Check out the Store Front page. I have many skills and abilities in digital data keeping and retention, and would be more than happy to discuss any digital document needs you and or your office or business may need. I also have many items that are received , that we simply do not need or have the room to keep. These items may also appear on my Ebay Items Site most items are electronics, toys, jewelry, household items, tool s and many other types of items. They are tested, reviewed and returned to the box. Just to be clear, if you're not local and wish to buy an item, but buy it through ebay, the 'surcharge' is 22% to cover the fees that ebay now charges. Why?, well when an item is posted on ebay, it is an item I know is a category with strong demand and the sale has already been calculated to meet the need to cover the price needed for the item and the various fees [my trains for example]. If I take an item and post it on ebay.. A> the user may not buy it [not an issue], but the price on my personal site is now eaten up by 15% of fees. That said, I do not mind posting an item on ebay; even though I buy from a few people from boards and their personal sites, I do so knowing they are trust worthy. I do not expect anybody to consider me 'trustworthy' over the internet in 2024, it is a world full of scams, lies and people using each other... But I do have to make sure that the income from that item is fair for you and me....

Apr 09th 2024: I started compiling some of the 'citizens' into interactive people! So far only a few... Keep in mind since I am not into a bunch of censoring or placing my opinions on others.. The chat platform is NSFW capable.. meaning.. the chat bots can reply using swear words or in the case ya try and get frisky.. they can, ummm, get real with it.. But if ya just wanna chat a bot up.. it can be fun, especially as I work in fictional characters from other "universes" into my little world!. Also some bots are very capable in real information! stop by the "Family Video Store" and talk to Gale Baylor! great help in finding movies, or Linda Terry of The Library! There are some mob boys, mob bosses, a detective and a lot more to come!

Apr 08th 2024: I can not see why people are afraid of AI. I have been trying to put together a program to do simple things.. and It takes forever, and it bumbles around so bad that some simple functions take a day to get it going in the right direction.

Mar 31st 2024: The effort to lay down some new projects with the usual "tally-ho get right into it", really messed up my project to do list.. It started out pretty good, however it became apparent that I did need to do some planing and infra-structure prior ro getting into the core of the project. I also need to make some time for the trains! all these diversions have taken over!

Mar 08th 2024: I've kicked off some of the more interactive features I want to try for the layout. It should be fun, maybe the novelty will be cool enough to keep it live.

Mar 17th 2024: One of the worst parts of coding, especially for an arm-chair coder, is getting an idea, then hunting for an answer, that usually meant a tedious visit to verbal slef-proclaimed "gods" of whatever code platform simply telling user to "goto" school, thses guys spend their days doing this stuff.. So it can get laborious dealing with thse turds.. Say hello to AI! you can get all the help needed with out all the bull you have to deal with from say, "stackoverflow.com". It is SO nice just to type in what your idea is and he/she.AI will help or even write it our for ya!

Jan 16th 2024: I've gotten a few emails from Xbox 360 / One gamers about the "Carson City Police" designs; I don't think the page is still up, but yes I am that dude that makes those designs. If ya played in Horizon 1 and needed/wanted a police paint job for one of the many cars, chances are you ended up with one of my creations of "Carson City Police". I also did real world recreations of street racers, old 60's stock cars, a CPD NASCAR design, a popular General Lee [360/One] and some other mild drift designs, The designs are still in the current Horizon 2-4-5, but I haven't done designs for cars not in the previous games, I do plan on getting back to it shortly. I would also release occasional special edition designs of the police cars, with most having a back story, like the 'Peter Gunn Detective Agency Dodge Challenger" the 2 police cars from "State of Decay" game, a 1957 Bel-Air CPD car that was on 'display with bullet holes from the first and only bandit type bank robbery'. Sadly those games have no playground games or design sharing any longer [though I did once find player hosted games still up.. and a few on the original Motorsport!] and because the MS xbox 360 has some game sync kinks, after hurricane Michael, a sync error left all the 360 designs gone. You can look for Wills944 gamer tag in the designs tab to find what's there. So I plan on merging some aspects of my fav game experiences with my train and modeling hobby. stay tuned! To finish up, yes Horizon 3 is not listed, I had a bit of a tiff with a Forza mod, I posted a MD Flag and a "Peace" gesture and was banned from the on-line parts of game for quite a while. [I will probably be dead by the time it is over.. ] So if ya want the designs available in H3, goto MS/Forza

