Model Rail Radio #130: HO Mullet Modeling [March 11, 2017]

Model Rail Radio #135: Where's Andy? [August 5, 2017]: Stephen Vaughan Sr. introduces his model railroading interests and talks about his first experiences with railroads. Ralph DeBlasi is putting something together for October-November with his layout. Bob Richard profited from Brexit in live steam and thankfully Simon Hill and Martin Coombs provide some details on Irish steam. Martin talks about adding live steam to his garden and a few other updates. Simon gives a show layout update and a shed layout update. Mike Deverell has been touring Europe and returned to work with a laser. Jeff Shockley received an award recently. Seth Gartner has been helping friends move a large layout and a motorcar. The American Chris Adams has been updating his layout. Mike Slater finishes up the show talking about the NMRA and moving a layout cross-country. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#135 by Model Rail Radio

103 min listen

Model Rail Radio #213: Eco Coal and Vehicles That Move [July 9, 2022]: Jim Lincoln calls in and Tom asks how COVID has changed the model railroading hobby. Simon Hill provides updates on some of the locomotives he's been building and a guillotine building project for the heat. Martin Coombs has a few updates in the hobby and introduces his friend, Giles Favell. Giles makes radio controlled vehicles for model railroad layouts in his own particular way. Tom and Giles talk about that and some of the other aspects of small vehicles on layouts that have been discussed in prior shows. Jamie Fenton has a few updates including LCC signals a-how-to. Tom wants to know about the garden layout. Mike O'Dorney might be catching up with Tom in September. Mike has been experimenting with making modules with large curves. How can conventions be run with training people through the process? Tom concludes the podcast with some sad news and special memorial show coming up. http://www.modelrailradio.com/a by Model Rail Radio

107 min listen

Model Rail Radio #179: Leave Written Notes [May 23, 2020]: Tom asks Mike Slater about how he thinks the hobby will change through this period. Tom asks Mike about the bridge he is building in module form. Tom asks after James Rindt. (Please note we will be discussing the change with Trainfest 2020 in an upcoming recording with Mike Slater. The old audio is left in for coherency.) Clark Kooning offers a problem with deceased estates and the current time. In terms of modeling, Clark has finished his mountains and some grass but has been exploring micro-lighting on his layout. Will Merrell has been building modules for operations. Will would like to learn from the folks in the UK. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#179 by Model Rail Radio

79 min listen

Model Rail Radio #207: Not Jaded [December 4, 2021]: Mike O'Dorney schools Tom on shipping alternatives as they discuss modules. Ted Roy is building for himself through the new normal. John Yates is calling in from home with a new 3d printer. Who has been making things in silver with a 3d printer? The usual suspects don't appear to be. Jim Gifford has been changing things up a bit with his controller hardware and software. Linton Towell introduces his interests in model railroading and touches on a favorite topic of Toms's what has happened for Australian HO modelers over the past two decades. Mike Slater has made some changes. But he has some ideas about what the Christmas Train should be. Tom wonders about John Garaty's model railroading health with Corrimal and the hobby. John Garaty has been finding ways to introduce the railroad concepts to his granddaughter. Clark Kooning talks about the thick skin you need to have to work in a club. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#20 by Model Rail Radio

118 min listen

Model Rail Radio #69: Dudes! [February 16, 2013]: 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 provi by Model Rail Radio

226 min listen

Model Rail Radio #140: Viva La Springfield [February 10, 2018]: Neale Brodie touches on the Yard and has been experimenting with 3d printers. Martin Coombs introduces the Yard and talks about the technical distinctions with their other layout-in-progress First Sunday in June. Simon Hill has been using a lot of wire with some class. Andy Dixon calls back in after a long time away and there have been some changes in his model railroading hobby. Tom Conboy provides an update on living in a basement-less house and many changes in his life. Jim Lincoln was bullied into a bridge purchase and offers some insights into locomotive baking. Find out why Jim hates parades. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#140 by Model Rail Radio

