Most Valuable Hot Wheels Cars of All Time

Car and Driver has a page featuring twenty of the most valuable Hot Wheel cars of all time. Do you own any of them?

Another Post from Miscast Terrain

Here is another interesting post from Miscast Terrain, where the authors produces several types of war-gaming wall sections and how to take care of problems as they arise. Make sure you download the templates from the provided link.

Miniature Movie Sets By Dan Ohlman

I am always looking for inspiration; here is another site featuring miniature environments or sets that show cinematography before CGI.

SCIFI Inquisitor Trilogy

I found this page at the legion of plastic site depicting the authors third installment of what he calls the Inquisitor Trilogy. The page depicts some truly wonderful images of a science fiction war-game in progress. The scenery is full of a array of industrial colors of rust and neglect. You must see it to truly appreciate it.

Tales of Lost Isles

“The Ghost Archipelago, a vast island chain that is covered with ruins of ancient and other worldly civilizations, has reappeared after centuries, to the far reaches of the Southern Ocean.”

Tales of Lost Isles is a collection of short stories giving one several scenarios and ideas to use with the Tales of Lost Isles war game.

Curiosities of Locomotive Design

Puffing Billy image as found here in the public domain.

Curiosities of Locomotive Design was republished by the Catskill Archive and features several fanciful locomotive designs that lead up to "present day" steam locomotive design. This is an interesting treatise was taken from Angus Sinclair's "Development of the Locomotive Engine, Railway and Locomotive Engineering—September-December, 1907

Narrow Gauge Burma Mines Railway (Myanmar)

Burma Mines Railway, Railtruck to Namtu

Japanese Hino truck converted to run on a two foot line

Burma Mines Railway, steam train from Namtu to Lopah, Myanmar (2 foot line)

No 42, a 2-6-2, Bagnall, built in 1928, hauls a FarRail charter train from Namtu to Lopah.

A HO Model Train Layout with Animated Details

I wouldn't say that this layout has thousands of details, but it does have more than few mechanical details and a lot of interior lighting and detail. There are, what sounds to me like German ambience sounds that helps with the overall effect the video clip.

Hot Wheels Snowspeeder AKA T-47 Airspeeder

"Are the speeders ready?"
"Not yet. We're having some trouble adapting them to the cold."
―Han Solo and the Deck officer

The T-47 was manufactured by the Incom Corporation, and were modified by the Rebel Alliance forces on Hoth. The T-47 was adapted for Hoth’s extreme cold temperatures. The modified speeders were renamed Snowspeeders by the rebel forces and seated two crew members.

The idea here was to give you a before and after shot of this Hot Wheels vehicle, however the shot I took before my enhancements and weathering did not turn out all that well.

Game of Thrones White Walkers

White Walker Chief, Game of Thrones

"In that darkness the White Walkers came for the first time. They swept through cities and kingdoms, riding their dead horses, hunting with their packs of pale spiders big as hounds."

Old Nan

I had hoped to get this posted last month as one of my horror posts. Although I still have a few posts remaining for this year, I am rethinking my purpose for this blog. Don't seem to get the same feeling of accomplishment as I once did.

Model Railroading Directories

Since the modelroading season is quickly approaching I thought I might offer my model railroad enthusiasts some model railroading resources. I just came across to extensive directory's that feature links to model railroading sites

• The All Gauge Page
The The All Gauge Page homepage features an extensive list of links on multiple model railroad gauges and topics.

• NationaL Model Railroading Association Manufactures Index
The National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) offers an extensive three page index of model railroad suppliers.

A Miniaturists Take on Decay

A House on a slope (Part 35)

Although this page explains how to age boards for your miniature projects, you really to spend some time on this site, there is simply so much inspiring work here.

What makes this site so unique are the many different techniques he presents to make his creations look dilapidated and in likely stages of decay.

Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland

Disney at its best. This fifteen minute video features a few of the more memorial scenes from the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland exhibit.

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The creator of a condensed Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland On30 model railroad has been making posts about the progress he has made his model railroad since January 2014. Although his model railroad is "complete" he still maintains his layout and will be making posts when he makes any substantial changes. To get a feel of the process please start on the bottom of his archives and work your way up to the present.

Two 25mm Reaper Zombies

These 25mm Reaper Dark Heaven Legends (#03604) are cast from metal. The two miniatures represent a Billy and Earnest will be added to my ever growing collection zombie characters.