Monthly Archives: November 2014
The “Fun” Part Begins
To those of you reading this blog, both of you, you should probably not expect too many updates mid-week. We do work a bit on the layout in the evenings but it’s usually an hour here, a half hour there. … Continue reading
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The Bench is Done!
We’ve completed what is hopefully the most physically demanding and dangerous part of the layout, the benchwork. We still have to build a facade but that will come later. We must have made hundreds of cuts, drilled a thousand holes … Continue reading
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“Because they live in 1968”
This blog was recently featured on Metafilter and in the Metafilter Podcast. Full disclosure: one of the hosts of the podcast, Jessamyn West, is a friend of mine. During the podcast, when talking about the fact that we were setting up a … Continue reading
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Tagged electric train, father, fatherhood, maker, making, miniature world, model trains, tool, tools
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Our vision
We don’t have much in the way of an actual plan, but we do have a vision. One of the things The Boy and I were able to agree about early on is that we wanted our layout to reflect … Continue reading
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Tagged carling, electric train, house, miniature world, model, model trains, wonder bread
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Progress on all fronts
It’s been a rainy, stormy weekend, the kind of weekend where I can stay indoors without feeling guilty. The Boy had a spontaneous sleepover on Halloween night that lasted into Saturday afternoon so I had most of the morning to … Continue reading
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Tagged benchwork, carpentry, electric train, miniature world, model trains, scratch building
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Covering Our Tracks 