105 min listen

Model Rail Radio #204: Least Threatening Structure Kits [September 18, 2021]: Mike O'Dorney fills in the gaps from the last conversation about structure building for people with certain lifestyles. Tom and Mike Slater catch up after a few months. Mike is having trouble getting his local NMRA onto Zoom calls. Mike has been able to find some fun through his trolley meets. It's when Mike talks about what he has done and his plans were the interesting details come out. Jim Gifford provides a detailed update for his crew which seems to be growing in number. Tom asks for some specific updates in there too. After a brief COVID update, Tom asks about Jim's move to NCE. John Yates introduces himself and his model rail roading interests. Tom and John talk about the difficulties of maintaining model rail clubs in rural Australia. John Doehring has a number of updates too including a giant module meet in Wyoming. Module model railroading is an ongoing topic for the next few recordings. Thanks to R by Model Rail Radio

100 min listen

Model Rail Radio #41: Early Post Apocalyptic Era Modeling [July 23, 2011]: The crew talk with Gordon Dobson about OO UK model railway in Australia and a Gold Coast train show. Rene Gourley discusses 3d printing and Proto 87. Jimmy Simmons and Bill Sartore talk about craftsman kit lighting and how to model the apocalypse. Clark Kooning calls in to chat with Jimmy and co about the NMRA show. The usual crew discuss how little model railroading they have done and how to get folks in Sweden and Hong Kong to participate in the show. Matt Goodman provides a last minute update on his shelf layout and potentially what the basement layout will be based on. Don't forget to vote on the first annual Berties! This is a live internet radio show recorded at 4.30pm Pacific on Saturday every-other-week. For more information, http://www.modelrailradio.com/ by Model Rail Radio

271 min listen

Ford Production Woes, 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross by Car Stuff Podcast

54 min listen

Model Rail Radio #174: Burnt Out Capacitor [April 18, 2020]: Tom is recording from a sacred space. Andy Dixon is back in the hobby and is fully engaged. Simon Hill has been working on a gantry crane but also creating video conferences with his crew. Simon and Tom reflect on the passing of Bill Best Snr the owner of Bredgar. Martin Coombs has been laying track in his garden line and making building mock-ups. Tom Gasior has been leading the charge for live video layout tours. David Karkoski has been hunkered down, building models. Alex Gregg calls into the show for the first time but he's already a well known participant in the Facebook group. Marty McGuirk is nearly done on the track-work of his new layout. Tom asks about Bernie Kempinski's new layout direction. Paul Best has been doing some modeling and using Decoder Pro. Ralph Renzetti has been weathering N-scale locomotives and cooking meat. Randall Hammill introduces his railroading interests in the New Haven 1946-54 and his company by Model Rail Radio

153 min listen

Lightning Twice, KZ Krazy & Bronco Bustn': Brad and Matt are here for this weeks episode of Shift and Steer. Brad kicks off the show talking about his '78 KZ750. The guys then go deep on the Ford Lightning. They rundown all the crazy specs in addition to the mobile battery capabilities.... by Shift and Steer

64 min listen

Model Rail Radio #70: The Silencer [March 2, 2013]: 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 by Model Rail Radio

259 min listen

Model Rail Radio #126: Slater, Coombs and Pavia [September 24, 2016]: Mike Slater provides a much needed circus modeling update and provides some interesting facts about Lionel. Tom has an extended chat with Martin Coombs touching on vintage cars, a trip to visit a fascinating operations-centric layout, working on the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway, shed rebuilds with lighting tips, building a new show layout search for First Sunday In June to find it on Facebook, how technology can improve layout scenery and the plans for a family layout. Morgan Pavia talks about an ice house on his layout using SketchUp as a visualization tool. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#126 by Model Rail Radio

100 min listen

Motley Fool Money: 08.20.2010: GM announces plans for an IPO. Intel buys McAfee. And Target buys some controversy. On this week's show, we talk about some of the week's business headlines, share some stocks on our radar, and talk with David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook... by Motley Fool Money

39 min listen

Comeback of the Manual Transmission, All-New Lincoln Nautilus by Car Stuff Podcast