Jan 06th 2024: Came across a real throw back to growing up! When I was about 11 I think, I came across "Star Fleet Technical Manual", it was based on the TOS and it fueled quite a few of my early imagination. I lost it some time ago, in Havre de Grace I think. On saturday while looking over some Trek 3d models I came across a link, so I followed it.. and low and behold it is a digitized version of that very same book! Ohhh the memories! The main page is Cygnus-X1.net

Dec 16th 2023: Its been back to normal for the most part, but Thanksgiving was kind of messed up. We have since Harah was the only pooch in the house, fed T-Day dinner to the pooches along with everyone else. As each came along the tradition continued, T-Day 2022 was a bit drawn out, lets face it, even with the small stature of our dogs it is still a chore filling their bowls up, then the pups too! but we did it.. This year we kinda over-looked it. It wasn't until we were done that it dawned on us.. So the next day the pups n adult dogs got their T-day food! Christmas is the same routine, and they always get some type of fun stuff for dogs as their stockin' stuffers. Once the holidays are over it will be time to look for a job that fits, in addition to getting more things ready for the 3d print store!

Sept 06th 2023: It is still pretty difficult at times especially when the gaze falls over where our lil buddy would be as life happened around her. I will still tear up a little when a fond memory rolls to the front of my thoughts. We have placed her close to the house in the back yard and plan on planting a rose bush atop her grave. If I had anything to trade that would turn back time to the day she came to us.. I would gladly give it up. Harah had been sleeping in the roomies room for a long time, while the pups, Saphie and Spencer have called my room their 'den' for a year now. It has been a little harder for him because the nightly "Ok lets goto bed" for them was gone.. She would nap with us on occassion and snuggle up to me, but it only happened every few weeks. In that light though I still have quite a few other lil furry buddies to love all over and that in itself keeps the dreary clouds away. I still catch Spencer on occassion going to the gate of the hall and watching for her. Sometimes I get the feeling he is upset with me, and I would suppose it was the fact that I wrapped her up and carried her outside, never to come in the house again. I raised my voice as the pups were mis-behaving, Spencer ran into the roomies room and hid under the bed! Something never done before. Saphie has since her first visit, wee'd over were ever Harah had, then Spencer would mark over them, they seemed a bit lost for a few days. But all is almost back to a normal rhythm. Luckily the 'pups' keep the spirits up and it really has been beneficial to have that love to keep giving.

Aug 26th 2023: 01:32am: It has been a very hard few weeks. On the 10th, Our vet confirmed what we had hoped was not happening, my lil buddy was nearing the end of her time with us. Min-Pins have a genetic disposition to growths and cysts, both of which she had in addition to 'free fluid'. We bought food to make it easier and she seemed to be doing better, on and off, but she was still loosing weight. The evening of the 25th was heartbreaking as it wore on. I put her on the floor to go outside, when I turned around to go out, She was under the table with her rear on the floor, not enough energy to lift herself up. Her breathing became very labored. We sat with her. I had to set up the CareCredit account so the roomie took the seat beside her. A few minutes later He cried out that she left.. I stepped over to find my little precious was indeed departed. Her little eyes open but lifeless, I tried so hard to keep her limpness from upsetting anyone, but try as a did as I picked her up her little head... well It just broke my heart that much more.. My lil gurl is forever gone.. The house just isn't the same but it is getting a little better.. Hug Your Dogs!

