Monday November 2, 2026

Raymo · November 02, 2026, 07:50:30 AM

Good morning all. Yesterday I traveled to my brother's house for a visit. There was a model show a couple towns over so we decided to stop by. It was mostly aircraft and military models(quite impressive) but one builder did bring a diorama of FSM's Brambell kit. For a second there I thought I was at an EXPO. Speaking of EXPO's, I saw Mike Baker has sold off his business to someone in Illinois and Don Tichy has decided to stop doing shows . That's it from me, have a good day.

Zephyrus52246 · November 02, 2026, 08:52:46 AM

Morning all,

Quite an impressive build, Dan.

It's raining, which it's apparently going to do tomorrow as well, headed to 66 degrees.

We were supposed to go to Dubuque today for my wife's mother's 94th birthday, but my wife is still coughing and sniffling and we don't want to expose anyone else to that.

I did get the lawn mowed yesterday and listened to the Patriots win while watching KC lose (which was OK).

Might start working on fixing locomotive issues today.

Jeff

deemery · November 02, 2026, 09:03:33 AM

Raymo, source for the Mike Baker announcement?

dave

GPdemayo · November 02, 2026, 09:15:40 AM

Morning all.....

KentuckySouthern · November 02, 2026, 09:27:55 AM

Sun and pleasant this morning in MI. Lions won and I got some outdoor work done. More 1:1 today, slowly working up to change over on the Deere.

Raymo · November 02, 2026, 10:41:59 AM

Quote from: deemery on November 02, 2026, 09:03:33 AMRaymo, source for the Mike Baker announcement?

dave

It was posted on Facebook, maybe on Jimmy's FSM site

deemery · November 02, 2026, 01:00:05 PM

Quote from: Raymo on November 02, 2026, 10:41:59 AM
Quote from: deemery on November 02, 2026, 09:03:33 AMRaymo, source for the Mike Baker announcement?

dave
It was posted on Facebook, maybe on Jimmy's FSM site

Thanks. (I don't have access to Facebook any more.)

dave

BandOGuy · November 02, 2026, 01:20:11 PM

Missed any formal announcament, but he was not at Timonium this weekend. Someone (I don't recall who) was occupying the space he always occupied and had Nick and Nora Design kits for sale which seemed kind of unusual.

deemery · November 02, 2026, 01:38:11 PM

Don Tichy announced they'll no longer travel to shows. That's too bad, I always enjoyed talking to Don and Terri. Same thing's true for Mike and Karen from "Nick & Nora".

dave

Raymo · November 02, 2026, 02:01:35 PM

The new owner is mispelt, it's Phoenix Model Buildings.

ReadingBob · November 02, 2026, 02:49:14 PM

Afternoon all,

Just got back from lunch with old work crew. Stopped by the local Hobby Lobby on the way home and was disappointed with the shrinking selection of paints. No more Vallejo and far less acrylic. Guess I'll have to try Michael's to see what they have.

Have a great one!

KentuckySouthern · November 02, 2026, 04:11:57 PM

Our Michigan area Hobby Lobbys have gutted their hobby area, paints, few now, some tools, knife blades, no airbrushes, months with nearly empty strip wood display with no restock in this year, 40% off on plastic kits, vehicles and aircraft. Some but less styrene olain sheet stock. The area Michaels has given up their Midwest or Northeast (don't recall which) display or hidden it.

PRR Modeler · November 02, 2026, 04:32:55 PM

Bob I have got to the point of just ordering online when I need something instead of the hour roud trip for nothing.

ReadingBob · November 02, 2026, 07:07:03 PM

Quote from: PRR Modeler on November 02, 2026, 04:32:55 PMBob I have got to the point of just ordering online when I need something instead of the hour roud trip for nothing.

Hobby Lobby is 5 to 10 minutes from my house and I was in that area anyway. Online will be the way to go though.

As usual, when I entered Hobby Lobby there was one person checking out. Got my stuff, went to the check out, and there were two registers open with long lines of people with carts full of stuff. Always seems to work that way.