joins in on one of his favorite subjects. Dan Pickard talks about a diorama he's working on for a show and Australian color. Dave Frary starts off talking about ballast and continues with his usual question answering. Chip Anderson talks about modeling Southern California in N scale modules. Chip asks about JMRI and Seth jumps in t

Mike Slater hosts another offshow chat with the usual suspects and special guest, Joe Duckworth.

Tom posts a quick audio update about voting in the Bertie Awards and also a new layout design contest.

Mike Slater hosts a sometimes heated off-show chat. There's some model railroading content including discussions on the order of scenery and the best stuff for water. Topics also include classic cars, adventures on motorcycles and where John Hunter lives.

Tom and Terry start the show chatting with Tim Shenton about his winning layout for the John Hunter Layout design contest. The Prof and Peter Stempel add some analysis on Tim's design. Tom winds the Prof up and leaves him running old-school analog-style. Greg Shadle calls in to introduce his interest in steel mills and how he is building a steel mill modular layout. Terry talks about a new discovery and how he is helping the hobby with open source software. Tom and Hoffy have a number of questions for Terry. Dan Pickard discusses some sections of a previous layout he's been able to obtain and what he plans to do with them expanding into a new layout space. Tom and Dan talk about trees. Jim Lincoln provides a non-update update. Fred discusses running live steam in OO and the challenges it provides in terms of control. Bertie wants to discuss the Berties. Tom actually has a model railroading update. Peter Stempel explains his use of paper and card. This is a live internet radio show recorded at 4.30pm Pacific o