Listen (or view on my Mike Rose Hobbies You Tube channel (https://youtu.be/uyAsBVkrz9U) as I have a lively chat with Dan Notley of Yelton Models. Dan has a very interesting and diverse background in modeling in general, but has also developed a thriving 3D printing business that you’ll hear all about. The video also has some images of some of Dan’s…

Our buddy Brooks Bentz comes on the show to talk about his interesting and diverse background in the railroading and transportation businesses, giving frank commentary about the various jobs he’s done starting back with the New Haven-into-PC transition, and including stints with the N&W, the D&H, the B&M, and BN, but that’s just the beginning. We e…

It’s that time of year again, when the daffodils are popping out and I’m talking with old buddy Dave Owens about the upcoming New England Proto Meet in Springfield, MA (May 30th and 31st.) We discuss his recent trip to western PA for their RPM meet (which bounces from eastern to western PA in alternate years), as well as some of the trials and trib…

Scott and I chat about building large structures, we do some real-time brain trust planning and opinions on certain things about my Foster Wheeler structure that’s under construction, and we talk about Scott’s giant project for a museum in Franklin, MA. Please note that although there is plenty of audio in this podcast, there is a section where I s…

Scotty Mason is back, grabbing Mike by the lapels he doesn’t have on his T-shirt, and demanding straight answers as to why it’s been so long since the last podcast. In other words, Mike had some “splainin” to do. And explain I did, talking about the latest updates on the layout, future plans, and all the whys and wherefores of the past few months. …

It’s spring in New England, sort of anyway, at least what passes for it around these parts, and that means it’s time to start talking about the New England Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet again! Our old buddy Dave Owens is back, and we talk about not only how old we are and how long we’ve been doing this, but our chance meeting in Malvern last mon…

It took a Leap Day, but I managed to squeeze in a podcast for February! My guests this month are Bob Sprague of “bobscustomtrackplans.com” and other interests, and his friend and returning champion Scott Mason. We explore how I managed to stumble upon an article Bob did in the December Model Railroader, mentioning a layout he designed for Scott som…

My guest for the first show of 2024 is Robert Stafford, who saw me on the Second Section podcast and reached out to me. Bob has an extensive railroad career in areas that we don’t normally hear much about, including work as an Auditing Inspector with the Eastern Weighing and Inspection Bureau, Eastern Railroad Association. What really got my attent…

My guests for the show are Alec Herman of Bridge Line Design and Matt Herman of 3D Central. (https://3dcentraltrains.com/) With the inflection point for 3D printing now achieved, it’s amazing what these two, along with a host of other talented designers, are producing. This is a very video podcast at several points (though I tried my best to be des…

Our buddy Dave Owens is back, and we talk about the upcoming New England RPM Meet (http://nerpm.org/index.html) coming June 16 & 17th in Springfield, MA. NERPM has always been a great event and it seems like it’s getting better and better all the time. With 21 meets under their belt, the NERPM crew really has it down, but they never rest on their l…

A new podcast coming soon!