53 min listen

Model Rail Radio #176: New Luminaries [May 2, 2020]: Mike O'Dorney talks about his favorite show. Mark Clemmens provides a much needed update and talks about the locomotive restoration in Astoria, Oregon. John Garaty knows the Prof is still out there. Gordy Robinson introduces his model railroading interests and discusses the vision for NMRA-X. Martyn Jenkins talks about some of the technology behind NMRA-X and then Gordy jumps back in to discuss ideas for the near future. Tom asks about Martyn's Melbourne layout which turns into a conversation about micro radio controlled vehicles and the insanity of wiring such things. Clark Kooning and John Garaty also have some ideas on the topic of model radio controlled vehicles. Bryan Schilling has a number of updates since he last called in. Luke Lemmens introduces his layout and what it was like to be featured in the Twin Cities Facebook group live layout tours. Darren Johns (aka Dazzy Jay) talks about the changes he's making in his YouTube ch by Model Rail Radio

136 min listen

Model Rail Radio #201: A Shortage Of Volunteers [March 27, 2021]: Martin Coombs has been exploring a new garden rail building material, PVC FoameX. Tom and Martin discuss the structures and the form of the garden layout. Simon Hill gives a brief hobby update then Tom and Simon talk about how folks at Bredgar are planning for the longer-term new normal. Gordy Robinson has been modeling snow in N scale. The snow provides information about the layout based on the speed of the trains through the snow. Tom wonders how Gordy's perspective has changed now he's on the NMRA board. Mike Kenefeck's layout reflects a problem Tom finds himself in too. Paul Best has made progress through lockdown with MERG (https://www.merg.org.uk). Mike O'Dorney has been vaccinated and wants to help out with Silicon Valley Lines on location. Tom has some light teasing for Mike Slater before they talk about preparing for Trainfest 2021. Clark Kooning has a timed update on what is going on in the hobby. http://www.mo by Model Rail Radio

124 min listen

Model Rail Radio #171: Anticipated Coffee Machine [March 28, 2020]: Mike Slater is on lockdown, working through NMRA regulations and hopes Trainfest will be the first train show after the lockdown. Mike and Tom talk about the Twin Cities live Facebook videos they have been publishing. Mike O'Dorney is maximizing his productivity, saving money in not traveling and building lighter modules. Will Lawrence introduces his Nova Scotia model railroading interests. Tom talks with Clark Kooning about the difficulty of judging models. Seth Gartner may no longer be on the front lines but he could be doing a video operating session if his friends have anything to do with it. Ron Klaiss is working through the day and designing kits at night. Ben Rechel has a couple of updates for the show. Neil Erickson is about to golden spike his layout. He and Tom talk about travel and meeting people. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#171 by Model Rail Radio

99 min listen

Model Rail Radio #172: The Rise of Remote Layout Tours [April 4, 2020]: Dave Barraza has been on lockdown and Tom remains hopeful Dave will be streaming video at some stage through this craziness. Nigel Gartshore escaped back to Australia with a number of items from Trainfest and may actually get his model railroading space ready for some serious layout development. Not fires, nor floods, nor plagues will stop Jim Gifford from calling in. Mike Slater, Clark Kooning and Tom have a round-table discussion on what the Twin Cities Facebook group is doing for the hobby in providing live (and archived) videos from people's layouts during the lockdown (Thomas Gasior is on an upcoming recording to talk more about this). http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#172 by Model Rail Radio

62 min listen

Rod Building At Its Best: G. Loomis Fishing Rod by Mastering Rod Building

65 min listen

Model Rail Radio #161: Bring on the Narrow Gauge Convention [July 27, 2019]: Mike O'Dorney is planning to show a layout for the Narrow Gauge Convention. Neil Erickson can't wait for the Narrow Gauge Conversation. Brenton Spackman and Don Moyses are luxury camping and rail-fanning. Ros Flint is looking forward to photographing the trains. Jim Gifford isn't camping but has some updates. John Garaty gives a Prof update and then Tom has some questions about Corrimal turning into a train layout. Clark Kooning is concerned about the smaller manufacturers retiring from the hobby. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#161 by Model Rail Radio

81 min listen

Shipa, with Bruno Andrade: Bruno Andrade is founder and CEO of Shipa, delivering applications and policy "as code" to Kubernetes with a SaaS model. We discuss founding companies in Canada vs the USA, abstractions for deploying apps, and whether Kubernetes will really ever disappear. by Kubernetes Podcast from Google

