Fun Finds

This is a great clip from the Chicago local news about the World Model Expo. Man, I wish I'd gone!!  

Yes, they want you to subscribe. But this is a pretty good way to make one consider it!  

It’s been a while, so stand by! Tutorial: Creating realistic metal pipes Photo studio upgrade The world’s largest model railroad Take a ride on 9 of the world’s best model railroads Build log of an amazing project: Faun L900 6x4 tank transporter (with some great reference photos!)

  Another fun find! Lost in Shangri-La: A Story of Survival and Rescue during World War II from Virginia Historical Society on Vimeo.

I’ve always been fascinated by the “rest of the story”. The battlefield tales are interesting, but learning how local residents survived or rebuilt after the battle is infinitely more interesting. I came across this footage of Germans surrendering at the end of the war. Fascinating look at how things can turn from brutal to something much different.  There’s also a TON of diorama ideas here! [Watch the video] UPDATE:  The moment I posted this link, I went back to the video. It had been playing and I noticed that the FAMO mit Flak vehicle was driving along in the video. Hilarious, considering finding pictures of this low production, end of the war vehicle has been incredible hard. And now here’s a color video! Nice!

If you're not following Atlas Obscura, you should. It has some amazingly interesting content! This article caught my eye, and the video below is a great watch. An Up-Close and Personal Look at the World's Largest Model Railroad

Some of you readers may already have heard, but I've quit my job and have grand plans to take the summer off. Hopefully that means you'll be see a lot more building and blogging on this site. If you like what I post, leave a comment and/or drop me an email and let me know. I'm more inclined to post if I know people are reading! Dorothy Mckibbins interview - Manhattan project Tutorial on making a (rough) brick wall Beautiful diorama... this is the quantity of ruble you should see when a building collapses!

Here you go! At the aircraft boneyard (video) Good article on the history of Revell, and plastic modeling Souvenir Hunters British Pathe video collection