Read a comment made by an old (youngish 66 year old) dude about his involvement with 3D printing. He said he is a retired engineer. The reason he loved 3D printing wasn’t from what he made. It was the complexity and constant challenge to learn and understand the technical process. The CAD; the item design; the CNC; the process; the hardware; the mental stimulation. It had to be complex and difficult or he wouldn’t be...
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The Truth About Playing With Trains
I am enjoying my return voyage through the land of model railroad whimsy. Those people who do not take exact model duplication with any concern are a fascinating and refreshing group of artists. That’s what it is… an artistic interpretation of an alternate reality. To me it screams, “Why not?” It’s not about kicking sand in the gears of the scale model fanatic, a.k.a. the rivet counters. The folks (me) who enjoy exactness in scale...
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I have done more investigating am it appears the the AWNUTS folks are alive and quite well, simply living independently. That’s the nature of doing things your own way. It’s fun to see what others of the same ilk are up to, but it doesn’t need a formal organization to lets say… set standards. The point of whimsical is there are no standards except those of the creator. A place like Pinterest is a sensible...
Continue reading...Model Railroading Hobby
A hobby interest that has been in my blood since my age was in the single digits. My parents bought me an American Flyer (brand) train set at that age. I still have that train set today. I like it because it had two rails rather than the non-prototype 3 rail (and larger size) popular Lionel (brand) train sets of that era. Much later I discovered it is considered “S” scale and gage. That was...
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