Model Rail Radio #99: The Dueling Chocolates [January 3, 2015]

Tom kicks of the show exchanging New Years greetings with Terry Terrance and an update on Terry's layout. Terry raps with Ben 'Mikado Otter' about dwarf signals. Conor McCormick introduces his layout plans. Lex Parker describes his layout and his particular passion of super detailing and realism in layout creation. Clark Kooning is a known associate. Cesar Luna has been exploring different aspects of the hobby as a business. David Harris and Tom chat with a message from Blue Rail Trains. Fred Patton provides an update on his many interests in model railroading. Guy Mason is building a resort. Chris Atkins is changing layouts. The Professor returns to provide a travel journal with occasional pieces of model rail content [Editorial note: the Prof is one of the few people who actually reads these show notes...] perhaps. Tom and the Prof go through the finalists of the 2014 Shelf Layout Design Contest. For those following along http://www.modelrailradio.com/shelf14/ to view while you listen. Bruce Wilson, Dave Falkenburg, Jim Lincoln, Sven Frank and John Garaty add some feedback to the layouts. Tom congratulates all the finalists and the winner in the Shelf Layout Design Contest 2014. The Professor and John Garaty have a short rapping session. Dave Ramos is doing a couple of months of renovations to his layout and provides some feedback on quick setup. Ron Klaiss is the missing link when it comes to a particular Lehigh Valley layout in south Jersey. John Paulson introduces his model railroading interests in Southern California. Tom asks about Bruce Wilson's latest projects. Lionel Strang and Jim Lamagdeleine provide some light banter. Ben Rechel has been planning a piano layout. Peter Burr makes a long awaited update. Mike Slater helped out one of Tom's non-model railroading friends. [Editorial note: Show 100 will be recorded January 17th, 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern US. Break around 2pm Pacific, 5pm Eastern US. Resume 4pm Pacific US, 7pm Eastern US.] This is a live internet radio show recorded at 4pm Pacific on Saturday every-other-week. For more information, http://www.modelrailradio.com/