Now since I started in this hobby, I have been a wood model kinda guy. Plastic models are a whole different beast IMHO. So talking to Ramon Rhodes is a huge opportunity for me to learn some insights into a segment of the hobby, I know little about.

Yet this segment of the hobby is probably the most popular among the young. I think that If I am going to get a better grasp on the hobby I so enjoy, I need to learn what I am missing out on. Ramon is a true gentleman, and I was honored to enjoy this chat with him.

Last week we talked to the founder of ITLA. This week we have the new owner of the company and also an advertising partner here at MRH.

Nick has been releasing new kits, also in the theme of the big city. And if anyone out there reading this, knows how to paint yellow brick realistically, please let me know. Because these kits straight out the the laser look to only need an application of clear coat to look like a very realistic yellow brick. And I hate the idea of leaving a kit unpainted, loath it.... The pet peeve of a custom painter

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Now that the staging yard is complete I can build the rest of the lower deck:

The exit from the bottom of the helix runs into the small town of Glanton and then running over Insular Gorge (whopping big trestle here) enters Cornhill, where we interchange with the Antioch and Southern RR - actually the double ended staging yard that feeds either end of Cornhill.

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There are many chapters to a companies existence. The early years, first lessons, success, then sold. ITLA is exactly that type of company. 

I could talk to the owner today of the kit division, but that would ignore all the fun of the early years. And alternatively the owner of a time past wouldn't have a clear picture of the company today. Then consider they still "kind of" operate separately serving the hobby in their own way.