I have recently added a few posts in my THMS Blog. They are mostly about getting back into the Pennsy A3 switcher locomotive project. I started working on that project more than six years ago. I haven’t worked on it at all for thirty five months. That’s just the way it is with a hobby sometimes. My enjoyment is in the construction. Right now I have no plans for building the 3 ½ inch wide...
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Flying Model Aircraft
I am involved with a few hobbies that are under federal regulation. These include Amateur Radio and recreational aircraft flying. I suppose I could include automobile driving too, but that isn’t a hobby… or maybe it is? These activities existed before there were governmental controls. I only mention that bit of history because it is important to know how government controls are intended to maintain order out of developing chaos. These regulated activities owe their...
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I am saddened to see more American freedoms taken away by American government decision makers. Because the president of the USA (code name V.I.P) may fly into either Dallas or Austin Texas on Monday afternoon August 9, 2010, it has been deemed necessary to forbid (among a lot of real aircraft operations) the operations (flying) of ANY model airplanes within a 30 mile radius of these towns, from the ground up to but not including...
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The excessive Texas heat and humidity here in North Texas area have kept me pretty well out of my workshop. I can spend a few hours there with the fans blowing but then I want to escape to the air conditioning. The heat ~100 degrees is not too bad when the humidity is low, but we have been getting Houston like weather for a few weeks. Year 2010’s first hurricane Alex was a big part...
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