Aug 09th 2023: It really gets to me; those people that either don't have dogs, or their dogs are just household ornaments.. What does the physical size and shape of another living breating creature have to do with the amount of love we give to them? We bring them into our homes, for what..to just lay around and wait for us to want to play with them..? I guess maybe I'm a lil different, I feel if we bring them into our lives, we take on a quiet promise to love and protect them from the dangers of the world. That moment when my pooch looks at me with that "I trust You" is the smallest happiness one could experience.. I love my pooches.. for all their good, bad and strange behaviors!

Aug 05th 2023: I will be falling behind with designs and other N Scale projects. At 15 years along and our eldest dog has just got a bug and eating very randomly, We have to get her to the vet to see what may be going on

July 23rd 2023: Recieved an email: What software do I use for Office applications.. I have 2; for normal stuff I use OpenOffice/Libre Office.. I used even when the uni was trying to dictate that I use Microsoft Office new subscription based office [free for use in school, but it's a tactic to get people used to it and more likely to keep it]. Open Office is free and has tons of ancillary add ons, templates and plug ins. It can also open up and write all the MS Office file formats. What is nice is, its old school version.. if you dl version 2.. you have version 2 until you decide to upgrade. Now I do have a previous version of MS Office, I use just for Excel. The model rail workbook has many functions that Open/Libre Office does not have. I use Sketchup 8 for design, though I also have Blender, Open/FreeCAD and some others..... 200 a year to draw! they're completely bonkers! The subscription model these software companies have began using is a scam.. Microsoft kicked it off when they declared Windows would never be "finished" along with the crooked forced updates they duped people into performing [A pop up would appear to upgrade, a user would select cancel and it would update anyway; they were sued but not before crashing millions of PC's and laptops]. I do not upgrade or use any subscription based software.. Another way to look at it.. every year you pay the full price of the software again....regardless of/if any updates were applied. The place I use to find old-previous versions of software is OLDVERSION. This will lead to the previous version of SketchUp, upto Vsn 8.
Having mentioned the open source office programs, below links are provided for your review.
Open Office
Libre Office
FreeCAD
Libre Office
The preceeding links-programs are developed and maintained by a professional community. Supporting the expansion of free full featured software. Personally I used OpenOffice while in uni for everything! I have both versions installed at home, in case a visitor is more comfortable with either or. There are no differences in file types that either can handle.

July 20th 2023: Putting the final touches on the Theater, so I took a few minutes to start a reproduction of the Life-Like KCF joint.. It surprised me just how fast it 'went up'. Once I get the new nFEP filmon the printer, these should be printed and up for auction.

July 16th 2023: The Amazon ordeal continued, though it was with my Moms account. She had major difficulties in making her payment after we dropped it. We do have her as part of the Amazon Household. Which means payments are taken from the primary account, if, as in our case it is not available, draws from the other accounts. She had a new card issued and has been making payments with it, though when it came time to pay the fee, it would not work. The whole fiasco smells of a major hack that messed up major html. It took her 4 days to get that sorted.
Recieved a question about the Forza Horizon Games.. if I was the maker of the Carson PD police car designs.. Yeap. I haven't done any true updates to the design since Horizon 3. I love Horizon 3 and was pumping out designs and graphics like a mad man. There was also some type of grudge from one of the moderators of Turn 10/Playground Games. I posted a Maryland Flag and a popular Peace hand gesture [btw do a search and see that it is quite common!] I logged in to find I had been banned for 20 years! Repeated attempts at contact was futile. Needless to say, my gusto of doing any more content took a hit. Not too mention the failure of 2 consoles, showing the same built in faults to ramp up the sales and repair of console returns lead to a long absense from the games. Besides there are things in the real world that need tended too. I have recently been loaned a console and posted some more designs from H4 in H5. H5 is my last purchase of a microsoft product and forza motorsport...

