In Other News: Celebrity Model Kit Maker Closes Doors

Interrupting our usual coverage of big ol’ electric railroads and their models: interesting story about the recent demise of Wingnut Wings, beloved maker of 1/32 WWI airplane kits founded by Sir Peter Jackson of epic movie fame. The hobby business is tough and certainly not immune to the laws of business or the tragedy of human folly.

Also, any actual reporting on how the hobby business actually works is catnip to me.

Railroad Safety Boss Lady in the House (Literally)

Railway Age story on Operation Lifesaver’s national Executive Director, Rachel Maleh, otherwise known as my spouse. Very proud of this awesome lady, who is also a tireless supporter of my railroading passions.

Meanwhile, stay off the tracks!

Wordless Wednesday

Focus Stacking Experiments

These are my first tries at using focus stacking for photographing the Old Line Corridor. The foreground marsh is in as good focus as is the background. I've also got my new light set going here as well.

Another focus stacking experiment-again, everything appears to be in good focus throughout the image. I used the focus stacking feature built into Photoshop. There are other software solutions for focus stacking, such as Helicon Focus, but for this initial test I used what I had at hand, which was Photoshop.

New Year Old Line Corridor Video

Testing out a new light set, running trains, thought I would shoot some quick video on my smart phone.