Label: Good news and bad news

First things first. We are still remembering and concerned about those whose lives have been impacted by devastating weather. Even though this blog is about having fun and building a hobby, no right minded person is indifferent to the plight of first Houston area people and now Florida people. After all, this blog is really about relating to people. We all know that the last storms did so much damage that it will literally be years rebuilding. Many lives will never return to the previous norm.

     Now at this point I do have some bad news. Not seriously bad like the aforementioned but relevant to this effort. The print shop I had do the run of boxcars lost a key person over the summer do to a move necessitated by a job change of the person's spouse. Understandable. As a result, the shop has been unable to continue producing key components for The Omega Scale Railway. Particularly, trackage. This of course is critical for a railroad. Disappointing, but sometimes things happen. Now, for some good news. When it became likely that no further components would be coming, the erstwhile omscaler got busy think about solutions. As it always happens, solutions were available. Relatively inexpensive solutions at that. Hooray! This is part of the mission of The Omega Scale Railway. The OSR or as sometime referred to, The very small railroad, has been developed with people on a budget in mind. The nuts and bolts can be produced for ten to twenty dollars in our estimates. With the aid of a home built beam compass, large radius curves can be developed. This had been the reason for pursuing results from the print shop. Also, it gets better, a certain type of tool was found at a craft store. This tool  had been observed in a demo online. The internet to the rescue again! And it gets even better, there is online “freeware” for railroad lettering. This will have to be done within certain legal limits but still for the home builder, these things are usually no charge as stated on the web site. So, lucky me. We can still move forward (hopefully) with no further delays. To recap, broad radius curves, new fabricating tools, graphics, wow! (Maybe the shop can now pursue business inline with its goals as well?) It's win, win for all! Until next time and wishing the best for those weather affected, omscaler