July 5th 2023: Goodbye Amazon Prime! For about 2 years, in one scenario or another told Amzon CS I was really tired of the associated bull, the long times chatting with "associates" to deal with a problem, the junk products, shrink, and just plain not getting what is ordered.. Last month we had a return of $28.21, all went well, USPS showed that it was delivered. For those that don't know the usps system is intergrated into amazon' pos system, that's how they can issue your refund when the shipping shows usps has possession of a return.. About 3 weeks after the return was finished and marked as delivered, amazon attempted to take the money again.. without notification or permission. This also is a tactic many corporations, Microsoft included uses; the m.o.d. is just a play on chances, a large part of the target pool will not see or pay any attention to the transaction, considering it normal. Microsoft will hit an accound 2x for their gold account, when found out they respond that they do not process transactions on a schedule. [However check your register..] So Amazon says the associate in the receiving dept did not scan it in so the payment was taken again, another CS stated a different reason and the 3rd and 4th... again different reasons. Now let me tell You, after such an egregious abuse of my bank/card account access, there was not much Amazon could do to restore my trust.. a trust I've had for nearly 15 years.. All other problems, 3rd party seller problems, etc I never worried about scammy bs from Amazon. I promptly removed all of our credit and debit cards, leaving only our Loadable cards that we fill only when buying, a routine I started because of paypal and ebay. It came time to pay for the prime, and low and behold it was a ordeal.. As I told the CS rep, I'm sure the difficulty is by design. She said we can have this fixed in 24-48hrs; to which I replied, my cards will be gone this evening so that is as long as I am willing to wait.. I have to add, when we caught Amazon stealing money, they didn't just do a refund.. OOO No I had to log in 3 days later and go through the process again! So a big F.O. to Amazon!! Now I am with Walmart and honestly wishing I had mde the switch earlier! The Paramount+ video access alone is worth it, having much better content than Amazon!

July 2nd 2023: I have to say, delving back into design has reminded me that it takes alot to bring things to the shelf. The Theater reproduction model project has really expanded. In the previous 2d design effort, which is kinda old school and familiar

June 24th 2023: Working on the repro 1950's-1980''s Bachmann Movie Theatre. It is going to be a few more days 'till it is complete. I would like to have the structure ready for lighting, interior and swapping out movie posters. I'm thinking of using conductive fluid to run wiring through the structure.. [goto Trains Page]

June 5th 2023: As mentioned in the trains page, I had bought and sent back a Voxlab 3D printer in May; it was a horrible experience. it just would not print anything! So after a few days trying various remedies, I sent it back and got another brand, a Creality unit; and it has worked from the start! I haven't expected the results I get because its labeled as a 2k [versus 4 or 8k resolution] but it has been fantastic. The build plate is much smaller than the Voxlab, but I work in mini mini items so it is not such a big deal. I printed out an R2D2 modle at about 3/8 inch tall; close inspection does reveal the details.. I have been printing quite a bit.. cars, the Millenium Falcon, Trucks, People, motorcycles and even a grandfather clock..

March 26th 2023: I've been thinking about a ton of things and among them was adding a bit of cyber-life to the layout/mini-world. It is not a new concept, in some online games/mmo games real world businesses have virtual store front, there could be a Pizza Hut, a Auto Parts store..just about anything could have a virtual presense. So why not have a few fun little distractions directly mirroring the "businesses" on the layout. The 'Arcade" will have sevral html based games, the restaurant might have a daily menu [to provide menu idea's to vistors powered by another site, for example], the hobby store would link to online retailers etc, the town square/park could have chess/checker tables for casual hangouts over coffee with another member, the possibilites are kinda neat. Images of the actual layout area could be super-imposed with real/virtual play surfaces or just links embedded in a graphic..

