Thursday, March 21, 2013

Blog Layout Updated

Finally have the layout looking the way I like with a few minor changes.  I changed the colors and page width, making it easier to read.  I also added a search function and following section.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Back in the game - sorta

It sure has been a lot longer than I would have hoped for... a little over three (3) years.  Not the pace for the blog I was looking to accomplish.

I do have some news:

1) I have a job.  It pays me well.  I live downtown in a new city and new state.  I have been here for 2 years and have loved almost every minute of it.

2) I am back in the game, sorta.  Living downtown and the available space I have, prevents me from building the N Scale layout I would like.  I have however slowly started building up a collection of tools, supplies, parts, kits, etc to get back into the hobby.

3) I realized I enjoy building kits, kit bashing and scratch building structures the most within the larger hobby.  While not able to fully build a N Scale layout, I can at least work on the part of the hobby I enjoy the most.

4) I have been reading some high quality blogs and they have inspired me to get my act together.

 The inspiration and goal of building quality structures, has lead me to purchase the following:
  • Air compressor
  • Air brush
  • Weathering Chalks
  • Tools (Files, Sanding sticks, hobby knives, brushes, etc)
  • Paint (Found a store doing a move across town, so I go some random paint very cheap, but high quality airbrush acrylics)
  • Styrene (Same moving store, same great deal.  Bought them out at 80% off)
  • High quality air mask and safety glasses
  • A few clearance N scale kits
  • A few clearance scrap kit parts for the parts bin
Also purchased a few N scale rolling stock items to practice some weathering on.  Lots to learn.

I look forward to making progress with more updates on the blog and on the hobby.