Happy Anniversary!

Yes, Happy Anniversary! To who? To us! This is the third anniversary of The Omega Scale Railway blog. You, the readers, and I the erstwhile blogger have kept at it and here we are. What a great milestone! The actual start date was in fact February 14^th. This post is about three days early. Better early than late, eh? I was thinking how the OSR began as a germ of an idea. Then after a number of years, things began to come together, literally. In a previous post I recounted how the blog got its name. Omega Scale was coined by a Model Railroader editor in the April, 1982 edition as a comment at the end of a contributor’s article about his 1/384 scale model railroad. Since 2015, omscaler has worked seriously to bring the vision to fruition. I also thought about the many ideas, projects and plans that were called for. Omscaler has built his own dual beam trammel compass to aid in large curve radii drawing. One of many “firsts”. As I think back, obstacle after obstacle was over come. Frankly, that has not changed even now. Although, they are not so many as before it seems like. At this point in time, this blogger is not even aware of any other 1/384 scale model railroader any where in the world. If you follow this blog, you and I are truly unique! Here’s to uniqueness! Long may we prevail! Still prevailing, omscaler

Happy Anniversary!

That's right, TWO YEARS! We have been blogging for two years! Wow! I wasn't sure I would make it this far. Well, I was somewhat sure, but you never know. Some of you may recall that the actual start date was in fact on Valentine's Day, 2017. What a great Valentine to the model railroad and miniaturist community, I debated whether or not to post the anniversary post on February 12^th, but decided that later was better than early. Somewhat arbitrary I know. Just seemed better. Looking back, I can only say, “wow!” We have come a long way. When I first started thinking about this, it seems almost a foggy memory. I had returned to college. Working part time. Limited budget. I was visiting model railroad train shows and collecting magazines. I often got them at a large discount. Sometimes free. And look at us now. We appear to be the premier 1/384 scale model railroad site in the world. Boastful, maybe. But the facts support the claim. I have been unable to search out other omega scalers after a number of attempts. That is why I say this. Come join the fun as we move forward. Be the first kid on your block to have your very own omega scale railroad. (borrowed from old time comic book ads.). Yours, a reasonably humble omscaler