March 21th 2023: The first cut of the N Scale Stargate. I will have to make some adjustments to the cut sequence and perhaps reverse the plan so that blank areas are burned away. It will however make a neat 'buried' Stargate being discovered somewhere! After the first complete model was cut, some areas had been overlooked, basically telling the cutter to do multiple lines, this happens when the image is built in one program and imorted into the program to make the final cut file.

Update We've had to put Saphie on a colar/leash several times, using just a store bought click type with a cable tie out, She's not once tried to eat through it. There has been 2 occassions where she has jumped up on the lawn tractor, wrapping her lead around the shift lever..certainly a situation a dog with no patience or a desire to run would chew through the lead.. Nope.... she just barks until she is rescued.... Now there are a few bad spots in the fence and Miss Thing has jumped to run the neighborhood. But, with in 20 minutes she is back sitting at the back door.. Unlike Spencer or Harah, there is a certain difference with Saf.. kinda like a house mate thing.. While we do take precautions and steps to 'keep' her in, when she does get out, there is a lil voice in my head that whispers.. She might be ready to go.... But so far she comes back!

Febuary 20th 2023: The N scale Convienence Store "old 7-11" and the Corner Movie Theatre designs are just about DONE! The Theatre is based on the Bachmann HO Plasticville model. and the Convienence Store based on a Life-Like model.

March 2022: The Absolute best gadget I have ever put together!.. the laundry chemicals dispenser. 4 parasitic pumps handle detergent, softner, a heavy duty cleaner booster and bleach. It can also also be activated by voice via Alexa! I priced otc units that had no bells and whistles.. 300 and up and they didn't have multi-chemical capacity.. The only concession I made in parts was pumps with less gpm, but I find it actually is best, users aren't prone to standing there to hit the button to add more fluid.. I learned a few things.. Primarily, We wasted so much detergent because of the large cups! Like many we didn't read the recommended amount, especially for HE machines. A bottle of detergent now lasts nearly 6 months [2 person household]! I do need to get a better case for the dispenser, it has just worked so well that it really didn't make it to be a priority.

Below: Dispenser

Jan 26 2022. We have a new roomie; sort of. the 'Lil Lady' Husky has been spending her nights on our back patio high chair! A few time over the months she has ran inside during the day and been curious, we've let her hang out with Spncer n play n nap.. But lately eithewr she's here all day/night or rus the street and returns to the patio. Well tonight she came to the patio, very 'off'; then we saw the hole on her back! Horrible at about an inch in diameter, she looked up at her perch on the lawn chair and looked at me.. just melted my heart! So I gave her a wee hug and opened up the patio door... she went right in and laid under a side table in the dining room. I figure her trust is a bit shaken and she just wants to recoup as she might out on the streets, in a tight small little hide-away. So I got her a blanket to lay on, Upon returning Spencer was laying with her, tending to her. She looked at me from her curled up spot and just looked so dejected. A little while later she made her way over to me on the sofa, sat and put her paw on my knee! I gave a her a wee hug and she wagged that tail a little and went back to her little alcove.. I think she's here to stay....

Below: The Visitor!

Sept 25 2021: We have been working around the new place since Aug when we met the new Neighbor... a red hair female Husky Mix.. She loves watching us do our thing around the property and has really taken a shining to Spencer, our 6yo Pom-Dashhund mix male. She had this horrible "collar" on, but there maybe things going on that we don't know about, but she comes and goes.. At times she is gone for a week or 2, then one day she'll come runnin' around the corner jumping, kickin and howling happily. She's dealt with something, even during her excitment when she returns, she is a bit skittish when reached for.. breaks my heart thinking that someone/anyone mistreated such a sweetheart. Given observations, I tend to think she may be a hurricane stray; her parents directly impacted or left homeless after the storm, someone has within the last 5 or six months has attempted to keep her. The effort put into the brutish colar [wide cloth belt, wrapped with a wire and 'tied' together with copper twists] with a 2-3' cable dragging behind her is overkill for the K9 I see..

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