38 min listen

Model Rail Radio #160: Live From Port Augusta [July 6, 2019]: Jim Gifford's friend (David aka) Jock from Port Augusta who provides a history Australian industrial locomotives and Brenton Spackman returns to discuss rewiring decoders. Jim Gifford has been fighting gremlins. Mike Slater knows a little bit about Australian locomotives. Bob Thomas (winner of this year's layout design contest) introduces his model railroading interests in 1920 on the Frisco. Will O'Malley continues on restoring his historical layout. Ron Klaiss talks about some of his new kits and how a wedding anniversary trip provided a bunch of inspiration. Ben Rechel has been running live steam. Mike Slater provides some updates about Trainfest 2020. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#160 by Model Rail Radio

94 min listen

Ep 182: Sparkpunk Photography, Anti-Xiomi Air Filters, and Keyfob Foibles: Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Managing Editor Tom Nardi are here to bring you the best stories and hacks from the previous week (and maybe a little older). Things kick off with news that the Early Bird tickets for the 2022 Hackaday Supercon... by Hackaday Podcast

68 min listen

Model Rail Radio #78: Poodle Skirt [August 24, 2013]: 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 forgo by Model Rail Radio

271 min listen

Ludology Episode 64 - The ABC's of CCG's: Ryan and Geoff are joined by guest Mike Fitzgerald. Mike is the designer of a variety of card games including the Mystery Rummy series and Hooyah, but also spent many years working on CCGs like Wyvern, Magic, and Pokemon. Mike joins us to... by Ludology

74 min listen

Model Rail Radio #49: Where Angels Fear to Railfan [December 10, 2011]: Anders, Terry and Tom talk model rail metaphysics briefly joined by Jim Gifford followed by some discussion of New York Railroads (now a common theme). The Professor calls back to discuss the Chocolate, shelf layouts with Terry and Tom. Mike Slater introduces his interest in three rail O scale. David Karkoski and Mike talk about the local scene. The crew discusses some of the politics of problem modelers at clubs. Peter Stempel calls back in to address Anders metaphysical model rail questions. D. Tom Conboy fills in more information on his layout experience and also how to find similar model rail enthusiasts. Jim Gifford gives an introduction of what the South Australian layout tour special will show. Jim Lincoln discusses his rail/road trip with Craig. Through the show the Listener Submitted Item finalists for the Bertie awards are repeated from the previous show. This is a live internet radio show recorded at 4.3 by Model Rail Radio

300 min listen

Model Rail Radio #66: The Internet? Good or Bad? [November 17, 2012]: Tom starts the call chatting with Andrew Chisholm about his experiences having an operating session. Roger talks about his brother's layout and some of the techniques Roger will be featuring in some upcoming clinics. Chris Abbott returns to talk about the other Christmas trains show and an upcoming War Department garden layout. Spanky and the Prof joins the crew to discuss Model Railroader magazine's latest offering. Spanky and Roger provide the main event clothed. Bob Richard introduces the idea of a house with two layouts. The crew discusses backdating layouts and some interesting conditions of boxcars. David Karkoski returns to the show to discuss his current adventures in model railroading. Winston Norton gives an update about adding JRMI to his layout and some advice for folks in North America interested in UK model rail. Bryan and David chat about David's club. Toni Ryan's secret weathering secrets involves ba by Model Rail Radio

256 min listen

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Model Rail Radio #178: Catalog Inspiration [May 16, 2020]: Roger Chrysler has put down some benchwork amongst putting up drywall. Richard Kowalski is getting back into his 1900s shelf layout and going through a Sears catalog to provide inspiration. Mike O'Dorney talks about how his modular layout is very similar to Richard's layout and continues the discussion on the Sears catalog. The discussion of the hobby and technology demographics gets so esoteric only Clark Kooning can be called upon to give analysis. Tom talks with Mike Slater about his hopes for the future of the hobby and continues to provide an update on the bridge module he's building. Nigel Gartshore is nearly done with his shed sealing and has been planning his layout space with a no-lix. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#178 by Model Rail Radio

88 min listen

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