Model Rail Radio #60: Minty Mikado [August 11, 2012]

Tom and Mike chat about Grand Rails and the recovery from Grand Rails. Anders provides a book review and discusses what will make an iconic layout going forwards. Terry joins the discussion to talk about layouts that have directed his layout design. Ros Flint provides an update on her layout as does Jim Gifford. Chris talks about his father's latest layout. The crew discusses the future of the hobby. Would the Professor have a basement empire given the opportunity? The answer may not surprise you. Seth Neumann gives his Grand Rails update. Jason Reis introduces a new aspect of the hobby he is exploring and also offers a novel use for a commonly used household item. Roger tells tales from the hobby store. Gordon Dobson gives some wisdom about simplicity and talks about his future conversion to DCC. Dave Ramos and Ben Rechel talk rail-marine modeling. Malcolm talks about some interesting problems with a road product and provides an update. This is a live internet radio show recorded at 4.30pm Pacific on Saturday every-other-week. For more information, http://www.modelrailradio.com/