A company in Denmark called GamesOnTrack has just announced a new decoder that allows DCC by radio and at 29x11x4 mm it will fit in HO and N locos.  It is part of their GT-Position system and will be demonstrated at the next Nuremburg Toy Fair in February.  Here is a quick overview of the entire system from my understanding as it relates to trains, cars and quad copters.

Now for some of my modeling.

I bought this kit a few months after a very close family member passed away. I knew that, someday this event was going to effect me a great deal. For years it sat on a shelf, waiting for its day to be built.

I wanted to change the avatar photo for my personal account and have had no success in doing so. In account edit I check the box to delete current photo and save. Poof.  Photo is gone. Check a recent reply to a posting and no associated photo is shown there either. Go back to account, upload "new" photo - save - and the original photo pops up as if it is the default and it's either this or nothing at all. The new photo choice falls within the size guidelines for avatars of 85 x 85 x 100kB.  

Help? 

I was unpacking my model railway stuff and came across this little tank I made years ago. I'm surprised it survived and wasn't crushed.

It is made from a Life Savers candy wrapper with old spare parts glued to the ends of it - tank ends that just happen to fit the wrapper perfectly, which brings to mind that most of my nicest models and scenery was made from inexpensive materials. I'm going to use it on my module near the coal dump track.